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To: Josef Svejk who wrote (1433)12/20/1997 6:16:00 PM
From: Peach  Read Replies (1) of 4295
 
Josef,

My favorite line in the link you provided is:

"And this is all because early computer programmers, in the interest of keeping programs as short as possible, chose to abbreviate the year as a two-digit number in computer code."

LOL! Yeah, we really strive to have "short programs", and the length of the individual data records does not matter one whit! HeeHee

Norm
FBN - Chuckling

PS. Do you think TED would give each of us one of those "2nd user" corporate credit cards like he so willingly gave to Janice?
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