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  From: Robert Wuttke <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
  To  : Alex Garner" <alex@netcraft.com.au>, "David Drury <alex@netcraft.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:54:49 +1030

Re: Daylight Savings Time

I use both, so thankx for this great excuse to imbibe extreme amounts of
alcohol on both days (yip-yahoo!)

Rob.

----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Garner <alex@netcraft.com.au>
To: David Drury <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc: <mikero@norfolk.nf>; <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: Daylight Savings Time


> > Basically tho, I agree with the sentiment here, if it weren't for
> > some (potential) computer glitches, 2000 will just be another year
> > for me. Now if I wanted to I could open the argument about 2000 vs
> > 2001 being the start of the new millenium :P
>
> I have a convenient method to justify the consuption of great
> quantities of alcohol at the 31st of December this year that linux
> enthusiasts (and engineers) might appreciate.
>
> The decision about how much to drink is usually related to the
> significance of the event. Whether you opt for 2000 or 2001 depends
> on whether you start counting at the year '0' or the year '1'. (Both
> these years are fairly arbitrary, because the calender was devised after
> the event.) Purists would argue that the first year is defined as '1',
> but engineers may argue that the first year should be '0'.
>
> Basically if you refer to the first PC serial device as 'com1' then
> you get drunk on 2001, if you refer to it as 'ttyS0' then you get
> drunk on 2000.
>
> This is also a cool way to alienate windows users.
>
> It's so much more logical to start at '0', especailly if at the year
> was decided on after the event. This means there would have been none
> of the problems associated with living in a year you can't divide
> anything by, since no-one actually knew at the time that it _was_ the
> year '0' (or '1'). (I'm not sure why you'd want to do that, or even
> why I mentioned it.)
>
> So if you get drawn into an argument about why you're celebrating "the
> new milennium", then just point and laugh and say "windows user", and
> get back to your coopers premium.
>
> Oh yeah, 2000 is a much more interesting looking number too!
>
> Cheers
>
> Alex!
>
> P.S. it goes without saying that this e-mail contains little accuracy
> and much arm-waving and bending-of-fact, but that's what's going to
> count in an argument at 10:00+ on the 31st.
>
> *hic*
>
> --
>
> Alex Garner <alex@netcraft.com.au>
>
> NetCraft Australia
> Phone (08) 8370 3650
> http://www.netcraft.com.au
>
> ...I should have taken the blue pill.
>
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