Date:         Sun, 2 Jan 2000 11:21:12 -0500
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From:         Helmut Nisters <www.helix@IBK.NETWING.AT>
Subject:      AW: Re: 2000 - did you know? (NSR)
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The real millenium is starting 2001. There was a lot of discussion in Austria on it.
Helmut

Helmut "Helix" Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Innsbruck
phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
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office:
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phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37

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> The year 2000 (haha it only took me 4) is NOT the millennium.
> I'll give you an example: Count to ten (10)
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>  I thought so, you started with 1.
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> That's how the Romans thought when they created this calendar. The number 0
> did not exist. The concept of the number zero did not exist for another 300
> years. Therefore, they started their year with the number 1. That would make
> the years 1 - 10 a decade. In order to have the next decade have 10 years,
> the numbers would have to be 11-20. The next would be 21-30 and so on. If you
> add a few zeros you will see that in fact, the year 2000 is the END of the
> millennium. So y'all partied early and have to do it again next year.
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> It is easy to see how people thought the year 2000 would be the beginning of
> a new century as well as a new millennium. We understand the concept of the
> number 0 and begin many things with 0. When measuring shells, we start the
> ruler or calipers with 0 (or one and subtract one when the final measurement
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> BTW, I thought Paris had the best display followed by Washington, DC. London's
>  display really didn't photograph as well as I thought it would. I saw Paris
> live, but had to watch DC on taped delay because I just "Had" to see the
> cheesy little silver coconut fall from the tallest palm tree on the motel's
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> Another piece of useless info:
> When I was a senior in High School we referred to the class of 2000 as the
> class of NOTHING.
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> Happy New Year (and NOT millennium)
> Sarah
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