Larry Cisar Posted December 31, 2010 at 03:02 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 03:02 PM Whereas 2011 has now started,Resolved, That all have a happy and prosperous 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted December 31, 2010 at 03:07 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 03:07 PM Whereas 2011 has now started,Resolved, That all have a happy and prosperous 2011.I second that notion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted December 31, 2010 at 03:24 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 03:24 PM Whereas 2011 has now started,Resolved, That all have a happy and prosperous 2011.あけましておめでとう Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted December 31, 2010 at 05:33 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 05:33 PM あけましておめでとうEasy for you to say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stature Posted December 31, 2010 at 05:54 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 05:54 PM Whereas 2011 has now started,Resolved, That all have a happy and prosperous 2011.point of order! Its still 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted December 31, 2010 at 05:56 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 05:56 PM point of order! Its still 2010Not where Larry lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 31, 2010 at 08:11 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 08:11 PM point of order! Its still 2010A point of order is raised that it is still 2010. While that is true, the poster's point is not well-taken. At this moment, both years exist on the Earth at the same time, so it is both still 2010 and already 2011. As the midnight line moves west, New Year's Day becomes, with time, a larger fraction of the planet, until it covers the globe. It then lasts another 24 hours, as it is slowly replaced by January 2nd. In this way, every calendar day actually lasts for a full 48 hours, from the moment it first appears in the "Mike" time zone just west of the International Date Line, until the last sliver of it disappears from the "Yankee" time zone, just across the line, 48 hours later. The poster will please be seated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Schafer Posted December 31, 2010 at 10:34 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 10:34 PM A point of order is raised that it is still 2010. While that is true, the poster's point is not well-taken. At this moment, both years exist on the Earth at the same time, so it is both still 2010 and already 2011. As the midnight line moves west, New Year's Day becomes, with time, a larger fraction of the planet, until it covers the globe. It then lasts another 24 hours, as it is slowly replaced by January 2nd. In this way, every calendar day actually lasts for a full 48 hours, from the moment it first appears in the "Mike" time zone just west of the International Date Line, until the last sliver of it disappears from the "Yankee" time zone, just across the line, 48 hours later. The poster will please be seated.I appeal from the decision of the chair. At this time of year, each calendar day exists for 49 hours across our splendid planet.The first city to reach January 1 is Kiritimati, which is 14 hours ahead of UTC. The last city to reach the new year is Pago Pago, which is 11 hours behind UTC. So, Kiritimati starts Jan. 1 on Friday at 10:00 AM UTC, and Pago Pago ends Jan. 1 on Sunday at 11:00 AM UTC. This time interval is 49 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 31, 2010 at 11:15 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 at 11:15 PM I appeal from the decision of the chair. At this time of year, each calendar day exists for 49 hours across our splendid planet.The first city to reach January 1 is Kiritimati, which is 14 hours ahead of UTC. The last city to reach the new year is Pago Pago, which is 11 hours behind UTC. So, Kiritimati starts Jan. 1 on Friday at 10:00 AM UTC, and Pago Pago ends Jan. 1 on Sunday at 11:00 AM UTC. This time interval is 49 hours.The appeal fails for lack of a second.But even if it had not, the figure of 49 hours fails to support the point of order, to wit, that New Year's greetings were untimely. Quite the contrary. The additional hour supports the the chair's ruling that the motion to Exchange Greetings was in order. For this reason, the chair chose to omit discussion of the additional effects of atypical time zones and daylight time from his brief explanation..The question is on the motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted January 1, 2011 at 12:01 AM Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 at 12:01 AM The question is on the motion.Put me down for an "aye." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Brady Posted January 1, 2011 at 05:35 AM Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 at 05:35 AM Put me down for an "aye."Put me down for "aye" 1-1-11 in New York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted January 1, 2011 at 09:56 AM Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 at 09:56 AM What?Christmas Day?I didn't miss it?The spirits did it all in one night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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