OT: Happy Holidays

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sat Dec 25 16:56:28 1999

On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Tony Duell wrote:

> >
> > In a message dated 12/24/1999 2:39:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes:
> >
> > > The new millennium starts on 01/01/2001.
> >
> > Right on!
>
> I'm pleased to see I'm not the only one...
>
> This whole millennium mistake is actually very worrying. It shows how
> easily the genneral public will accept false information without
> bothering to check it, even when it's easy to verify. One wonders how
> many other lies are doing the rounds.
>
> -tony
>

Then we should worry even more, Tony, as the book "The Century" by Peter
Jennings and Todd Brewster, reports that their was a similar debate in
1900. I think that I would not want to place any heavy bets on the rest
of the nn00/01 dates, either.

                                                 - don
 
Received on Sat Dec 25 1999 - 16:56:28 GMT