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

[Scott Ingram <scott@silver.jhuapl.edu>]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> 
> In article <199805181500.RAA19306@basement.replay.com>, nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) writes:
> 
> > Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but there is only one set of
> > facts. Knowing something that "ain't so" is ignorance. We are all
> > ignorant, so there is no shame attached to it. However, continuing to
> > know something after being informed that it "ain't so" is stupidity. I
> > doubt if anyone who contributes to this news group is stupid. (I can say
> > this because it's been many months since I've seen a posting by the Rev.
> > You-Know-Who.)
> 
> It seems to me that calendars, like language, are molded by usage.
> I shall observe carefully on the two December 31 dates in dispute
> to see which has the larger parties.
> 
> Larry Kilgallen

A very astute observation.  I note that Seattle's Space Needle was
reserved a couple of years ago for a "millenial" party to occur on
December 31, 1999.  They apparently have not had any success
marketing the 2001 date.

-- 
Scott Ingram