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Re: Welcome to the Ohs
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 04:35:50 GMT
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Mike Petrucelli wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Rick Kujawa writes:
> > Happy New Year everyone. That was the end of the 90's and now its the
> > beginning of the 0's or the oh ohs. Now its double 0h zero.
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> <nitpick mode on>
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> The Year 2000 is the last year of the '90s (not 90's.) There was no year 0000
> The first year was 0001. So 0001 to 0010 is the first decade A.D. Logically
> the last decade of the 20th century is 1991 to 2000. Just out of curiosity, do
> you count ten things 0 to 9 or 1 to 10?
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> <nitpick mode off>
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> P.S. Anyone hear about the french clock maker. He made a grandfather clock in
> the 1600s that has a date counter on it. It should be reading 1/1/2000 right
> now. The first "Y2K" compliant device.
Doubtful, considering the calendar adjustment of 13 (14?) days in the 1700s
somewhere ;-)
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| (...) That adjustment from Julian to Gregorian format is also a complicated issue. It happened in Western Europe in 1582, but not the UK until 1752, and not Russia until 1917. So there was a period where when you crossed the English Channel, you (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) <nitpick mode on> The Year 2000 is the last year of the '90s (not 90's.) There was no year 0000 The first year was 0001. So 0001 to 0010 is the first decade A.D. Logically the last decade of the 20th century is 1991 to 2000. Just out of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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