Re: #1 On my list of pet peeves for 1999!

From: Tim Bates (tbates@karri.bhs.mq.edu.au)
Date: Sun Jan 03 1999 - 21:19:58 MST

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Damien Broderick said

>the ninny who did the calculations for the Pope around the middle of the
>sixth century forgot about year zero. ...
> Add two thousand, get Jan 1, AD2001. *It can't possibly be anything else*,
>even if heavyweights like Stephen Jay
>Gould get all populist and damp-eyed and go for the ignorant 2000.

heavyweight, ignorant, damp-eyed populist: oh my god! I can't imagine a
worse combination ;-)

best,
tim

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