Ok, here goes my philosophy giggle.... Time was created like every
other thought.... It appeals to the masses, and sooths the savages.
Removing any stability from the crowd, and ye shall watch them fall.
Even wonder why we create standards....or even a thought at all.....
Time is a tool to make sure they get what they want, and every penny
more. The lack of year zero is a result of the fear society had when it
happened.... For that matter, every of the past is subject to intense
scrutiny or highly questionable. just for a minute, nor a second, heck
make it a micro second....Has anyone ever questioned why a second is as
long as it is? And how do you measure its length w/o time???? Once
2000 is upon us....HIDE, cuz every one will fear the unknown just like
year 1.... ok...it certainly is a giggle, hahahahaha....
Jason
1/7/99 10:20 AM
-----Original Message-----
From: JT McBride [SMTP:mcbride@abac.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 3:42 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE:DML Y2K (non-Dak)
>> Instead, we have some folks who think they know math telling
us that "Year
>>1" was the start and therefore 2001 is the new millenium.
Excuse me, they're
>>saying that we went from 1 BC to 1 AD overnight at some time
in the past? No
>>year zero? What kind of math is that?
>
>It's not math, it's time keeping. It's the same kind of "math"
that goes
>from 12:59 to 1:00. What, no hour zero?? When somebody asks
you to count
>to ten, do you start with zero? You're right about the calendar
being an
>abstract and being whatever we say it is, BUT, it also has to
be
>standardized. We can't have everyone going around keeping time
and date
>however they please (I know there are a few exceptions, but
most of the
>world is standardized). The powers that be have decided that
the first year
>of the first millennium was year one and therefore, the last
year of this
>millennium is year 2000. It's more confusing, not as intuitive
and not as
>easy to manage, but that's the way it is. No debate about it.
Those who say
>the new millennium starts on 1-1-2000 are wrong.
Check out:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9901/06/BC-MILLENNIUM-CLARKE.reut/
Jim
´93 4x4 CC V8
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