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[henryw@xxxxxxx (Henry White)]

Harald Sundt wrote:
> 
> How does Y2K affect the Linux Platform or Apps?
> 
> 1.) Scientifically, the Millennium begins January 01,2001, 00:00:01 AM
> 2.) Popularly, hey, who can wait that extra year?
> 3.) Technically, because the Computer two place year field crisis (Y2K)
> happens in 2000, it's 2000.
> 4.) Religiously, in that Jesus ben Joseph (nee Abijah=Phabi), was born in 4
> or 7 B.C.E., it already happenned.
> 5.) Astrologically, its upon the first Jupiter/Saturn conjunction adjacent
> to 2000.
> 
> >Ooh, things got a little heated while I was away for new years. Next
> >thing you know and we'll be debating whether the millenium starts in 2000
> >or 2001.:-)
> 

And don't forget, 2000 is a leap year which only comes around every 400
years. So even if you get past 1 January, you still need to get past 29
February before you're 'safely' home ;-)

Anyone for resurrecting the 'domino' theory? Larry Ellison has been
predicting massive collapse of the Internet - 1/1/2000 sounds like a
good time to test it out.
 
In any case, we'll ALL be sick to death of hearing about Y2K in all it's
premutations  - real soon now!


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Henry White
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