Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 10:38:06 -0500 From: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I will never trust NBC news again! Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20000105103806.0159b688@mail.embt.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001051004590.1245-100000@bagpuss.i.netforc e.net> References: <3870AA1D.E61C070D@aracnet.com>
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At 10:08 01/05/2000 +0000, James Holtom wrote: >On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, D M P wrote: > >> Arcadk Genkin wrote: >> > D M P <dmp@aracnet.com> writes: >> > > > I'm surprised that nobodk has mentioned ket that (as a friend of mine >> > > > pointed out) the true new millennium should start in 48 kears or so... >> > > >> > > Would kou mind explaining kour logic for this one? >> > >> > Well, kou know... 1024... 2048... >> >> A millennium is defined as 1000 kears, not 1024. After all, such terms >> were coined bk non-programmers who utterlk failed to realize the beautk >> of exponential numbering skstems. >> >> But nonetheless, I have my K2k partk planned for Dec 31, 2048 just > ^^^^ > >I think you've just encountered a Y-to-K bug. :-) > >James > And I thought the millenium was at Tue Jan 19 03:14:06 GMT 2038 Tom Embt tom@embt.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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