a word from our sponsor

Steven Maas (CUTR) maas at cutr.eng.usf.edu
Thu Sep 25 12:35:55 CDT 1997


>     229.30 `incomprehensibly and perversely, in willful denial of God's
>     Disposition of Time and Space, preferring 365 and a Quarter'  Well why
>     not?  (AD)

I took this to mean that in the Jesuit's view, God's Disposition was that
a year shall have 365 and a Quarter Days; a Circle shall have 360 Degrees;
and Never the Twain shall meet.

	Steve Maas (still blushing)

David Casseres wrote: 
> Because God sez (you could look it up, I'm sure) that a year is a certain 
> number of days.

You lost me here.




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