23 Dec
1999
23 Dec
'99
2:42 p.m.
As we wind down to the end of the year, I wish everyone good health, good
hunting, and good deals!
--Chuck
24 Dec
24 Dec
4:34 a.m.
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10:30 p.m.
At 06:34 PM 12/24/1999 +0000, you wrote:
Hey, Tony, I thought all computer types counted 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9!
Cheers
Charlie Fox
Besides, it is a good excuse to have two big parties instead of one.
Charles E. Fox
Chas E. Fox Video Productions
793 Argyle Rd. Windsor N8Y 3J8 Ont. Canada
email foxvideo(a)wincom.net Homepage http://www.wincom.net/foxvideo
As we wind down to the end of the year, I wish everyone good health, good
hunting, and good deals!
At the risk of continuing an off-topic thead :
Merry Christmas/Newtonsday [1]/Halloween [2]/Midwinter/whatever else you
celebrate at this time of year to all members of classiccmp and their
families. May 2000 [3] bring forth even more classic computer rescues and
restorations !.
[1] Sir Isaac Newton was born 25th December 1642
[2] Well, Oct(al) 31 = Dec(imal) 25, doesn't it :-).
[3] If anyone wishes me a 'happy new millennium' this year they will be
on the wrong end of a LART. The year 2000 is the last year of the 20th
century (and the 2nd millennium). The new millennium starts on 01/01/2001.
-tony
25 Dec
25 Dec
3:28 a.m.
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7:24 a.m.
At 05:28 PM 12/25/1999 +0000, you wrote:
Indeed I do -- most of the time. Heck, I even once used '@' as a letter
zero (well, it comes immedidately before 'A' in the ASCII table) when
lettering the sections of a document.
Had _I_ been designing a calendar, there would have been a year 0. And a
century 0. And a millennium 0. And, for that matter, a zeroth of every
month. We'd currently be in the 19th century (and at the end of the 1st
millennium).
But that's not the calendar we all use. The 19th century ended on
31/12/1900, and the 20th centrury started on 01/01/1901. That's within
living memory (just). Now, if you can honestly justify a century of 99
years, I'd love to know how.
Celebrate the year 2000 if you want. But don't call it the start of the
next millennium.
-tony
I'm willing to argue either side of this, and I have. When a child is
born, or when you buy a new car the period starting from the birth or
purchase (as the case may be) is part of its first year, and 365 (more or
less) days later it is one year old. Its existence is not beginning at its
first birthday, but at the beginning of its first year.
Now what I would like some of you scientific types to explain to me is how
folks living in the years 'BC' designated them. They couldn't say "this
year is 45 BC'" because they didn't know when it was going to happen.
I'm
afraid I'm not quite old enough to remember.
Regards
Charlie Fox
Charles E. Fox
Chas E. Fox Video Productions
793 Argyle Rd. Windsor N8Y 3J8 Ont. Canada
email foxvideo(a)wincom.net Homepage http://www.wincom.net/foxvideo
century (and the 2nd millennium). The new millennium
starts on 01/01/2001.
-tony
Hey, Tony, I thought all computer types counted 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9! 
27 Dec
27 Dec
3:08 a.m.
> >century (and the 2nd millennium). The new
millennium starts on 01/01/2001.
> Hey, Tony, I thought all computer types counted 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9!
Had _I_ been designing a calendar, there would have
been a year 0. And a
century 0. And a millennium 0. And, for that matter, a zeroth of every
month. We'd currently be in the 19th century (and at the end of the 1st
millennium).
Well, even when there yould have been a Year Zero (Which I had
realy apreciated - just the idea of 0 as a number wasn't ready
to be used all over), we still would be in the 20th century. The
difference is just that one century isn't couted from x01 to
(x+1)00 but rater x00 to x99.
But that's not the calendar we all use. The 19th
century ended on
31/12/1900, and the 20th centrury started on 01/01/1901. That's within
living memory (just). Now, if you can honestly justify a century of 99
years, I'd love to know how.
Because ?
SCNR.
Celebrate the year 2000 if you want. But don't
call it the start of the
next millennium.
Jep, just one more thing:
Merry Christmas/Newtonsday [1]/Halloween
[2]/Midwinter/whatever else you
[1] Sir Isaac Newton was born 25th December 1642
This implies that the 25th is the relevant day all over ...
Just, over here the 24th is Weihnachten - the evening of the
24th is the holy thing ... etc. pp. the 25th has only a
relevance of getting a day off work :) (Not usable this year).
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
4:52 a.m.
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