In a message dated 9/30/99 11:37:14 PM, j.michael@pmail.net writes:

<< If you're gonna be wrong about the 2000 year marker it might as well be 
the year 2000 and not 2001, I mean, is 2000 any wronger than 2001?
no, not really.
so let the masses think it's the millenium on Jan 1 2000,  what the Hell.
nik >>

        I guess but if you want to incorporate pop culture and the masses 
into the arguement. It was "2001: A space odessey" not "2000: a space odessey"