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October 1996, Week 2

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Craig Fairchild <[log in to unmask]>
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Craig Fairchild <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:42:04 -0700
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James B. Byrne responded to Wirt by saying...

>Ah, I think that we are already in the first decamillenium, and the
>first hecto, and mega, etc. ad nauseum.  You mean perhaps, the
>beginning of the SECOND decamillenium.

James, I am surprised!  Wirt, like all good programmers, would naturally
start counting with zero - we are now in the zeroeth decamillenium :-).

For what it's worth (probably not the cost of the electricity to put this on
your screen),
Craig

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