Re: National Geographic special
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Jim_Cobb wrote: Has it occurred to anybody else that many proprietors spreading prophesies of gloom and doom come Jan. 1 are gladly peddling food, water, battery-powered generators and other expensive wares on credit? -- John McCaslin True! And should the disaster actually occur, those credit-buyers are gonna make out like *bandits*! In all seriousness, I expect little, if any, problems. But its still a good idea to have reasonable emergency reserves stored up, if only in case of earthquake, extended winter power outages, or the like. We have water, some long-storable food, filled the R/V propane and fuel tanks, dry wood, and pet food. And I've finally gotten around to building a cable from the R/V generator to the house mains panel, like I want every time the power drops for more than a couple of hours! Dave
Trigonometry tutorial
Hello It seems a couple of weeks ago I read a message that had a pointer to a site with a tutorial on trignometry. I am not 100% sure I got it from this list but if somebody still has that message or knows the URL... Thank you. - fernando -- Fernando Cabral Padrao iX Sistemas Abertos mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pix.com.br Fone Direto: +55 61 329-0206mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PABX: +55 61 329-0202 Fax: +55 61 326-3082 15º 45' 04.9 S 47º 49' 58.6 W 19º 37' 57.0 S 45º 17' 13.6 W
Re: National Geographic special
John Carmichael wrote: Tonight, NBC will air at 7:00 The National Geographic Millenium Special: Adventures in Time: John Lithgow narates a history of time from the creation of the universe into predictions of the future. Now that you mentioned this Millennium Special I started thinking why we have not discussed this issue on this list. To me it does not seem that the third millennium will begin in 2000 but in 2001. So, as far as I can see, all this fuss and hype about the next new years day is but hype and fuss created and promoted by marketers that wanna sell more hotel rooms, more air ticks, more champaign... I am wrong? - fernando -- Fernando Cabral Padrao iX Sistemas Abertos mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pix.com.br Fone Direto: +55 61 329-0206mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PABX: +55 61 329-0202 Fax: +55 61 326-3082 15º 45' 04.9 S 47º 49' 58.6 W 19º 37' 57.0 S 45º 17' 13.6 W
Re: National Geographic special
Fernando Cabral wrote: So, as far as I can see, all this fuss and hype about the next new years day is but hype and fuss created and promoted by marketers that wanna sell more hotel rooms, more air ticks, more champaign... I am wrong? - fernando No, I believe you are correct. Clever marketers--they'll get to sell the turn-of-the millennium twice. And only the first one has potential to be troubled by the Y2K bug. Jim 40N45, 111W53 --- -- | Jim Cobb | 540 Arapeen Dr. #100 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Parametric| Salt Lake City, UT | (801)-588-4632 | | Technology Corp. | 84108-1202 | Fax (801)-588-4650 | --- -- Has it occurred to anybody else that many proprietors spreading prophesies of gloom and doom come Jan. 1 are gladly peddling food, water, battery-powered generators and other expensive wares on credit? -- John McCaslin
National Geographic special
Tonight, NBC will air at 7:00 The National Geographic Millenium Special: Adventures in Time: John Lithgow narates a history of time from the creation of the universe into predictions of the future. John
Stargate Closing
Hi All The 'Stargate' is closing here between 24/12/99 and 4/1/2000 to avoid 'Y2K swarm' attacks we are told ;-) I marked the setting sun on our horizon last night so now it is on its way back to you folks up there - take good care of her. The moon last night was big bright and wonderful as Orion rode her up into the sky as they chased Saturn and Jupiter, they all missed the sun by an hour or so - it was a grand display. Who cares about the millenium anyway, just keep watching the show ;-)) Many many thanks for all your collective wit, wisdom and help over the past year. Wishing you all a very happy break however you may celebrate it. John -- John D Hall School of Architecture - University of Tasmania Launceston TAS 7250 Tel (+61) 0363 24 3502Latitude 41d 26m 1s South Fax (+61) 0363 24 3557 Longitude 147d 7m 49.5s East
Re: Fernando's Millenium
The millinium does technically begin on Jan 1, 2001 because there is no year 0. On the other hand if you celebrated a new decade in 1990, then it would start in 2000. 2000 does look like more of a significant change than 2000-2001, and of course no one alive was around in year 0 anyway. In addition, Jesus of Nazarath was not born in year 1 anyway, but at least 4 years before that. (No one knows for sure) So, technically 2000 is Y2K, and 2001 is the new millenium.
