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Date:      Sun, 5 Dec 1999 10:53:25 -0600 (CST)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
To:        Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>, dg@root.com, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: So, what do we call the 00's?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.991205105239.47326A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <19991205123358.C325@marder-1>

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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 01:20:58AM -0600, G. Adam Stanislav wrote:
> > They did not even have a Roman numeral for 0.
> > 
> 
> 	One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was
> 	that, lacking zero, they had no way of indicating the
> 	successful termination of their C programs.
> 				  -- Anon.

fortune(6) credits this to Robert Firth.




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