I rather think it's been the biggest flop yet. About as saleable as Blair piss.
On 28 Nov, 16:43, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > Given the fact that there was no year 0 between BCE and CE in our > calendarial system, you are formally correct; so the first century > ended on December 31st., 100 CE and the 20th. Century at the end of > December, 2000. > > Nonetheless, convention normally regards a decade as beginning with > the multiple of 10 and ending ten years later. So we regard the 60s as > beginning in 1960 and the 80s as beginning in 1980. Thus, the > Noughties began on January 1st., 2000 and will therefore end at > midnight on the 31st. of next month. > > Francis > > On 28 Nov., 17:21, kenandkids <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The first decade of the millenium will end in one year and one month. > > > On Nov 28, 3:51 am, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Towards the end of the year, reviews start to appear about the the > > > year gone by, what had happened, and its significance. > > > > In a month's time, the first decade of the new millenium comes to an > > > end: Here's an interesting analysis of some of the trends which the > > > decade saw. It has, given its source, a bit of Irish emphasis, but I > > > find the major lines of thought interesting. The following paragraph > > > sums it up well: > > > > " ... For those of us who have to live with the pain of the fall that > > > followed all this delusional pride, it is little consolation that > > > future historians will probably regard it as a salutary shock. They > > > will say that the illusion of American hyper-power was in fact > > > dangerous and destabilising, that the vast power of an uncontrollable > > > global financial system was a threat to democracy and to real > > > economies, that the oil was running out, that endless consumption was > > > going to destroy the world and that the emergence of a multi-polar > > > global system was a good thing. They will see the Noughties as a > > > period of messy transitions in which clapped-out assumptions kicked > > > and screamed while the world dragged itself agonisingly towards a more > > > sustainable future..." > > > >http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/1128/1224259593278.html > > > > Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
