* rac curses the japanese calendar
<rac> 1989 has two names, because the emperor died
<klieber> 1989 has two names? I though it was just called '1989'.
<rac> nope, it's both "showa 64" and "heisei 1"
* klieber continues to think of it as '1989'
<rac> exactly, so does my database
<rac> however, the patent office does not
