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Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
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> And who are they to think they can overrule "the populace" in such a matter? 
"Official timekeepers," indeed.

 This topic has been endlessly bounced around on several public
newsgroups. One fellow proclaimed that we were being lied to by the media.
To me it's just another case where "political" thinking is at odds with
more precise scientific thinking.

No doubt the same circumstances prevailed at the turn of the century in "1900".
It is all kind of humorous and much easier "to give them what they want" :-)

Tony

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> It is, as another lister pointed out, nothing but an odometer rollover. 
Official timekeepers can insert leapseconds to keep the earth orbit
> and rotation in agreement, but they have no "official" (officious?) 
authority over what century, or millenium, anyone calls it.
>
> On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 16:21:08 -0800, Tony wrote:
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> >The official timekeepers of the world are in agreement that the
> >3rd millenium begins January 1, 2001
> >
> >However the populace appears to prefer year 2000 as the new beginning
> >hence that is what is press, radio and tv promoted.
> >
>
> Rodney Myrvaagnes                   J36 Gjo/a
> Associate Editor           Electronic Products
> My oyster knife is Y2K compliant

   

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