Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 09:22:23 12/24/99
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On December 24, 1999 at 10:09:34, Charles Unruh wrote: >The millenium does not start till 2001!! 2000 is last year of this millenium. > >2000 is just the cap, 2001 is the beggining man i want to blow up the world i'm >tired of people refusing to acknowledge the obvious ughhh! Merry X-mas >>MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1901 1999 2000 2001 2099 2100 2101 As in a decade so in a century....so in a millenium (but 1960,1970,1980,1990 and 2000); we would not say that 1970 was part of the "sixties" would we? So even though we think the millenium begins in 2001 it is not aesthetic to call year 2000 part of the 20th century. The first century year 1 occured at the supposed birth of Christ and was not zero however. By convention, we ignore this fact..... You know, that is probably why Stanley Kubrick chose the title "2001: A Space Odyssey" But then, he ignored convention. Tim Frohlick
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