RE: Sniping on the List

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> 
> > To all:
> >
> > Okay, so now that we have had people reply, here's my take.
> >
> > The Unix timestamp started on 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 -- and that was
a
> Thursday.
> >
> > The second before (i.e., 31 December, 1969 23:59:59:59 + 0000) was null,
> which was Wednesday.
> 
> I take issue with this. The second before was -1 seconds from the epoch.
Null
> is the absence of a value, so you can't get to null by simple arithmetic.
I learnt
> about negative numbers from the Greeks. And no, I'm not going to comment
> on their current mathematical difficulties.
> 
> Hmm.
> 
> D'oh!
> 
> But the point still stands: -1 !== null.
> 
> -Stuart
> 

What if we were to throw in quantum duality in here?  Null and !Null at the
same time


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