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Re: Century not over till 2001

To: "Kevin N. Andrews" <kevina@emji.net>
Subject: Re: Century not over till 2001
From: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 21:30:34 -0700
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
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"Kevin N. Andrews" wrote:
> 
> The century doesn't end till 2001. Remember we started counting at 1 not 0.
> Kevin

Unfortunately, our forebearers in the Middle Ages, who weren't as good
at math as we, and who were even more caught up in millenial fever,
started counting at year 1000.... We just inherited the tendency from
them. <g>


Cheers.

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