7May/105

Yogurt

by Jeff

Image text: I am firmly of the opinion that if something doesn't have a year on it, every time the expiration date rolls around it is good again for the two weeks preceding that date.

The Julian Calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar (hence the name) in 45 BC.  It created the year that we know these days of 365 days and the beginning of the year as we know it of January 1st.  However, they incorrectly calculated the leap years, establishing one every 3 years instead of four. This caused the calendar to slip from the solar calendar.

For a period of time (about 170 years), both the Julian and Gregorian calendars were in use in Europe.  Soviet Russia did not move to the Gregorian calendar until 1918.  Greece also moved to the Gregorian calendar in the 20th century.  Both countries were required to drop a significant number of days.

The Gregorian calendar is named after Pope Gregory and created a calendar that was 10.8 minutes a year shorter than the Julian calendar and establish a leap year once every 4 years instead of 3.

If the character in the comic has to attempt to differentiate between the Julian and Gregorian calendars on a food item, it is at least 100 years old if it was manufactured in Greece or Soviet Russia.  Otherwise it is more than 300 years old.  I think it can be thrown out.

Filed under: Calendar, Food 5 Comments
29Mar/104

Recipes

by Jeff

Image text: To be fair, the braised and confused newt on a bed of crushed Doritos turned out to be delicious.

The genetic algorithm is a search technique in computer science used to find solutions to problems.  It is an evolutionary algorithm so it goes generation by generation until it gets the solution.  As we can see in the comic, sometimes it takes longer than others.

By the way that is "meals" in the comic, not "mepls", even though it looks like "mepls".

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