Date:	Sat, 8 Jan 2000 00:50:33 +0100 (CET)
From:	Wilmer van der Gaast <lintux AT dds DOT nl>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Happy New Year!!
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> "Wilmer van der Gaast" <lintux AT dds DOT nl> wrote:
> >
> > Why does everybody say the new millennium starts in 2001??? I don't
> believe
> > it. Why do they start the counting of years with year #1??????
> 
> When the current calendaring system was invented (the one that
> sets year MM as this year), there was no zero. There were only
> Roman numerals. It's a fence post issue, but generations left it
> in for backwards bug-compatibility.
> 
> 
> > Greetings, and for you, a happy new year, and for the others a happy new
> > MILLENIUM.
> 
> All that, and you left an N out.
Eh, oops... but I do know how to write it correctly since I didn't omit
the N in the first line... I always make this mistake and (almost) always
correct it. And it's not because my native language isn't English... The
Dutch millennium's got two n's too. And two l's and two i's and two m's...

Maybe it's better if I stop replying to this off-topic things... Okay, let's
do it from now (on?)...

> and now you must pay...
Now I _do_ have to pay again??? Lost all your money today, probably...


Greetings,

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Wilmer van der Gaast (lintux AT dds DOT nl)
ICQ 55707076

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