Between the Y2K meltdown on 2000-1-1 and the Unix meltdown on 2038-1-18, the world of computing will have to scramble hard to cope with the Mayan Long Count meltdown on 2012-12-21 or 2012-12-23 (accounts differ), when the Long Count will return to its zero point of 13.0.0.0.0 (the first component is numbered 1-13 rather than 0-12) for the first time since 3114 B.C.E. Is *your* software ready for it? -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)