From: lukas.mariman@REMOVEgmail.com
"Gnomus" schreef in bericht
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> In article <1262389053.575090@athprx03>, iakovos
> wrote:
>
>> "The Quiet American" wrote in
>> message
>> news:hhlkvm$ten$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> >
>> > "Gnomus" wrote in message
>> > news:010120101155586763%Eat@Joe's.com...
>> >> In article , The Quiet
>> >> American wrote:
>> >> >
>> >>> @Gnomus: No, no, no, the decade comprises single-digit years 00
>> >>> through
>> >>> 09
>> >>> inclusive.
>>
>> Actually there are two theories on this...
>>
>> a) the decade comprises single-digit years 01 through 10 inclusive with
>> no
>> year zero... so from 2001 to 2010 there is a decade.
>>
>> b) the decade comprises single-digit years 00 through 09 inclusive with a
>> year zero... so from 2000 to 2009 there is a decade.
>>
>> Since the chronology started with Jesus's years, both theories are right
>> since we could either move directly to year 01 (Jesus being 1 year old
>> and
>> so on, counting his first 12 months as 01),
>> or we could assume there is a year zero (Jesus not yet being 1 year old,
>> from conception to being year 01 counting as year zero, then from year 01
>> to
>> year 02 counting as year 01).
>>
>> This let to 2000 being the end of the century... or not... because if
>> theory
>> 2 stands, then from 1900 to 1999 is a century,
>> but if theory 1 stands, from 1901 to 2000 is a century... and so forth...
>>
>> More... philosophical a matter than usual...
>>
>> Iakovos:)
>>
>
> This is no way to run a planet!
Agreed! Who the frak is running this place anyway?!
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