Windows CE: Future classic (OT, in a way...)

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Mon Jun 15 20:12:48 1998

Jack Peacock wrote:
>
> I know I can type it as: "You know, the 00's really suck!" But how the
> heck
> are we supposed to pronounce it?
>
> Simple, as anyone who owns a .30-06 deer rifle can tell tell you, it
> will be the "double ought" decade. Same as 100 years ago, the first
> year will be "ought zero". BTW, .30-06 is a US rifle caliber, .308
> inches (7.62mm), designed in 1906, or "thirty ought six". 20 years from
> now, we'll be talking about that old 500Mhz P II made back in "Ought
> One".
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 20:12:48 BST

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