Another year goes by: 2019! It feels like mid year! And clearly it is: schools start in September and finish in July! The company I work for ends fiscal year in January: it feels more like end of year, but already starting to work for 2020! A closure of few things, and in the middle of others, and starting few other projects: continuous movement; it just feels like we are in the middle of many things!
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| Best for 2020! |
So, in the traditional way of the Piterbarg-Casagrande's here is the Greetings for the end of 2019 and the Best Wishes for 2020:
[Editor's note: we have added a few more languages to the list; if you dare to compare: a few more because of many people we met this year and some fictitious languages for the books and series the author's family love]
In my work this year we joined an international team spanning 11 hours time difference. Potentially we will join other teams to the west (from Paris) adding another 4 to 6 hours time difference! It clearly adds another dimension on how to coordinate projects that need some brainstorming and one to one conversations at least sometimes, also the planning has to take in consideration that if I ask my evening, my colleagues in the east will get the message next day: coordinating projects is like flying a drone a few minutes light away: when you see the rock, it is already some precious minutes late!
[Note: in Arthur C. Clarke's Meeting with Medusa short novel, the main character, Howard Falcon, convinces the space exploration agency to send him to Jupiter instead of a robot remote controlled probe. Howard Falcon uses exactly this argument: when the information is back on Earth it will be too late to communicate corrective actions. A good point in the debate of manned versus robotic space exploration... a lot of amazing missions since the story was written, and in that time, had made this point weak... better not to use to convince management having an in person meeting in Sydney...]
The fun fact is that "yesterday", local time, we started to send/receive messages of "Happy New Year" and alike! Of course the people seated more to the East were the first and then celebrations were going around the world... as always I wondered if there is a precise astronomical instant moment that really defines the New Year precisely. The NASA uses UTC or Zulu time to clock mission times, at least when reports Voyager's. It is of course a convention using the Greenwich meridian as a starting point. The Earth just completes a journey around the Sun every instant. In any case it would be nice that messengers take this in consideration and delay the Happy new Year messages until it is the "time" to see it for the recipient!
More on the time zones difference, how to work around the globe (yes, it is a globe) and conventions, I looked if there is any country split by the International Date Line: that will be a lot of challenges for coordinating work and projects and of course meetings! And yes it was! The republic of Kiribati in the middle of the Pacific was split in half by the Date Lane until 1995, when clearly pissed off by the weird situation due to a convention they decided to move the line to the east... a lot! like 30 degrees to the East! I have to review my chart skills to calculate how many miles but it is a lot! I cannot imagine the discussions across the islands when someone realized that their last compatriots to say Happy New Year, now they are the first in the World to say Happy New Year, and that announced before the beginning of the third millennium!
In any case
Feliz Año Nuevo!
Happy New Year!
Is-Sena t-Tajba
Gezuar Vitin e Ri
Snorhavor Nor Tari
Soursdey Chhnam Tmei
FELIÇ ANY NOU
Xin Nian Kuai Le
Xush new anyiye
GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR!
Felican Novan Jaron
Feliç Any Nou!
Bonne Annee
Happy haag year
Prosit Neujahr
DIS chu' DatIvjaj
Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
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L'Shannah Tovah
Happui siniath ín
Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen
Biarior Arlior Jēdari
Chúc mừng năm mới
Selamat Tahun Baru
Sal -e- no mobarak
Maligayang Bagong Taon!
Felice anno nuovo
Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu
Godt Nyttar
Nupela yia i go long yu
Voorspoedige nuwe jaar!
Manigong Bagong Taon!
Feliz Ano Novo
Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Gott nytt ar!
Sawadee Pee Mai
[Editor's note: we have added a few more languages to the list; if you dare to compare: a few more because of many people we met this year and some fictitious languages for the books and series the author's family love]
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| Best Wishes for 2020 |
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| Los Mejores Deseos para el 2020 |
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| Meilleurs voeux pour 2020 |
In my work this year we joined an international team spanning 11 hours time difference. Potentially we will join other teams to the west (from Paris) adding another 4 to 6 hours time difference! It clearly adds another dimension on how to coordinate projects that need some brainstorming and one to one conversations at least sometimes, also the planning has to take in consideration that if I ask my evening, my colleagues in the east will get the message next day: coordinating projects is like flying a drone a few minutes light away: when you see the rock, it is already some precious minutes late!
