"Steven W. Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> More notice? Sheesh! You had a billion seconds! How much more notice you
> need?
>
I've heard this referred to as "the gigasecond". If we take that as 10^9,
then that's correct, but if instead we use 2^32, then we've got a while yet
to go, until Sat, Jan 10 08:37:04 2004 EST.
Of course, if you stick a bunch of marbles in your mouth first, the
ambiguity
goes away ("giga" with a mouthful of marbles would sound something like
"giba" :-P)
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