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>Craig wrote:
>  >
>  > Officially, the new millennium begins Jan 01, 2001, according to the US
>  > Naval Observatory, the OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER of the US, and the same of the
>  > Official timekeeper in the UK, and also by those that believe
>it's important
>  > to have 1000 years in a millennium instead of 999.
>
>Are you saying that the year 1900 was part of the 19th century?

Yes.

>The OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER of the US is an individual with a nose, a
>belly button,
>and an opinion just like everyone else.  I really doubt he found the
>answer thru
>one of his telescopes.
>
>Those of us who had to really analyze number systems in order to design
>computers have always recognized that one started counting at zero.  (Although
>there was a misguided bunch who had both negative and positive zeroes in their
>implementations.)

So when you get change for a $100 bill do you expect the counting to
start at zero and to get back 99 $1 bills.

>There not only wasn't a year zero.  There wasn't a year 1000 one
>millennium ago,
>even if you allow a couple of years slop.

On what do you base this statement?

Paul Baechler
pbaechle@bellsouth.net

   

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