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To: wily who wrote (9841)	1/5/2000 2:22:00 AM
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From: ars-technica.com Feb. 29th may be next "Y2K" Posted 01/04/2000 - 3:00pm EST Just a reminder, there will be a leap day this year on February 29th, which might cause some Y2K-style problems. See, years ending in '00 aren't usually leap years. However, since the regular pattern of adding a leap day every four years still doesn't keep the calendar on track, there's an extra leap year--a "leap leap year", if you will--once every 400 years. The last one was in 1600, and the next one is this year. So some folks are worried that computers won't know to account for this extra day, and on Feb. 29 they'll skip ahead to March 1. Wouldn't it be something if we came through Y2K largely unscathed, only to have the Apocalypse hit us on unexpectedly on Feb. 29? Just think how stupid you'd feel if you had stocked up a bunker for Y2K and then gotten rid of all your supplies when nothing happened, only to face martial law and worldwide collapse only two months later. But, of course I exaggerate here for humor's sake, because I can't imagine anything too serious happening because of this. -Hannibal

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