Scott -
It may seem weird, but it's the case. 1990 was actually the last year of
the 198th decade AD. The thing that messes people up is that in our system
or reckoning years (having a countdown system BC/BCE and a countup system
AD/CE), they skipped over "Year 0", so what we have is:
<(-3)(-2)(-1)(1)(2)(3)>
BC|AD
as opposed to the:
<(-3)(-2)(-1)(0)(1)(2)(3)>
BC|AD
that we all had in math class.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
1/1/2001 is a Monday. That's either good news or bad news depending on
your point of view: Either the new Millenium starts on a Monday morning, or
during a 3-day weekend!
-----Original Message------
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 22:28:42 +0000
From: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>
Subject: Re: mailbox is full of WHAT
> > If your computer does manage to role-over there is
> > a problem, do you know if it is a leap year.
> >
> >
> > View One
> > Yes it is, because its divisible by four
> > View Two
> > Don't be stupid its the turn of the centry
> > there for me being very inteligent and more
> > intouch will opt for NO.
> > View Three.
> > Because its the end of the milienium, it's up
> > to the powers that bee, and they have descided
> > that to make the orbit of earth equal and all
> > that it should be a leap year.
> >
> > Incidently I aggree with view three, and that is
> > why I insulted view Two :->
> >
> > --
> > James Carpenter
> > Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
> > NO I havent lost my mind, mearly mistplaced it.
James,
No, it's not a leap year, and as a matter of fact, it's not the turn
of the century, either...
Note--I have a little heartburn with the second statement myself. I
have no problem believing that the new century and millenium won't
start until 2001Jan01, but that would mean that the decades don't
start on the "zero" years, either, and that just seems a little too
weird to me.
Scott
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