Per Merriam-Webster---- AD = anno Domini Main Entry: an*no Do*mi*niPronunciation: "a-(")nO-'da-m&-nE, -'dO-, -"nIFunction: adverbUsage: often capitalized AEtymology: Medieval Latin, in the year of the LordDate: 1530-- used to indicate that a time division falls within the Christian era >-----Original Message----- >From: Alain Savard [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:40 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [TN] TechNet addiction? > >The Calendar seems to say BC (That's Before Christ) and AD (After Death of >Christ)... What happened to the 30 something years during Christ? > >Alain "Not an Engineer" Savard, B.Sc. >Chemical Process Analyst > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ahne Oosterhof > >You must be an "engineer", all logic and no feelings. Of course, the first >millenium started on the first of January in the year 1, so the 3rd (notice >the "three" in that) millenium starts on the first of January in the year >2001. But who at the start of the first millenium knew that it was a new >millenium, did they roll from the year -1 to the year 0 to the year 1? Did >they even know it was "January" again? > >############################################################## >TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c >############################################################## >To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following >text in >the body: >To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET >############################################################## >Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional >information. >If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or >847-509-9700 ext.5365 >############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################