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Re: Line in the Sand
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 3 Dec 1999 18:23:21 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, onyx wrote:
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> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> > > Still discussing:
> > > Maybe we can get this finalized before the end of the year. Well, a guy can
> > > dream, right? ;)
> > >
> > > Steve
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> > at first i misread that as:
> > > Maybe we can get this finalized before the end of next year....
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> > and thought to myself "wow, Steve's in a really cynical mood".. hehe.. guess
> > i'm just projecting my own cynicism...
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> I had originally written "before the end of this millenium", but I thought that
> sounded too pessimistic. And I didn't want to give anyone an opening for the
> 2000/2001 diatribe.
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> Steve
> Personally, I just care when the odometer rolls over.
If the academics are right, it may have rolled over in 1993/94; so many problems
are associated with just when we started counting, not to mention whether it's 2000
or 2001 years!
best,
LFB
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| (...) I had originally written "before the end of this millenium", but I thought that sounded too pessimistic. And I didn't want to give anyone an opening for the 2000/2001 diatribe. Steve Personally, I just care when the odometer rolls over. (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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