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Article #722359Re: Millennium
From: ys...
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 00:00
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Blair Nowakowsky wrote: > I heard one theory that the first century only had 99 years, not 100. This > then make all of the subsequent centuries start at the 00 date. I like that > better. > I think we should just declare the first millenium a 'leap' millenium containing only 999 years rather than the 'traditional' 1000. Sub-millenium? Besides, our whole system of time is in large part rather meaningless. Aesthetics are of paramount importance: I'd much rather celebrate the new millenium at the beginning of the year 2000 A.D. [Arbitrary Delineation]. Rafi
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From: ys...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Millennium Date: 1997/06/21 Message-ID: <33ABEF3F.4F93@earthlink.net> X-Deja-AN: 251598999 References: <01bc750e$7441ea00$5af62581@dferner> <5njrcp$ndc@limes.air.saab.se> <339e0344.1446549@news.onramp.net> <01bc766b$59eb43a0$651c10ac@venger-no-fear.intervoice.com> <5o3tv5$802@mercury.arc.ab.ca> Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Reply-To: ys...@earthlink.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,alt.games.quake,alt.games.duke3d,alt.games.mechwarrior2,alt.games.descent,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,recipes.babies,alt.games.redalert,chile.futbol MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit