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Re: CLSOTW - Thanks
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:25:39 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Christopher Lannan writes:
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> Nitpick- there IS NO year zero. There are 10 years in a decade, so the last
> year of the first decade was 10, the first year of the next decade was 11.
> Taking this to today- there are 1000 years in a millenium, so the last year of
> the first millenium was 1000, and the last year of this one is 2000. The first
> year of the new millenium (and the 21st century) is 2001. Simple as counting
> to ten. Millions of people saying that it's the new millenium doesn't make it
> so.
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> Chris
You're right. Nor is there a year 1 or 5 or 30 either. The current calendar
was made not too long ago as a device to easily keep track of all the
meaningless crap we run around doing our whole lives. The actual birthdate of
Christ is not etched in 2000 year-old stone anywhere. The year of His birth
can be disputed legitimately inside a 5-6 year timeframe at least. So the "New
Millenium" may have started 3 years ago. Or maybe it started this morning. My
point is that it's the people, not the math, that determine which year is the
Big Deal. Remember all the people who thought the world would end just because
2000 is a biiiig rooound number? As a species, we change the rules constantly
to conform to what we think is Best. We just happen to be wrong A LOT. But
that doesn't mean we don't keep right on doing it. At least that's my take on
the whole Y2K thing. Sorry about the rambling on and on and on and...
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| (...) of (...) first (...) Well, in order for there to be a "new millenium" to argue about I think that we should accept as a given the current (albeit quite probably inaccurate) dating system. In this system there is indeed a year 1 and 5(although (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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