Re: New FAQ sites? (was Re: Nathan does it again!)

[pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Paul Francis Gilbert)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> writes:

>Paul Francis Gilbert writes ...
>> 
>> ....
>> 
>> The FAQ for comp.software.year-2000 may have an explanation of the reason why
>> the year 2000 is still in the 20th century, and the millenium starts at
>> 2001. Frankly, I feel that they should have just started at year 0 rather than
>> 1 so there wouldn't be this confusion.

>     Aside from members of an obscure cult, there is no confusion. Year 0 is the 
>year which came just before 1 A.D..


>> In any case, I'm still going to be
>> parrty-ing on 31/12/99!
>>

>     Of course you will. So will everyone else, _including_ the cultists.

> 
>Rubywand

ROTFL. I love hearing Christianity called 'a cult'. Actually, some religions
still don't recognise the Greggory calendar [eg. the Jews, AFAIR... don't
they have their year 1 starting at what they believe the beginning of the
world, about 4000BC or so. So to them, any 'year 2000' celebration is
meaningless.

My personal belief is that if the world want's to use the Christian calendar
then hunky dory for it. But they shouldn't go mucking around with it a few
centurys later, just because they can't be stuffed waiting an extra year to
get piss drink on New Year's Eve ;-)

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