Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:30:55 -0500
Y-Zero-K, Y1K, Y2K.... Is it *really* a big deal? On January 1,
2,000, it will be Jewish year 5,760. Chinese year 4,697 will
bring the year of the dragon. In Islamic countries, it will be
1,421. And among Zoroastrians, it will be year 2,390. Should
we really be afraid of this particular New Year's Eve among
these deliciously non-round numbers? I think not... ^v^
However, it's fun to think of impending doom.... Or is it?
LadyHawke
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"Y-Zero-K problem"
Dear Cassius,
Are you still working on the Y-zero-K problem? This
change from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches
and we haven't much time left. I don't know how people
will cope with working the wrong way around. Having
been working happily downwards forever, now we have
to start thinking upwards. You would think that someone
would have thought of it earlier and not left it to us to
sort it all out at this last minute.
I spoke to Agustus Caesar the other evening. He was
livid that Julius hadn't done something about it when he
was sorting out the calendar. He said he could see why
Brutus turned nasty. We called in the consulting
astrologers, but they simply said that continuing
downwards using minus BC won't work. As usual, the
consultants charged a fortune for doing nothing useful.
As for myself, I just can't see the sand in an hour glass
flowing upwards. We have heard that there are three wise
men in the East who have been working on the problem,
but unfortunately they won't arrive until it's all over. Some
say the world will cease to exist at the moment of
transition. Anyway we are still continuing to work on this
blasted Y-zero-K problem, and I will send you a
parchment if anything further develops.
I fear that even if we solve this problem, the Y1K problem
could cause the Dark Ages in a thousand years.
Vale. Plutonius
Pricus Aqua-house
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"Interpretations"
Boris Yeltsen, Bill Clinton, and Bill Gates were
invited to have dinner with G-d.
During dinner, G-d said, "I need the three most
important people on Earth to deliver my message.
Tomorrow, I will destroy the earth."
Yeltsin immediately called together his cabinet and
said, "I have two bad new items for you. G-d does
exist, and tomorrow He will destroy the Earth."
Clinton called an emergency meeting of Congress
and said, "I have good news and bad news. The
good news is that G-d does exist; the bad news is
that tomorrow he is going to destroy the Earth."
Bill Gates went back to Microsoft, called a meeting
of all his employees and said,
"I have two fantastic announcements: I am one of
the three most important people on Earth,and the
Year 2,000 problem is solved!"
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