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To: Fangorn who wrote (131046)	6/4/1999 1:13:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Respond to of 176387

OT OT OT Didn't you see the proclamation that the year of JC's birth will hereafter be known as year 0, not year 1; further that all historical dates have had 1 year subtracted from them. For example, now Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue not in 1492 but he sailed the Ocean CYAN in 1491. Thus the century can now end this Dec 31st, 1999. Or maybe that story was just a hoax and the century will still end on Dec 31st, 2000. Besides, what's 1 year out of a couple millenniums among friends? [end tongue in cheek rant]

To: Fangorn who wrote (131046)	6/4/1999 7:05:00 PM
From: divvie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

It's a matter of convention now. Of course, you are absolutely correct in your definition, but what has happened is similar to what happened to the term billion. In the UK it meant 1,000,000,000,000 whereas in the US it meant 1,000,000,000. This was supposed to be a proper definition but in the end, all reference to billion in the Uk eventually changed to the US definition. What has happened here is that so many people think that the new millennium starts in 2000, that despite protests from many people, that it has become generally accepted that the new millennium starts in 2000 and not 2001. Who is right? Well, it would appear that the majority is right now. If a millennium lasts a thousand years then the next millennium will start in 3000 so the definition still stands. We just have to adjust what we thought of as the start of our calendar, which, as we all know is wrong anyway. So why not start again at the year 2000 and proclaim that as a new millennium? Don't fight the trend.