From: marmadukejinks99@gmail.com   
      
   On 14/03/2024 22:36, Marmaduke Jinks wrote:   
   > On 14/03/2024 12:50, nigel wrote:   
   >> Marmaduke Jinks wrote:   
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   >>> On 13/03/2024 13:18, nigel wrote:   
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   >>>  > So 10 would be in the 1 decade?   
   >>> That's what I am thinking.  But I'm not a huge fan of decades.   
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   >>> MJ   
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   >> It just seems a little odd compared to chronological decades. For   
   >> example, the 2000's started in 2001 etc.   
   >>   
   >> I'm also wondering about the wisdom of using anthropocentric   
   >> measurement criteria. Perhaps using the approximate square root of the   
   >> number of balls might be better, so 6/49 would use 7 and 6/59 would   
   >> use 8. But then, should the number of balls drawn also count?   
   >>   
   > Do you know we talk about that all the time down the pub ;-)   
   >   
   > Does someone like Gail Howard have a definition?   
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   > MJ   
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   as an afterthought are you interested in Decades from the point of view of:   
      
   a) this decade is "hot" and the next number could come from there; or   
   b) this decade is "cold" and so the next number is bound to come from here?   
      
   MJ   
      
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