Re: National Geographic special

1999-12-22 Thread Dave Bell
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

Trigonometry tutorial

1999-12-22 Thread Fernando Cabral
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

Re: National Geographic special

1999-12-22 Thread Fernando Cabral
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

Re: National Geographic special

1999-12-22 Thread Jim_Cobb
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

National Geographic special

1999-12-22 Thread John Carmichael
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

1999-12-22 Thread John Hall
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

Re: Fernando's Millenium

1999-12-22 Thread PsykoKidd
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.