The problem with the letter is (other than the writer and Patrick getting it wrong, but I won't go into that now) is that I haven't seen any "end of decade" articles. Maybe he's been reading papers that are a year old! -- Joe --- On Tue, 12/28/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Fun letter to the editor To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 1:30 PM I and many others on this list were taken aback 11 years ago when so many people, including supposedly learned people in the media, kept talking about the decade/century/millennia ending at the end of 1999.
So imagine my surprise when lately I've been hearing in the same media about the current decade ending the end of this month.
Apparently I'm not the only one feeling that way as evidenced by this Letter to the Editor in today's Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/50943106-82/decade-2000-century-2001.ht...
While I agree with the writer, I'm wondering if maybe rather than criticizing, he should have complemented them for finally getting it right.
Cheers,
patrick :) _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com