[saagarjha]

Ok, and what happens in 97975 years? I guess the Long Now people didn't think that far ahead, did they?

[kragen]

You mean in the year 099999?

[saagarjha]

Ok so the goal is to just have a leading zero at all times?

[mandmandam]

0I 0don't 0see 0why 0not.

Really though, it's a nice way to provoke some thought, and maybe even start to balance our rather extreme bias towards the very immediate future.