Procyon Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 In the Emperor manual says that is year 10,### or so.But... after what? or before what is that year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 The imperial calendar year is calculated after when the Spacing Guild got it's monopoly on space travel. All dates before that are stated as e.g. 3498 B.G. (BG meaning Before Guild)I don't know which year own our calendar that would be. But I can remember someone calculated that, and he concluded that Dune is about 25,000 years after now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted January 16, 2003 Author Share Posted January 16, 2003 How did it calculated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 it was based on kaitain time. a 360 day cycle around it's sun. Ill get the exact month in just a bit. have to dig it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Like this if I remember correctly (correct me if it is not). Conversion Factors(4005 For BC Years) or (4004 For AD Years)4005 - BC = Years From Creation4005 - Years From Creation = BC4004 + AD = Years From CreationYears From Creation - 4004 = AD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 You can calculate it fromt eh appendices at the end of Dune to be about 25, 000 years in the future. Using the Dune Encyclopeadea timeline you can calculate the exact year if you wanted to, as it's timeline goes right back to Alexander the Great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 So that is almost like the coversion factors I posted. If I remember correct it was you Mahdi that did this last time as someone else did it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Can't say one way or another Fed. I honsetly don't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 Like this if I remember correctly (correct me if it is not). Conversion Factors(4005 For BC Years) or (4004 For AD Years)4005 - BC = Years From Creation4005 - Years From Creation = BC4004 + AD = Years From CreationYears From Creation - 4004 = AD ??? I don`t understand you...BC means "before christ" or what?and AD, "after Dune"?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 I beleive AD stands for after death, reffering to jesus's death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 for how long do you guys think that the AD time calculations will last?I think it will last untill the human extinction because I believe that in the future christianity will be the only world religion, cus it has the most tolerance among all the religions and is the most sivilized one. no offense, that is just my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usul Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Well I disagree but I don't want to get the blame for starting a religious argument so I won't comment. AD stands for Ano Domini (SP?) meaning after christ in latin (I think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 I thought it was already generally understood Procyon but I will explain. BC (before Christ) and AD (anno domini, or "in the year of our lord") There is no "zero" year -- the year would read 1 A.D., and the year preceding it is 1 B.C so BC years would count backwards if I am not incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopwx2 Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Whoa christianity the most tolerant and "s"ivilized? ::) I don't know about that. :'( and I try not to put the dune books into real life context, I seriously doubt 25,000 years from now will in any way resemble dune. we can't even predict what 500 years from know will look like. So it really dosen't matter what year it is unless you are trying to calculate peoples ages, how long ago the bjihad was etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 ok then who is the most tolerant religion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 From my idea it is Bhoedism (I don't know how to spell it in English)But we have masses of religion topics. So don't turn this into another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopwx2 Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 WHO CARES WHAT THE MOST TOLERANT RELIOGEN IS. thats what being tolerant means not caring what other people believe and letting them do it. all am saying is that i dont like people who say that their way is the best. anyway half the world dosen't even use the bc ad calender: jewish, muslim, and all those asian and african calendars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 I didn't say that christianity is the best religion, I just said that I think it will be the most videly spread one in the future. I think that all religions are interesting. I like Islam and Jewish culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopwx2 Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 nah we cant reall know whats going to happen in the future. compare todays christianity to that of 500 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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