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Article #1233Re: Using NEWNEWS in 4 years time
From: Anthony R. Gold
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 00:00
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Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk "Nick Holloway" writes:
> "Anthony R. Gold" <tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > In article <4bs3m3$d08@alfie.demon.co.uk>
> > Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk "Nick Holloway" writes:
> > > I then looked at the source to nnrpd, and that _insists_ on the date
> > > having two digits, and worse still, "00" will be 1900 :-(
> > ^^^^
> > Is this still Charles' and Ada's original "machine" code?
>
> Huh? Sorry, that lost me completely.
Charles Babbage, 1792-1871, and Ada Augusta, countess of Lovelace, his
biographer. In the 1830s when he was designing his "analytical engine",
the millenium he was approaching was 1900. Apologies for the obscurity.
Regards,
--
Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM email: tgold@panix.com
tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk
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