Comments on: New Year’s Eve 11999 http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999 A collection of Damn Interesting things Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:31:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: lizdini http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999#comment-23297 lizdini Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:26:01 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=369#comment-23297 [quote]Daniel Lew said: "The 2000/2001 as the new millenium is really a matter of opinion, since it's all relative anyways (based on when you start to count)."[/quote] There is no "year 0" in our system, therefore the first decade was from year 1 to year 10, the second 11, to 20, and so on... [quote]Daniel Lew said: “The 2000/2001 as the new millenium is really a matter of opinion, since it’s all relative anyways (based on when you start to count).”[/quote]

There is no “year 0″ in our system, therefore the first decade was from year 1 to year 10, the second 11, to 20, and so on…

]]> By: My2Cents http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999#comment-17184 My2Cents Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:17:13 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=369#comment-17184 I think that when the clock does stop ticking it should explode with fireworks or something. Just imagine 10,000 years from now and the true purpose of the clock has been forgotten but there are people there to witness it. So there they sit, waiting patiently for what the big shiney machine will do once it's finally stopped counting and then when it finally does it just dies. How anti-climatical would that be? I think that when the clock does stop ticking it should explode with fireworks or something. Just imagine 10,000 years from now and the true purpose of the clock has been forgotten but there are people there to witness it. So there they sit, waiting patiently for what the big shiney machine will do once it’s finally stopped counting and then when it finally does it just dies. How anti-climatical would that be?

]]> By: Merciless http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999#comment-15320 Merciless Thu, 31 May 2007 22:09:44 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=369#comment-15320 <p>Got one better. Are we sure it's even the 21st century. I guess you have to start somewhere. Huh. Who cares about cookies, is there gonna be PIE!?</p> Got one better. Are we sure it’s even the 21st century. I guess you have to start somewhere. Huh. Who cares about cookies, is there gonna be PIE!?

]]> By: KABOOOOMMM http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999#comment-14209 KABOOOOMMM Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:16:46 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=369#comment-14209 <p><span class='quote'>libertarian123 said: "WILL THERE BE ANYBODY IN 11999?</span></p><p><span class='quote'>n0 but WAIT THAT MEANS THRES GONNA BE NO COOKIES:'( </span></p> libertarian123 said: “WILL THERE BE ANYBODY IN 11999?

n0 but WAIT THAT MEANS THRES GONNA BE NO COOKIES:’(

]]> By: Aero http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999#comment-11355 Aero Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:55:32 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=369#comment-11355 <p><span class='quote'>ChickenHead said: "Furnace,</span></p><p><span class='quote'> Clocks of your idea would be interesting. However, they would only provide a specified time of their demise in reference to an earlier event. The later observer would require the additional information (history) about when that reference time was. If that information is available, then the intervening event causing the demise of the clock will quite likely be available as well. Thereby negating the usefulness of the clock as a "death record". But hey - big mechanical clocks are pretty neat, so build as many as you want for what ever reason you can conceive."</span></p><p> Building huge clocks just to keep record of major events, a pretty costly clock too. Im guessing that would be pretty expensive. Just building one to keep track of time sounds good. Building clocks to break. Now THAT sounds like a good idea. Try thinking of another machine instead.</p> ChickenHead said: “Furnace,


Clocks of your idea would be interesting. However, they would only provide a specified time of their demise in reference to an earlier event. The later observer would require the additional information (history) about when that reference time was. If that information is available, then the intervening event causing the demise of the clock will quite likely be available as well. Thereby negating the usefulness of the clock as a “death record”.

But hey – big mechanical clocks are pretty neat, so build as many as you want for what ever reason you can conceive.”

Building huge clocks just to keep record of major events, a pretty costly clock too. Im guessing that would be pretty expensive. Just building one to keep track of time sounds good.
Building clocks to break. Now THAT sounds like a good idea.
Try thinking of another machine instead.

]]> By: biggary123 http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999#comment-9483 biggary123 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:21:30 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=369#comment-9483 <p>will there be anybody in 11999?</p> will there be anybody in 11999?

]]> By: biggary123 http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999#comment-9482 biggary123 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:20:51 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=369#comment-9482 <p>Enter your reply text here.</p> Enter your reply text here.

]]> By: libertarian123 http://www.damninteresting.com/new-years-eve-11999#comment-9403 libertarian123 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:46:16 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=369#comment-9403 <p>WILL THERE BE ANYBODY IN 11999?</p> WILL THERE BE ANYBODY IN 11999?

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