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  • X Xiangyang Liu

    Was the guy born 220 years ago or 880 years ago? No google please.

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    Dalek Dave
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    Rossini? Incidentally, you typed Goole instead of Google. Goole is a port in Yorkshire and its name is the Anglo Saxon word for Open Sewer. I have been to Goole, and the Saxons were right.

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      Rossini? Incidentally, you typed Goole instead of Google. Goole is a port in Yorkshire and its name is the Anglo Saxon word for Open Sewer. I have been to Goole, and the Saxons were right.

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      Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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      It was an open sewer when the vikings were there, it has since gone down hill

      You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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      • B Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

        It was an open sewer when the vikings were there, it has since gone down hill

        You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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        I checked, it was an old Saxon word. But yes, its glory days are now far behind it.

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        • X Xiangyang Liu

          Was the guy born 220 years ago or 880 years ago? No google please.

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          • X Xiangyang Liu

            Was the guy born 220 years ago or 880 years ago? No google please.

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            Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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            Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:

            No google please.

            Bing? :-D http://www.bing.com/search?setmkt=en-US&q=220th+birthday[^]

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            • X Xiangyang Liu

              Was the guy born 220 years ago or 880 years ago? No google please.

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              Chris Meech
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              Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:

              Was the guy born 220 years ago or 880 years ago? No google please.

              Actually, because of century non-leap years, 220 leap years ago would be 874 years ago. ;P [Edit] :-O :-O :-O I shouldn't be subtracting the six century years, but rather adding them. 220 leap years ago would have to be 886 years ago in order to account for the century years that were *not* leap years. Incidentally, my middle name is now Persnickety. :) [/Edit]

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                Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:

                Was the guy born 220 years ago or 880 years ago? No google please.

                Actually, because of century non-leap years, 220 leap years ago would be 874 years ago. ;P [Edit] :-O :-O :-O I shouldn't be subtracting the six century years, but rather adding them. 220 leap years ago would have to be 886 years ago in order to account for the century years that were *not* leap years. Incidentally, my middle name is now Persnickety. :) [/Edit]

                Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                Xiangyang Liu
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                Thanks. I thought I missed something. Many years ago I was asked to investigate a report application which did not work on Feb 29th. I thought, wow, that was an interesting bug. I was disappointed to find out that the app did not work on 31th either.

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                • X Xiangyang Liu

                  Thanks. I thought I missed something. Many years ago I was asked to investigate a report application which did not work on Feb 29th. I thought, wow, that was an interesting bug. I was disappointed to find out that the app did not work on 31th either.

                  My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                  Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:

                  the app did not work on 31th either.

                  Back in the days of Y2K testing, I was tasked with some testing instructions concerning some DB procedures that accepted date parameters. The list of dates that I was supposed to test included invalid dates like that. February 29, 2000. Good Date. Check. February 29, 2001. Bad Date. Check. February 30, 2001. :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: Are we going to test March 32, 2002. also? :doh: :doh:

                  Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                    Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:

                    Was the guy born 220 years ago or 880 years ago? No google please.

                    Actually, because of century non-leap years, 220 leap years ago would be 874 years ago. ;P [Edit] :-O :-O :-O I shouldn't be subtracting the six century years, but rather adding them. 220 leap years ago would have to be 886 years ago in order to account for the century years that were *not* leap years. Incidentally, my middle name is now Persnickety. :) [/Edit]

                    Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                    Didn't the calender switch in 1582 which may change the math slightly?

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                    • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                      Didn't the calender switch in 1582 which may change the math slightly?

                      Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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                      You are probably correct on that point. :)

                      Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                      • C Chris Meech

                        Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote:

                        Was the guy born 220 years ago or 880 years ago? No google please.

                        Actually, because of century non-leap years, 220 leap years ago would be 874 years ago. ;P [Edit] :-O :-O :-O I shouldn't be subtracting the six century years, but rather adding them. 220 leap years ago would have to be 886 years ago in order to account for the century years that were *not* leap years. Incidentally, my middle name is now Persnickety. :) [/Edit]

                        Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                        Leap years are +1 for every 4 years, +0 for every 100 years, but +1 for every 400 years. I'm getting 220 leap years ago would be 901 years ago. 220 LY = 1 (2012 is a leap year) + 219 * 4 + 6 * 4 (1300, 1400, 1500, 1700, 1800, 1900 were skipped, so add six more four years) = 901Y The year 1112 would be 220 leap years ago. In Excel, start with 2012 in cell A1 and "=A1 -4" in cell A2 and copy that down to row A226. In column B, put 1 to 226 for indices (B2 = B1 + 1). Change B29 (1900) to equal B28, B54 (1800) to equal B53, B79 (1700) to equal B78, B129 (1500) to equal B128, B154 (1400) to equal B153, and B179 (1300) to equal B178. Eliminating the 6 non-leapyears, B226 becomes the 220th leap year. Of course this does not take into consideration when the Church changed the calander, I think.

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                        • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                          Leap years are +1 for every 4 years, +0 for every 100 years, but +1 for every 400 years. I'm getting 220 leap years ago would be 901 years ago. 220 LY = 1 (2012 is a leap year) + 219 * 4 + 6 * 4 (1300, 1400, 1500, 1700, 1800, 1900 were skipped, so add six more four years) = 901Y The year 1112 would be 220 leap years ago. In Excel, start with 2012 in cell A1 and "=A1 -4" in cell A2 and copy that down to row A226. In column B, put 1 to 226 for indices (B2 = B1 + 1). Change B29 (1900) to equal B28, B54 (1800) to equal B53, B79 (1700) to equal B78, B129 (1500) to equal B128, B154 (1400) to equal B153, and B179 (1300) to equal B178. Eliminating the 6 non-leapyears, B226 becomes the 220th leap year. Of course this does not take into consideration when the Church changed the calander, I think.

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                          I'm glad to know that there is someone else who has more time on their hands to do things just like this. :-D

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                            I'm glad to know that there is someone else who has more time on their hands to do things just like this. :-D

                            Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]

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                            Bassam Abdul Baki
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                            I get in to work at 6:00 AM for specifically such "challenges". :D

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