Larry; You're not alone beating this "dead horse". Below are two Letters To The Editor which appeared in Saturday's Atlantic City Press in response to that Stockton College math professor I thought you and others might enjoy reading. There were two more letters in Sunday's Press as well. I'll try to post them here also.

More debate on millennium

I wonder where the Richard Stockton College professor who wrote about the millennium got his degree in math?

Dec. 31, 1999, completed 1,999 years A.D., and Jan. 1, 2000, started the 2000th year, which won't be complete until Dec. 31, 2000. This is not debatable.

Perhaps the professor would understand this ""baby'' better if, on its first birthday, a ball dropped, and the number 2 lit up. However, the baby would still be just one year old.

RON MATHIS

Martinez, Ga.

Professor wrong about millennium

The Richard Stockton College professor who claimed that we just ended the second millennium may be a wiz at math, but his history needs some work.

The Gregorian calendar did not start with Jan. 1, 0 A.D.; it started with Jan. 1, 1 A.D.

Therefore, one year had passed on Jan. 1, 2 A.D.; and two years had passed on Jan. 1, 3 A.D.; and so on. Therefore, on Jan. 1, 2000 A.D., we were 1,999 years into the Gregorian calendar.

LUCIA VAN PELT

Absecon