DearCassius:
Are you still working on
the Y-zero-K problem? This change from BC
to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and
we haven't much time left. I don't know
how people will cope with working the
wrong way around.
Having been working
happily downwards forever, now we have to
start thinking upwards. You would think
that someone would have thought of it
earlier and not left it to us to sort it
all out at this last
minute.
I
spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was
livid that Julius hadn't done something
about it when he was sorting out the
calendar. He said he could see why Brutus
turned nasty. We called in Consultus, but
he simply said that continuing downwards
using minus BC won't work and as usual
charged a fortune for doing nothing
useful. Surely, we will not have to throw
out all our hardware and start again?
Macrohard will make yet another fortune
out of this I suppose.
The money lenders are
paranoid of course! They have been told
that all usury rates will invert and they
will have to pay their clients to take out
loans. It's an ill wind....
As for myself, I just
can't see the sand in an hourglass flowing
upwards. We have heard that there are
three wise men in the East who have been
working on the problem, but unfortunately
they won't arrive until it's all
over.
I
have heard that there are plans to stable
all horses at midnight at the turn of the
year as there are fears that they will
stop and try to run backwards, causing
immense damage to chariots and possible
loss of life. Some say the world will
cease to exist at the moment of
transition. Anyway, we are still
continuing to work on this blasted Y zero
K problem. I will send a parchment to you
if anything further
develops.
If you have any ideas
please let me know,
Plutonius
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