Re: A83: (no subject)
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Re: A83: (no subject)
Actually, the *real* definition of millennium states that (for whatever
reason) every other millennium is of 999 years, as opposed to 1000. You can
go look it up, "Dictionary of the English Language" London Press, 1925.
... That seems to make everyone happy, the new millennium starts in 2000 and
the lack of year 0 is accounted for.
-Dan
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> I think you mean "the first millennium had 999 (1-999)." :)
>
> Well millennium means exactly 1,000 years. It's just a matter of when we
> define one millennium starting and ending...
>
> --
> Bryan Rabeler
> rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu
> http://www.msu.edu/~rabelerb/
>
> "Let me remind people that we're not in the business of censorship" -
Chris
> Dornfeld, 4 November 1998
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ComAsYuAre@aol.com>
> To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: A83: (no subject)
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> >
> > In a message dated 12/24/99 5:28:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu writes:
> >
> > > So which "millennium" only had 999 years? :)
> >
> > Heh the first one most likely. Since the first decade had 9 years
(1-9),
> the
> > first century had 99 years (1-99), then it would follow that the first
> > century had 999 (1-999). Just think about how arbitrary a "year" is.
> What
> > makes this year 1999? Nothing in particular except that we as a culture
> > decided it was. What makes a millennium?
> >
> >
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> > Jonah Cohen
> > <ComAsYuAre@aol.com>
> > http://linux.hypnotic.org/~jonah/ (down)
> >
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