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   David Higton to Pancho   
   Re: Spontaneous locale change on Bookwor   
   30 Sep 24 19:15:43   
   
   From: dave@davehigton.me.uk   
      
   In message    
             Pancho  wrote:   
      
   > On 29/09/2024 09:26, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   > > Charlie Gibbs  writes:   
   > > > Single Stage to Orbit  wrote:   
   > > > > There's no year zero. So the first century didn't start until the   
   > > > > year 1. :-p   
   > > >   
   > > > So how many years are there in a century?  Does it depend on which   
   > > > century it is?   
   > >   
   > > No, all one hundred years, from 100n+1 CE to 100(n+1) CE inclusive (or   
   > > 100(n+1) BCE to 100n+1 BCE inclusive).   
   > >   
   >   
   > What about the century containing the Big Bang?   
      
   Which century was that, then?   
      
   David   
      
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