From Brian Eno
Your correspondent Dominik Wujastyk suggests that we start using 5-digit year
dates to avoid the roll-over problem from 9999 to 10 000
(14 August, p 57). He
might be interested to know that we at the Long Now Foundation have been doing
this for some years—since 01994, I think.
As mentioned in your interview with Stewart Brand (26 June, p 48), we are
currently constructing a clock and library designed to survive and function for
the next 10 000 years, so that roll over will be well within our domain.
Check our website (www.longnow.org) for further details.
London
