RE: Martial arts and ides of March (WAAAAYYYY of topic)
- From: Freeman Robert - IL <FREEMANR@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Boivin, Patrice J '" <BoivinP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx '" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:13:01 -0600
Some interesting Google talk on ides of March...
The term Ides comes from the earliest Roman calendar, which is said to have
been devised by Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome. Whether it was
Romulus or not, the inventor of this calendar had a penchant for complexity.
The Roman calendar organized its months around three days, each of which
served as a reference point for counting the other days:
Kalends (1st day of the month)
Nones (the 7th day in March, May, July, and October; the 5th in the other
months)
Ides (the 15th day in March, May, July, and October; the 13th in the other
months)
The remaining, unnamed days of the month were identified by counting
backwards from the Kalends, Nones, or the Ides. For example, March 3 would
be V Nones-5 days before the Nones (the Roman method of counting days was
inclusive; in other words, the Nones would be counted as one of the 5 days).
-----Original Message-----
From: Boivin, Patrice J
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 3/12/2004 11:15 AM
Subject: RE: Martial arts and ides of March
www.novaroma.org might be able to clear up what day the Ides of March
falls
on, I think they have a Roman calendar in there somewhere.
Patrice.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Gramolini [mailto:rgramolini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: March 12, 2004 12:41 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Martial arts and ides of March
Actually, the Ides of March is the 15th, so it has not passed yet,
beware.
Ruth
-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mladen Gogala
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:07 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Martial arts and ides of March
Ides of March are already gone but I'm still
waiting for the following book:
Oracle Database 10g New Features
by Robert G. Freeman
Product Details:
ISBN: 0072229470
Format: Paperback, 272pp
Pub. Date: March 2004 Publisher: Osborne
Edition Number: 1
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 66,495
Does anyone have an idea when is the book going to appear?
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