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   Hey August!   
      
    AA> The ftsc write-ups could serve as a guidebook for solutions and   
    AA> examples and help remove ambiguity and false interpretations.   
      
   FTA-1006 might be of interest to you wrt the subject at hand.   
      
    AA> Even 2038 maybe of little concern for most of here right now. :(   
      
   Arguably we're still stuck back in 1995 or at best 1998 which makes the   
   tagline below rather ominous given that was when I thought the two digit year   
   should have gotten the heave-ho.  :-|   
      
   I think my tinfoil hat might need readjusting or perhaps I should turn off the   
   random tagline thingy ... or both?   
      
    AA> Yes.. it is sad that there is not much new or alternative   
    AA> emerging in the "ideas" department for FTN.   
      
   I think they are out there lurking.  Before the election in FTSC_PUBLIC there   
   was some chatter happening about the winds of change that hopefully will be   
   restarted soon.   
      
    AA> I do hope to see what transpires commencing 2038.   
      
   For me it is in the realm of possible but I don't know how active I'll be then   
   ... if I make it that far that is.  However I think I am well equipped for it   
   and have been for quite some time now.  Heck I have been experimenting with   
   2106 which I am positive I won't be here to see but am still highly interested   
   in playing with the idea of it and hence the flexible seconds field of my   
   so-called proposed MSGID serialno.  Here is what I see happening exactly one   
   second after the 2106 expiry date;   
      
     100000000-00000000   
      
   Note that the first hex field is now 9 hex characters instead of 8, while the   
   nanosecond part following the ascii dash remains fixed at 8 hex characters.    
   The first hex field will increase to 10 hex characters one second after   
   "36812-02-20 00:36:15.000000000+00:00" in rfc-3339 speak.  What are the odds   
   that fidonet will have finally gotten over it's hardon for the two digit year   
   before then?   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Eall þæt mon untidlice onginþ, næfþ hit no æltæþne ende.   
       Anything begun at the wrong time will never have a good end.   
   --- GNU bash, version 5.1.4(1)-release (x86_64-motorshed-linux-gnu)   
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