If not Anno Domini, what?

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What historical incident should we use to mark time?

Star Date ("SD") - uh...
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4%
End of the Cold War ("CW") - 19 years ago
0
No votes
Software timekeeping Epoch ("SE") - 110 years ago
1
4%
Newton's Principia is published ("NP") - 323 years ago
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No votes
First Recorded Use of Bollocks ("UB") - 628 years ago
2
8%
Anno Domini (is fine; "AD") - 2010 years ago
5
19%
Common Era (is fine; "CE") - 2010 years ago
10
38%
Invention of Iron Swords ("FeS") - c. 2810 years ago
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4%
Since that Sargon dude ("FS") - 4280
1
4%
Creation (...has widely been considered as a bad move; "BM") - 8014 years ago
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4%
Invention of Cheese ("IC") - c. 10,010 years ago
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15%
 
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by MrFungus420 » Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:33 pm

The year is 45 AMF (Anno Mr Fungus)

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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by Rum » Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:43 pm

PBB - Post Big Bang, making it approximately the year 13,000,000,000.

Come to think of it I am not sure if they mean British or Merican billions. A British billion is a thousand million but in Merca I think it means a million million..or is it the other way round? :think:
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by FBM » Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:48 pm

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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by Saim » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:24 am

I think "Common Era" is much worse than "Anno Domini" because "Common Era" pretends that for some reason the rise of Christianity makes it a "Common Era". Face it, we need an arbitrary boundary to "start time". AD is just as good as any other made-up "era", and is the most popular.
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by MrFungus420 » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:21 am

Rum wrote:PBB - Post Big Bang, making it approximately the year 13,000,000,000.

Come to think of it I am not sure if they mean British or Merican billions. A British billion is a thousand million but in Merca I think it means a million million..or is it the other way round? :think:
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by virphen » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:25 am

Saim wrote:I think "Common Era" is much worse than "Anno Domini" because "Common Era" pretends that for some reason the rise of Christianity makes it a "Common Era". Face it, we need an arbitrary boundary to "start time". AD is just as good as any other made-up "era", and is the most popular.
I think it's a marginal improvement - it's not really an attempt to hide the origin of the era, but it does save people who don't want to from saying "the year of our lord" even if it is only in a Latin abbreviation. More of an issue for Moslems (naturally) but it's a sensible enough compromise given the absolute nightmare it would be if we really did change our dating system.
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:03 pm

It is the year 151 post-publication of the Origin of Species (151 ppOS).
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by devogue » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:06 pm

I'm disgusted to see that some people are taking the poll seriously. What the fuck is happening to this forum? :nono:

I say we keep AD but it should stand for Anal Domination.
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by redunderthebed » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:07 pm

Dr. Kwaltz wrote:We are currently in the year 1 ABO...

ABO - Anno Barack Obama
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by Goldenmane » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:32 pm

Horwood Beer-Master wrote:It is the year 151 post-publication of the Origin of Species (151 ppOS).
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by Mysturji » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:42 pm

While "IC" would certainly be the most appropriate, I think it's a bit too soon after Y2K to have to rewrite all the software AGAIN to fix the Y10K bug, so I voted "CE". :levi:
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by Deep Sea Isopod » Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:53 pm

Yes. CE and BCE for me.
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by hackenslash » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:05 pm

Publication of H2G2. :levi:
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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by Trolldor » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:05 am

Year 1.

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Re: If not Anno Domini, what?

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:39 am

I only have direct evidence for 47 and a bit years, so far. And a couple of the early ones are very vague (actually, since discovering alcohol, most of them have had vague bits.)
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