Re: 5th USENIX Conf on Object-Oriented Tech & Sys (COOTS'99) - CFP

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On 22 May 1998 13:20:02 -0400, Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov wrote:

> ...> I've heard many people say this, but can you quote an actual
> reference? Say the Oxford English Dictionary or some such (being a
> true engineer, I have no such reference handy at work :). There must
> be an ISO calendar? I'm looking for something that actually DEFINES
> "millenium" and "century" the way you do. Until that happens, I'll
> stick to the ones I like.
> ...

Like Stephen Leake, I too must be a true engineer, since I have no such
reference handy at work. Now I've found a reference from an untrue
engineer colleague: _The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1995_, Funk &
Wagnalls, 1995 (with the motto, "The authority since 1868"), p 288:

[Quote : begin]
A century consists of 100 consecutive calendar years. The first century
AD consisted of the years 1 through 100. The 20th century consists of
the years 1901 through 2000 and will end Dec. 31, 2000. The 21st century
will begin Jan. 1, 2001.
[end Quote;]

Sorry, nary a word about millenium. Does this qualify as "an actual
reference"? I hope the calendar hasn't changed since 1995.

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