R: [Leica] Camera and photographer of the century

["Giorgio Ferrari" <fergio@galactica.it>]

Dear Raimo,
it's obvious that Time(years, months, hours....) is a human concept, and so
the time depend on our way of thinking. But, it's as much true that the uman
agreements had fixed some points. And one of these is that the reference
years begin from 1 to infinity (and 1 is, for civilized world, the date of
the birth of Jesus). So, that you want or not, the first reference
millennium of the new era came from 1 to 1000, the second from 1001 to 2000
ant the third from 2001 to 3000.
If my personal calendar has origin from the death of Beethoven, it's another
thing.....

All the best,

Giorgio Ferrari
"fergio@galactica.it"

- -----Messaggio Originale-----
Da: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
A: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Data invio: domenica 16 gennaio 2000 13.13
Oggetto: Vs: [Leica] Camera and photographer of the century


> The new millennium starts when people start counting - and the majority of
the people seem to think that the new millennium started the same time as
the new decade - and the minority thinks that its still the ´nineties. You
can start yours tomorrow or 1.1.2001, as you please. I started 1.1.2000 - it
is a matter of convention, not absolute truth. If you want absolutes you
must start counting from the Big Bang  - or whatever - but our years, days
... seconds are not absolutes either - and neither is Greenwich website.
> BTW this subject has already been argued to death at all other lists.
> All the best!
> Raimo
> photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen