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