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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 23:59:53 +0100
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From: Todorovic <todorus AT EUnet DOT yu>
Subject: Re: Happy New Year!!
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Wilmer van der Gaast <lintux AT dds DOT nl> wrote in message
news:<Pine DOT LNX DOT 4 DOT 10 DOT 10001071513220 DOT 710-100000 AT syscon DOT minilinux DOT org>...
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Todorovic wrote:
> 
> > > I just want to wish you all a happy new year and a Happy new
Millenium!!!
> > 
> > Thanks on wish for happy new year, but
> > YOU WISH US A HAPPY NEW MILLENIUM A YEAR BEFORE IT STARTS????!!!!
> 
> 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?????? At the moment
> you were born, you were 0 years old, but in the first year of your live...
> 

That's right. And you'll be one year old ONE YEAR AFTER you were born.
Since (one millennium == 1000 years), the third millenium will start AFTER
2000 years. And the last one of those just started. So, we'll HAVE to wait
one more year, and than...

> 
> Greetings, and for you, a happy new year, and for the others a happy new
> MILLENIUM.
> 

Thanks!
Alexa

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