Re: A.D. History (was Re: Agnostic MorituriMax)

puppet_sock_at_hotmail.com
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: 27 Jul 2004 07:14:32 -0700

"Pyriform" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:<40fef64d$0$6442$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>...
> puppet_sock@hotmail.com wrote:
> > "Pyriform" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:<40fe50d5$0$6449$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>... [snip]
> >> I've just consulted my extensive selection of calendars, and
> >> discovered that today is:
> >>
> >> Char-shanbeh, Saratan 31, 1383 in the Afghan calendar.
> > [list of calendars snipped]
> >
> > You left off the Stardate.
>
> The stardate system rivals the Mayan calendar for complexity:
>
> http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~djc/startrek/stardates/
>
> (some people have *way* too much time on their hands)

The problem with "stardate" in the various Star Trek shows/movies
etc., is that it was never very consistent. In various shows it
was listed as whatever made the plot line for that show "work"
(if such a word can be applied to Star Trek). Same with warp,
which was also not consistent but made to be what made the plot
line work. "We need to get there on such-and-such stardate to
make the plot suspenseful, but in time to save the day. Can you
do it Mr. LaForge?" "Of course, Captain. I know the writer."
Socks