Polesse #15 30 декабря 1999

From the Editor - Happy New Year!

        HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS!


(C) KVAZAR



   And here we are! Tired of waiting? So after all
One day has passed ... Today, we accompany
current year and meet the new 2000. True, this is not the 21 st 
century, it will come through year, but such is human nature, we

always tend to focus on round
dates. And at this time. Even the problem
some invented, "Y2K" is called. Us
Spektrumistam it all to light bulbs, the main
know that you are surrounded by friends and associates, and the 
rest minor matters ... 


   The year 2000 will be memorable for all of us and especially 
for domestic demoscene. What awaits us in the future? Enough

Does the scenery of enthusiasm and desire to do
on the Speccy and the new year? Will there be enough for the 
organizers of the many demopati common sense to overcome their 
personal ambitions for the sake of preserving unity Spectrum 
scene? 

   This will be a decisive year for the creators
games. Will we be here to meet the needs of our users? Maybe we 
should in the new millennium together

forces to make a decisive breakthrough and
promote your favorite platform forward into a new 21 st 
century? All this depends only on ourselves.


   We would like this New Year to congratulate all those who 
remain to still faithful to the computer Spectrum, who did not

threw him any minute takeoffs, or in moments of falls. All 
those who no matter the difficulties, continues to productive 
activity, guided only by creative enthusiasm and not 
materialistic interests.


   We congratulate our users, without
which self-creation would be senseless. Those who had not 
abandoned the Spectrum for the sake of cheapened PC or game 
console. For you all: users, coders, artists, musicians, 
zhelezyachnikov, organizers, svapperov, sisopov and our 
colleagues - journalists, we are raising their glasses and talk

Today: Happy New Year! Long live the SPECTRUM!



         NEW YEAR ... THE WORLD


(C) Vladimir Bondarev



   Do you know what year we are going
meet? No, you do not know what year we
going to celebrate! ...

   In the best case, you know what to
the new century / millennium for another year, as
third millennium and the XXI century starts on 1
January 2001, not 2000.

   But still the figure in 2000 of creepy
mesmerizing. All concerned - and that will be
there, then? Year 2000 - it is certainly
future, and we soon find ourselves in it. Waiting
disasters, the collapse of computer systems,
coming of aliens with Satan
end of the world ...

   Relax.

   You will become much calmer, if you
'll be assumed that the nose we have only
only in 1921. Part of the Indians will meet
is it - join us.

   If you do not like not round number, then
you enjoy a beautiful number 12 - a dozen,
this is a good number. Then, together with the Japanese
shouting "Campai! in honor of the 12-year era
Hesey.

   Not much will happen? Then rejoice 4698
, together with the Chinese, although it is fraught with
only after 2 years break out the problem Y47K ...

   And Ethiopians Y2K problem will catch up only
8 years later - they will start in 1992!

   Better still tell me "Lehaim! and (certainly are not taking 
off the tops of a pile, like Chinese, the Jews have a decent 
head covered), the Jews celebrate the year 5760,

after drinking for a cup of kosher cherry.
By the way, and in India will come the same year, 5760
one of their calendars (there are many,
Names I do not remember), so that it
twice rather our 2000-ho!

   But in an era of Vikramaditya (also Indian) occur (six 
months) the year 2056, and hence, the problem of Y2K is already 
56 years behind as be.


   But the last of the four major (except
Gregorian and Muslim) calendar of India will give us the year 
1175. 

   And the Muslims - the year 1417 Hijrah ...

   Select - do not want to! Who's that have put down
themselves CMOSe? We - the people are free, when
want and then live!