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Re: CLSOTW - Thanks
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:10:31 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Christopher Lannan writes:
> > 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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> I think everyone here knows this, in much the same way that April 30 does
> not equal May 1. However, there's no point in complaining about it, because
> even if it's not "so," no one really seems to care. Besides which, it's not
> going to matter, really for at least another 100 years, and I'll be happy to
> resume this debate with anyone at that time.
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> Dave!
It's not that I care so much either. I believe that the year 2000 is a big
deal, and worth celebrating. The thing that bothers me is that folks I respect
and expect more of are making such a simple mistake. I don't read Time
magazine, for example, for my news, but many people do, and it's a little
frightening to see them make such a mistake- same with just about all thge
other news media out there- they SHOULD know better. It's really as simple as
counting to ten. The other thing that bothers me about it is when I say that
the new millenium starts in 2001, then all of a sudden I'm the crackpot, and
all the other million folks in error are "right." Can you say "baaah"?
> follow-ups to lugnet.off-topic.fun
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| (...) Amen! (or Right On! or Exactly!, whichever floats your pirate ship.) It wouldn't be so bad if there weren't *so* many people (well over 90% by my informal reconing, including almost all of the news media - did you see Peter Jennings' reaction (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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