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New Billennium Party for the Unix Epoch

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 7, 2001

The New Billennium, the roll-over of the Unix epoch to
1,000,000,000, is arriving on Sunday, September 9, 2001, at
01:46:40 (UTC). So. Open Projects Net is holding a party on IRC.
You’re invited. Help us “party like it’s 10e9 – 1” on Open Projects
Net IRC. Just come to irc.openprojects.net, channel #Billennium.
The festivities start at 1e9 – 14400, but we don’t expect the party
to really get jumping before 1e9 – 5400. That’s:

  • Saturday, September 8, 2001 at 20:16 in New York City,
    USA.
  • Sunday, September 9, 2001 at 02:16 in Brussels, Europe.
  • Sunday, September 9, 2001 at 10:16 in Canberra, Australia.

Hope to see you there.

Rob Levin, Head of Operations
Open Projects Net

[ Readers who need a reminder may want to take a look at the
electromagnetic.net
homepage, which has a handy countdown clock. -ed. ]

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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