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Date:      Mon, 06 Dec 1999 17:48:37 -0600
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@hiwaay.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New Millenium (was: So, what do we call the 00's?)
Message-ID:  <384C4B55.DABD48FA@hiwaay.net>
References:  <19991205135905.63795@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <4.2.0.58.19991205214026.03e2e8c0@localhost>

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Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> At 04:02 PM 12/5/1999 , jack wrote:
> >Today Greg Lehey wrote:
> >
> > > OK.  I've come to generally accept this opinion.  Let's look at a few
> > > more:
> > >
> > > When is the turn of the century?  By the same logic, that's also in
> > > 2001.
> 
> Or, in many UNIX programs, in 19100. ;-)

My father told me of a Y2K-readiness he performed on a computer (running
a MS-DOS program) that programmed Motorola radios. It displayed "19_00",
but otherwise functioned correctly.
-- 
Kris Kirby, KE4AHR
<kris@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.


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