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Re: LEAP DAY WARNING

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From: Daniel Clements
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00
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tor@Radix.Net (Vic Hoover) wrote:

>Hmmm...

>Millenium the first:     999 years    Off by one error?
>Millenium the second:   1000 years    Okay, were rocking now!
>Millenium the third:    1001 years    Oops, time to release version 1.1

Well that just proves that you "2001ers" can't count right.

Millenium the first: 1-999 = 999 years
Millenium the second: 1000-1999 = 1000 years
Millenium the third: 2000-2999 = 1000 years
etc.

Version 1.1 was released in 999.

mHHHHH...
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From: clements@bconnex.net (Daniel Clements)
Subject: Re: LEAP DAY WARNING
Date: 1996/03/14
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