something from 18 years ago is older than something from 8 years ago.
Dilbert (the character) was younger 18 years ago comparted to 8 years ago.
Dilbert was 10 years younger in 1997 than in 2007
It depends on your frame of reference :)
Reminds me of an application that models program states, looking for deadlocks and stuff. The program had a button which made the entire monitor go black until you pressed a key or something. No value or connection to the programs purpose whatsoever. I guess the author added it as an experiment.