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Easter is fvcking stupid.

N

notfred

Lifer
Whoever came up with this method of setting the date of Easter was a moron:

Computing the Date of Easter

The rule is that Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after March 21. The lunar cycles used by the ecclesiastical system are simple to program. The following algorithm will compute the date of Easter in the Gregorian Calendar system.

The algorithm uses the year, y, to give the month, m, and day, d, of Easter. The symbol * means multiply.

Please note the following: This is an integer calculation. All variables are integers and all remainders from division are dropped.

c = y / 100
n = y - 19 * ( y / 19 )
k = ( c - 17 ) / 25
i = c - c / 4 - ( c - k ) / 3 + 19 * n + 15
i = i - 30 * ( i / 30 )
i = i - ( i / 28 ) * ( 1 - ( i / 28 ) * ( 29 / ( i + 1 ) )
* ( ( 21 - n ) / 11 ) )
j = y + y / 4 + i + 2 - c + c / 4
j = j - 7 * ( j / 7 )
l = i - j
m = 3 + ( l + 40 ) / 44
d = l + 28 - 31 * ( m / 4 )
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Um...if you apply a mathematical equation like that to ANYTHING, it would be stupid. :roll:

Any Maxim Cover Girl (who is mute (can't speak) is easily amused by flashing lights AND owns a liquor store) + Your Equation = absolutely, positively annoying and stupid.
 
Originally posted by: SampSon
Usually you get to eat ham and scalloped taters though.
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Unless you're Greek like me then I get to eat tasty tasty lamb. But I celebrate Catholic and Greek Easter, so 2x the food. I myself am not all that religious but most of my family is.
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Um...if you apply a mathematical equation like that to ANYTHING, it would be stupid. :roll:

Any Maxim Cover Girl (who is mute (can't speak) is easily amused by flashing lights AND owns a liquor store) + Your Equation = absolutely, positively annoying and stupid.
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Ok then, this is the "non-mathematical" way to figure out what date easter falls on:
The ecclesiastical rules are:
[*]Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox
[*]this particular ecclesiastical full moon is the 14th day of a tabular lunation (new moon)
[*]andthe vernal equinox is fixed as March 21.
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Originally posted by: cobalt
Originally posted by: SampSon
Usually you get to eat ham and scalloped taters though.
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Unless you're Greek like me then I get to eat tasty tasty lamb. But I celebrate Catholic and Greek Easter, so 2x the food. I myself am not all that religious but most of my family is.
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That's cheating. I celebrate Orthodox Easter, which is usually later than Protestant and Catholic Easter, so we get stuff on sale.
 
Yeah... couldn't just make it something like the second sunday in April or anything simple like that. Why is it that Christmas can be on the same day every year but Easter is all wacked out?
 
Originally posted by: Shawn
why didn't they use a set date?
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Because Jesus may rise from the dead earlier or later than usual, depending on the year and his mood. He's only human, you know.
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Um...if you apply a mathematical equation like that to ANYTHING, it would be stupid. :roll:

Any Maxim Cover Girl (who is mute (can't speak) is easily amused by flashing lights AND owns a liquor store) + Your Equation = absolutely, positively annoying and stupid.
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In that circumstance I would be willing to make an exception.
 
Originally posted by: cobalt
Originally posted by: SampSon
Usually you get to eat ham and scalloped taters though.
Click to expand...

Unless you're Greek like me then I get to eat tasty tasty lamb. But I celebrate Catholic and Greek Easter, so 2x the food. I myself am not all that religious but most of my family is.
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I'll take some lamb too please.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah... couldn't just make it something like the second sunday in April or anything simple like that. Why is it that Christmas can be on the same day every year but Easter is all wacked out?
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From what I understand, it has to do with Passover
 
Originally posted by: Stojakapimp
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah... couldn't just make it something like the second sunday in April or anything simple like that. Why is it that Christmas can be on the same day every year but Easter is all wacked out?
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From what I understand, it has to do with Passover
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Passover? WTF? Crazy christians... no wonder they used to get fed to the lions 😛
 
I just wrote a FORTRAN program to calculate the month and date of Easter given the year. Does this make me a vapid tool?

R
 
Most holidays are stupid these days. The rules of celebration are governed by the corporations that provide the goods for that particular holiday.

New year's- Alcohol
St. Patty's day - Alcohol
Easter- Candy and pastel-colored everything
Independence day- Pyrotechnics and alcohol
Thanksgiving- Turkey and alcohol
Halloween - Candy, costumes, and alcohol
Christmas - Everything and alcohol

 
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