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Tony Duell wrote: Damned straight. 2048 -- now _that's_ important. (2x10^3 years after a derivative myth started -- who cares?). Ten years after we know the Unix 2038 "bug" has been fixed, that'll mean something Y2K is _not_ a "bug"! How often does anybody you know sign a contract (by hand) with a 4-digit year field? Or a cheque? Or a letter? It's nothing new, I've got letters by ancestors from the 19th century that were signed with 2-digit year fields. It's just that this time we've got several generations of public school graduates (that's the U.S. version of public school -- in the U.K. government schools are called something else as I recall) that can't count their change if they pay a dollar for a fifty cent candy bar. Many of these "graduates" hold public office, many others take polls for them and tally the results. I'm starting to think the Y2k doom-sayers are too optimistic. Purely secular myself, by the way -- if the "Rapture" happened any time I'm alive, the world would be a better place afterward, especially since I'm not a christian, so I'd have a chance to enjoy myself. (Forget the argument when the 2nd millennium starts -- yes, there was no Year Zero, but the majority of voters are impressed by the row of zeroes in the coming year number -- democratically, we lose. Let them celebrate their millennium, nick the booze from their parties, then we can have a proper party a year later. Inviting those who can count.) -- Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/> WARNING: The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms can be hazardous to your health -- and get away with it.