I realized that was what you meant just after my post and made a ninja edit. See above ;)

Ah, okay. So there _are_ leap days (or months?) in the Calendar to keep it in sync, but in rural areas like the one you're in right now, only the monks understand the concepts behind it, and the villagers trust them to get it right, so they probably see no need to understand the concepts by themselves.

Edit: And yeah, religion _was_ a major source of education here in Europe too. Somehow this seems to have changed now though ... ;)

:D Well that is why I thought it probably WAS a big deal in the past. Like... XIX century? :)

I know this might seem like an ignorant or racist thing to say, but: I genuinely don't think they even consider it. Literacy nationwide is at around 40%, and it's far lower here. I don't think they swing a bucket of water upside down and wonder why it doesn't spill out, they just notice that it doesn't spill and just keep on swinging it. All the educated people were killed during the genocide, so until recently there weren't many people you could ask if you had questions about such things.

With regards to how lunar calenders are calculated, it varies from country to country. I'll ask someone how it's calculated here when I get back to Phnom Penh.

Well this kind of explains a lot to me. Even though that does not automatically mean it is acceptable/should stay that way.
This is very sad. :( Especially this part "All the educated people were killed during the genocide, so until recently there weren't many people you could ask if you had questions about such things. " reminds me of what I read about start of USSR after 1917. :(

No, the really sad part is how they decided if you were too educated to live: Wearing glasses was punishable by death.

Anyways, enough of that, today is happy leap year day. Promo code anyone?

Edit: taken :)

Yay - Jagged Alliance Deadly games. :) You just made my day (which is otherwise quite stressful, as it's the day before an exam that I found difficult to prepare for, so this is even more appreciated than usual. :)) )

Glad to hear it, enjoy :)

Thanks for the promo code, but not with my ultra-slow laptop. =/ I think I never win the "nab first" giveaways - only random draws/trivia. Just now my Firefox hung up for at least 2 minutes after I just wanted to go and redeem the code. :D I would be frustrated, if only it was not for having already got so much from GOG community. :)
By the way I did giveaway a spare copy of TOEE today - too bad I did not think of nominating it "leap year giveaway". :D
P.S. (and what you mentioned above the code is plain horrible).

Here's a new gift code with a special rule attached to it: People whose name is NOT ZPavelZ need to wait at least 5 minutes before nabbing it. :)

HJDC-9RP5-PKNF-LEDC

Let's let the games leap around. ;)

Whoever redeems this gift, feel free to let it "leap" to someone else by posting another code here. :)

:D Ok that actually did work :D The funniest thing was I first got the code and than saw the extra rule. XD Let's see.. is it ok if I retaliate with a Steam-code? My card is out of $ currently, but I'd love to share something back. :)

Happy 29th February to everyone \o/ :D

Here was the first ninja giveaway that I could actually ninja :D (as in - take the code and redeem it first). So I would like to offer something back....
OOOOOOOOOOOOk... while my pc was taking its own sweet time to let me access my spares I got a better idea.
http://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=DuqbsmDUTGCt
If someone takes it - feel free to share something back, if you like to. All this leaping fun thing made me smile so widely. Let us leap the smiles on.
Hmmm everyone seems to have this as I was afraid.... how about this? Since I promised a Steam-code - perhaps someone would want it?
P0NKK-679AY-HG8DQ

Hmmmmmmm seems this thread is dying out. So here is another Steam-code.
GPNRX-2FB9C-5H97P
Consider taking it and the stuff above. :) Please.