I was a lot shorter in those days. :)
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
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I checked out the site that Stan recommended regarding the millenium:
http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/new_mill.html
The following caught my eye and I couldn't resist:
3.1 The Origin of the Christian Era.
Early in the 6th century AD, Dionysius Exiguus (Denys the Little), a monk and
astronomer from Scythia now SW Russia, compiled a table of dates for Easter in
terms of the Diocletion calendar.
I thought many (good) things about our friend Denys, but never anything
"Little"...;-)
Ok, so I have too much time & too little self control...Happy Friday!!!
RAT
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Re:
> This century/millennium stuff will never be resolved.
Has been. There's no question about it. The only problem is that
an extremely large percentage of people don't
understand/know/believe/care_about the official definitions.
However,
> Thesurvey that was sent out
...
it's probably like polling the world to find out if people believe in
ghosts, or UFOs, or (centuries ago) whether the world is flat.
The popular opinion is precisely that: opinion.
Simply go to any authoritative site, like:
http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/new_mill.html
and read the explanation. (That's my favorite, the Royal
Greenwhich Observatory, where a London cab driver
once told me "they invented time".)
In short...just because we know that most people assume (or want to believe)
that the century starts at 2000-01-01, that doesn't mean we should
pander to them. Doing so simply cheapens the value of education,
knowledge, and research.
Me? I'm celebrating on 2000-01-01 because of the speedometer-rollover
effect...I like seeing all those zeroes. I'll *also* celebrate the start of
the next century & millenium on 2001-01-01. Two parties is a lot
better than one!
SS
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