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To: JDN who wrote (228020)	2/18/2002 11:55:35 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Now, for something completely different: Subject: A Time Oddity At 8.02 PM on February 20 of this year there will be an historic moment in time. It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing of bells, but at that precise time, on that specific date, something will happen which has not occurred for 1,001 years and will never happen again. As the clock ticks over from 8.01 PM on Wednesday, February 20, time will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002. This historic event will never have the same poignancy as the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month which marks Armistice Day, but it is an event which has only ever happened once before, and is something which will never be repeated. The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock - at 10.01 AM on January 10, 1001. Because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never happen again. Enjoy the moment!

To: JDN who wrote (228020)	2/18/2002 12:32:16 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

How do we know what will be then? There's a lot we don't know about the future. It's not just that it's unlikely that one of these axis labeled countries will develop missles, they would also have to avoid retailiation. A missle launch is hard to hide and will be harder to hide in the super-survielence world a decade from now. These countries will receive a retailation much greater than anything they could hope to accomplish. It is precisely because the SDI system is a solution with no problem that the administration, especially Rumsfeld is so determined to toss billions at it. It won't matter if it works because nobody would initiate that kind of attack even if it weren't present. In the mean time, secrecy insures that the tests don't even have to work. The only thing that is imporant is whether the checks cash, with growing deficits that could be Carlyle's biggest concern. TP