Anyone flying at 11:59pm on 12/31?
 

Anyone here plan to be airborne to welcome the new century?

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My plans are still "up in the air"!

Sorry, but this is "pet peve" of mine.

The "Century" begin in 20 day and 1 YEAR from now on Jan 1, 2001.

I know you meant year 2000 but everyone is "intermixing" the beginning of year 2000 and the beginning of the century (Jan 1 2001).

Why? Do you think there was a year 1? We can define it any way that pleases us.

Cool concept QL. This is my year 1456789E+12

It is my understanding that a CENTURY runs from years 00 to 99 and a MILLENNIUM starts from year 1.

So....2000 is the start of the new century and 2001 is the start of the new millennium.

My take on the whole thing is who cares...it means I'm getting older either way!

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arturo kno thes--evrytheng start en yeer one. ther was no yeer zero. so thet make centry of 100 yeers, yeer 1 thru yeer 100, es 100 yeers. milinimum es 1,000 yeers, sew ef evrythen start en yeer 1, thin ferst milinimum es yeer 1 thru yeer 1,000. sew knew milinimum start en yeer 1,001. pleese knot cornfuse centry, milinimum, an why2k problms. knew centry strt en 2,001, knew milinimum strt en 2,001. knuthin strt en 2,000 cept why2k problms.

The answer to the main question: HELL NO, even if I were offered 1 million FF miles. It's just not worth the risk.

On the issue of the millenium/century thing, both the millenium and century begin in 2000, not 2001. The century thing is straightforward: ex. 1800 to 1899. Keep in mind that centuries and milleniums do not necessarily have to begin and end in the wonderful calendar of ours.

With the millenium, it DOES begin on Jan. 1st, 2000. While it is true that there was no year 0, there didn't have to be. After 1 B.C. came the First Year of our Lord, 1 A.D. Before his arrival on Earth is marked by B.C. I just don't get the confusion on this!!!

Not even for a million miles Avek00??? LOL

Didn't some 13th Century (1200's) monk mess it up or something?

Why fly on fright(Friday)day? We can all take a break, right? By the way is the new year of 2000 starting on 0001 GMT or local. If so those flying in the states at 1600 are right in the middle of the X-FILES zone of cross-over of an abstract notion---time.

If you really want to get the long answer on 2000 vs 2001 being the start of the milleninum, check out: http://www.countdown2000.com/body_a_moment_in_time.html

The short answer is: It depends on who you ask. I stick with conventional wisdom and believe it starts in 2001. 2001: A Space Odyssey is my favorite movie so I'm biased <g>

Some answers I saw listed on a linked page:

When does the millenium arrive?

1. The year 2000 only (and especially: Midnight, January 1, 2000)
2. The year 2001 only (and especially: Midnight, January 1, 2001)
3. The years 2000 and 2001 (or as much as the entire two years)
4. As long and as much and as soon as possibly justifiable
5. Beginning approximately or precisely March 13, 1997
6. Beginning approximately or precisely December 25, 1996
7. All the years 1996 to 2003 (or as much as eight full years)
8. The years 1996-1997 most especially (palindromic corroboration)
9. The years 1996-1997 most especially (traditional corroboration)
10. The third, seventh and first sabbatical Millennium all together
11. Proposed calendrical reform to acknowledge all three new Millenniums
12. The years 1990-3004 (or as much as 1015 years of continuous Christmas)


[This message has been edited by dg1 (edited 12-11-1999).]

Thinking when the new Millenium starts has IMO nothing to do with math, but with "emotions" and "feelings" and "common sense".

Let those math geniouses argue what ever they want, no one with at least "some" common sense would tell that the year 1000 did belong to the first Millenium ... but the second ..... why then should 2000 be regarded as the last year of the second ???? !!!!

Let's all remember that our calendar conventions are arbitrary. The Millenium commemorates absolutely nothing. Every few hundred years a monk, or the Pope, or, God forbid (if you'll pardon the expression) a scientist, discovered an error, or at least a lack of precision, in the previous formula, and promulgated a revision. In the eighteenth century people rioted because they believed they were going to lose 10 days out of their lives due to a calendar revision, just in case anyone believes that this subject has anything to do with a rational approach.

The current calendar (the Gregorian Calendar, subsequently revised by UTC leap seconds and other adjustments) is dated from the putative birth of Christ, but most current-day scientists and historians believe that that event happened three or four years later. Therefore it's completely absurd to argue about which year is the start of the "Millenium". Most people will find it convenient and comfortable to commemorate the onset of having to write dates beginning with "20-", rather than "19-", and I will be among them, to the appallingly minimal extent that I celebrate at all. If someone else wants to celebrate another, more mathematically rigorous date, a year later, they are perfectly free to do so, and as an added benefit their catering bill will be much lower.

I hope to be flying in a different way at 11:59pm!! After all it's my birthday and I plan to partake of Bubbily.

On a personal note, can we all skip the alleged Millenium stuff and just wish each other HAPPY NEW CENTURY???

I'm waiting for the Hallmark cards for that.