Ian Elliott writes: > Please note also that the 2nd Millennium will not be complete until the > END of the year 2000. The origin of the Gregorian calendar is 1 Jan AD > 1. Add 2000 to get the start of the 3rd Millennium, i.e. 1 Jan 2001.
That's true, and people like us find it interesting, but if you stay home the night before 1 Jan 2000, you're going to miss one hell of a party. Since the turn of the millennium doesn't correspond to any astronomical event, and not even to the 2000th anniversary of a historical event, I decided what we're celebrating is the fact that the way we write the year will change in 4 digits. Pure numerology. Like watching your odometer turn over. And that happens when 1999 changes to 2000. Hope to see you then, Art -- To study, to finish, to publish. -- Benjamin Franklin Dr. Arthur Carlson Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Garching, Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~awc/home.html
