Re: 1999 !

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ken sartor (sartor++at++visidyne.com)
Mon, 04 Jan 1999 14:39:52 -0600

Hmmm... i would not label it an oxymoran but rather
an exception. Some years have 365 days, some 366,
one had quite a few less...

And let us not forget that this system of counting was all
done long after the fact (i.e., no one was thinking, gee it
is year 27)....

Finally, why be so rigid on a matter that is so inconsistant
with most peoples idea of reasonable? Heck who thinks that
their 41st birthday is special? People like zeroes. If i
bought a new car that had 17 miles on it, should it be
special to me when it turns over 100017 miles or 100000?

ken

At 02:04 PM 1/4/99 , Angus Dorbie wrote:
>That's exactly my point, if you agree that there
>are 10 years in a decade. To say the first decade
>has only 9 years is an oxymoron.
>
>You also have to say that the first millenium had
>only 999 years, another oxymoron. Ofcourse a millenium
>has 1000 years irrespective of the number you label
>the first year with.
>
>Cheers,Angus.
>
>ken sartor wrote:
>>
>> But the first decade only had 9 years, so the year 2000
>> is really the turn of the millennium...
>>
>> (Heck if you are _really_ picky Jesus was not born in year
>> 1 (or 0) anyway.)
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> ken
>>
>> At 01:04 PM 1/4/99 , you wrote:
>> >> Intrinsic Graphics Inc. wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Happy new year, the last before the new millennium.
>> >
>> >No it's not. This is a date, think Fortran not C, 1 is the first
>> >index in the array.
>> >
>> >Cheers,Angus.
>> >
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