Survey posted 2000-01-02 04:11 by Andy.

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Well, first I went to have dinner with some friends. Around 23:00 we went to the center of our town where a big celebration party was heald. At 24:00, there were fireworks. After the fireworsk, between 1 and 2 o'clock, all the drinks were for free so we enjoyed that :)
And after that we kept partying all night long :)
Anyway, I had a great time!

Shouldn't it be 0:00, not 24:00??

you've got a point there :)

I'm tired of people stating as a fact that the new millennium starts in 2001. Also, Microsoft did NOT invent the word millenium to denote the year 2000.

Which year begins the new millennium is subjective, because no one has proven it either way yet.

Anyway, I celebrated in 2000, as the rest of the mathematical societies of the US and Russia.

>Which year begins the new millennium is subjective, because no one has proven it either way yet.

hmmm...?? Is that like trying to prove the atomic theory?? I think it's quite *obvious* that the new millennium begins in 2001.

>Anyway, I celebrated in 2000, as the rest of the mathematical societies of the US and Russia.

I think everyone celebrated in 2000 (and part of 1999) no matter if you are in a mathematical society in the Us, Russia, France, Great Britian, Canada, or the USSR (oops- belated y2k problems?). I know I celebrated in 2000, and in 1999, but I didn't celebrate the new millenium.

to hell with it, the real millennium is next year, and i knew all along that Y2Gay wouldn't do anything... think about it people! if you programmed a 2 digit clock on your calc, and the clock reached 2000, would your calc crash?!?!?! NO!!! it would just say "00" and that's the end of it......

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But if you tried to do any kind of date comparison between them (99 and 00) you'd end up with all negative answers, which really doesn't do too well when calculating interest, payments, and such.

If our counting have a zero in it, why don't our years. BC years are negative numbers, and AD years are positive. The only way we can ever know when milliniums begin and end is to find out if their was a year zero.

This is not a matter of finding out anyting. It's a well-know historical fact that there was no year 0.

Need an extra "n" there, unless you want to go by a Microsoft millenium. =)

It was prove when they established our calendar system and your country adopted it.

Ok this millenium dilemna is very simple everyone. The calendar we use today is based on Christ. The word millenium means a 1000 year period, just as century means a 100 year period, or score for 20 years, decade for 10 years, etc. For those of you who absolutely know that the new millenium will be the apolcalypse, well there you have it, it has to be next year. But why? Well, if there were a "Y0k", it would have been the passing of the year 1 b.c. to the year a.d. 1. Based on this, the year 1 meant it was the first year, but no year had actually passed yet. So in the year 2000, it is the 2000th year, but only 1999 years have passed. Therefore, the millenium change shall occur at the completion of the year 2000. So everyone pack up your party gear, and prepare for the real millenium party in about 12 months.

You can start a milennium anytime, but you can't end one anytime. But the "Milennium" that most people mean is from the year one, and the end of this year is the end of the 2nd milennium. Actually, (not that I think this way, the millenium stars in 2001, not 2000) you could say that the millenium started/ended at midnight 12/31/99, if you are counting from the year 1000 ONLY, which is also the only way this could be only ONE millennium. Next year will not be THE Millennium, but The THIRD Millennium.

I'm sure they would know that it would be the third Millennium, even if they are dumb enough to think it starts in 2000.

Most people I'd talked to about this, didn't know what millennium it was.

I'm sorry, but if you were playing your calculator or somthing your pretty dang sad. C'mon it was the year 2000! Party party party!!!!!

I was getting paid $17 (US) an hour to work for a caterer at a party. :) (Worked 5 hours)

But the real content of this message starts here.

Ok, here we go all you geniuses out there.

This is why 2001 starts the new millennium. there is no year 0 A.D. Why? Because when the Romans first started the calendar, there was no number for 0. Think about it. There isn't any number for 0 in Roman Numerals, so they start with 1. Therefore the next century _and_ Millennium (yes you twits, it does have 2 n's, at least that's what Webster says) dosen't start until 2001. Sorry, but this one really isn't debateable, as it is historically correct. Do your own research if you don't believe me.

correct. and all the others, saying the millennium pass on 2000, shut up! you're looking stupid!
just do the counts.

OK, I'm taking advantage of the bickering over this 2000/2001 deal, the solution is simple: Party on Y2K, AND this year. That way, you get twice as much party, and can definitely say without a doubt that the new millennium is here.

So quit beating a dead horse and party!! :P

This is Y2K, there is no ambiguity about that - K=1000 so 2K=2000. the controversy is if this year is the first or last year of the current millennium

Actually, if you are talking about computers, k=2^10, or 1024. thus, 2k would 2048, and not 2000, so while this is the year 2000, the y2k "bug" will not be able to happen for 48 years.

really. how big is a kilobyte, and how many kilobytes in a megabyte? 1024.
so y2k is going to happen in a while.

I meant party on Y2K (as in the date of the Y2K rollover) AND this year's New Year party, Dec 31, 2000.
If you still don't think I'm describing it right...you know what I mean :P