[Note: in Arthur C. Clarke's Meeting with Medusa short novel, the main character, Howard Falcon, convinces the space exploration agency to send him to Jupiter instead of a robot remote controlled probe. Howard Falcon uses exactly this argument: when the information is back on Earth it will be too late to communicate corrective actions. A good point in the debate of manned versus robotic space exploration... a lot of amazing missions since the story was written, and in that time, had made this point weak... better not to use to convince management having an in person meeting in Sydney...]
The fun fact is that "yesterday", local time, we started to send/receive messages of "Happy New Year" and alike! Of course the people seated more to the East were the first and then celebrations were going around the world... as always I wondered if there is a precise astronomical instant moment that really defines the New Year precisely. The NASA uses UTC or Zulu time to clock mission times, at least when reports Voyager's. It is of course a convention using the Greenwich meridian as a starting point. The Earth just completes a journey around the Sun every instant. In any case it would be nice that messengers take this in consideration and delay the Happy new Year messages until it is the "time" to see it for the recipient!
More on the time zones difference, how to work around the globe (yes, it is a globe) and conventions, I looked if there is any country split by the International Date Line: that will be a lot of challenges for coordinating work and projects and of course meetings! And yes it was! The republic of Kiribati in the middle of the Pacific was split in half by the Date Lane until 1995, when clearly pissed off by the weird situation due to a convention they decided to move the line to the east... a lot! like 30 degrees to the East! I have to review my chart skills to calculate how many miles but it is a lot! I cannot imagine the discussions across the islands when someone realized that their last compatriots to say Happy New Year, now they are the first in the World to say Happy New Year, and that announced before the beginning of the third millennium!
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| The location of the International Date Line since 1995 |
Happy New Year and the Best for 2020!!!
And like always Happy Whatever! There are many conventions to start/end the year, take this one, and then celebrate when you want! With our best wishes on this date!!!
The World went crazy??? Update from 2019
Last year I started with a review of Brexit.... Oh my god! Another year and yet no resolution in place! This British government are clearly the worst pichiruchis ever! With the date set in stone for January 31st 2020, the starting decade has a new meaning for the islanders, let's see if they get it done... |
| with my due respect to my UK friends and acquaintances! |
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| The Beatles, Dr Who, Monty Python, Harry Potter and many many more things! With love you! from the Editor's desk |
Also the crisis of the Gilet Jaunes extended into 2019 and still goes on, with less impact however, and now super-seeded with the strikes in France! As we are proud public transport lovers and with a good but not so convenient replacement of the AutoLib (a service called Ubeeqo) this is a real annoyance.
And Argentina, our home base country, went into election year... what a year! The social situation called La Grieta was an abyss! The result? Another democratic transition, this time again the exiting president completing his mandate and passing the torch to the incoming new president. From a high level view, this is a good thing, another round. Economy looks dire if not very bad looking ahead.
Australia is on fire, again once more, and it looks worst than previous years...
Quoting my previous post: I skipped one year (no post last year), however 2 years ago there was a similar pattern: yes, apparently the World has gone crazy, and past times were better...
It looks again a bad year and getting worst, But...
And Argentina, our home base country, went into election year... what a year! The social situation called La Grieta was an abyss! The result? Another democratic transition, this time again the exiting president completing his mandate and passing the torch to the incoming new president. From a high level view, this is a good thing, another round. Economy looks dire if not very bad looking ahead.
Australia is on fire, again once more, and it looks worst than previous years...
Quoting my previous post: I skipped one year (no post last year), however 2 years ago there was a similar pattern: yes, apparently the World has gone crazy, and past times were better...
It looks again a bad year and getting worst, But...
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