From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Mon Jan 04 1999 - 22:02:10 MST
> Russell W. Craig wrote:
> >
> > 1. Every time I here someone mention that the new millennium begins
> > January 1, 2000. (2001 People!!)
>
> Lee March wrote: I will ... ask why does it begin on Jan 1, 2001?
convention lee. since extropians are nonconventional types, i propose
we fix
an old problem: the century naming convention. the 17th century is the
16 hundreds. thats made me crazy since forever, and led to countless
misunderstandings.
i propose we name the years 1 to 99 the zeroth century. then the 19th
century would be 1 jan 1900 to 31 dec 1999. then everything makes
sense. the only thing you need to recall is that the zeroth century had
only 99 years, the zeroth decade had 9 yrs, etc. spike
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