Re: An answer to what is the first year of the next century.

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From: sa... Sam Bassett RCD
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 20:57

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In article <1989Dec18....@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mrch...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Richards ) writes:
>Why is everyone tinkering with the end years?  Can't we
>just define 1 _BC_ to be the first year, since there
>was no 0?  That would put everything in sync (for AD
>at least :-).
>"That's not a mistake, that's our system!"

	No, no, no, no!

	We simply define a _virtual_ Year 0 of zero length, and thereby
rationlaize the would process!


Sam'l Bassett, Sterling Software @ NASA Ames Research Center, 
Moffett Field CA 94035 Work: (415) 694-4792;  Home: (415) 969-2644
sa...@well.sf.ca.us                     sa...@ames.arc.nasa.gov 
<Disclaimer> := 'Sterling doesn't _have_ opinions -- much less NASA!'

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