Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2047 mails)

[kar@xxxxxxxxxx (Kaare Rasmussen)]

> There was no year zero for the same reason that if I hold up 2 fingers
> you would say I was holding up 2 fingers, not that I was holding up 1. 
> We don't start counting stuff at zero.

So that's the "scientific" proof that the millenium ends at 2000
instead of 1999? Not very convincing.

I've always wondered why people talk about the scientific view of the
millenium. Still wonder, has to admit, but this is no discussion for
the suse linux list.

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