Re: [at-l] Millennium Mania

[bullard@northnet.org]

At 08:09 AM 7/16/99 -0500, Thomas McGinnis wrote:
>     You could spend the entire year blowing a little reality around, by 
>     reminding people that the next millennium starts 01/01/01, not 
>     01/01/00.
>     
>     Sloetoe
>     (occasional curmudgeon)
>
Actually, the monk who set up our calendar made at least 2 major errors in
his calculations of the starting point (the birth of Christ). He was at
least 4 years off on the birth date because he placed the date 4 years
after the death of Herod (the King who reportedly panicked at the potential
challenge to his throne and had all the male babies killed). Also he
started at the year ONE. Since no one is one year old they've lived a year
that adds a year to the turn of the millennium. So.. 2000 - 4 + 1 = 1997.
No one knows the actual month and day of Christ's birth but based
historical records of other events that are mentioned in the Bible it was
most likely in Aug. or Sept. Bottom line - the latest date the millennium
could have ended, allowing for only a minimum of errors, was Sept. 27th,
1997. If the magnitude of error is greater, it happened earlier than that.
You've already missed it guys. That's reality.

Saunterer
(frequent curmudgeon) Are you sure that your DNA is Y2K compliant?
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