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In lugnet.cad.dev, onyx wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> > Still discussing:
> > Maybe we can get this finalized before the end of the year. Well, a guy can
> > dream, right? ;)
> >
> > Steve
>
> at first i misread that as:
> > Maybe we can get this finalized before the end of next year....
>
> and thought to myself "wow, Steve's in a really cynical mood".. hehe.. guess
> i'm just projecting my own cynicism...
I had originally written "before the end of this millenium", but I thought that
sounded too pessimistic. And I didn't want to give anyone an opening for the
2000/2001 diatribe.
Steve
Personally, I just care when the odometer rolls over.
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, onyx wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> > > Still discussing:
> > > Maybe we can get this finalized before the end of the year. Well, a guy can
> > > dream, right? ;)
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> > at first i misread that as:
> > > Maybe we can get this finalized before the end of next year....
> >
> > and thought to myself "wow, Steve's in a really cynical mood".. hehe.. guess
> > i'm just projecting my own cynicism...
>
> I had originally written "before the end of this millenium", but I thought that
> sounded too pessimistic. And I didn't want to give anyone an opening for the
> 2000/2001 diatribe.
>
> Steve
> Personally, I just care when the odometer rolls over.
If the academics are right, it may have rolled over in 1993/94; so many problems
are associated with just when we started counting, not to mention whether it's 2000
or 2001 years!
best,
LFB
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