[dragonsniper]

Ok, while looking in the oddest of places, I stumbled on this... can anyone make heads or tails of this? If you can, discuss if you have any pointers to make.

New Decade? I don’t think so.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND

I swear if I see or hear one more person make a fool of themselves on national radio or TV by saying that 2010 is the start of a new decade, I’ll just lose it.

People, there was no year 0. And in principle (forget about science, programming etc) you start counting from 1, not from 0.

So the 1st decade of the 1st century is 1 AD to 10 AD.

Subsequently, the 1st decade of the 20th century is 2001 AD to 2010 AD (12-31-2010 to be exact).

Which means that the new UPCOMING decade – which just so happens to be the 2nd decade of the 21st century – doesn’t START until 01-01-2011.

So please save your jubilation for 01-01-2011. And while you’re at it, stay OFF the damn airwaves with this crap!!!

It is bad enough that we’re all screwing around celebrating 12-25 as the birth of Christ when in fact the date has more in common with those crazy partying Romans than it does with anything Holy.

None of this matters now anyway, since according to the scholastic loons who are *gasp* [mis]interpreting the Mayans, the world is going to end in 2012 anyway. So I guess it does make sense to speed things along with fuzzy math because after all, thats what history is all about.

-Derek Smart

[Thaeris]

I dunno about all this crap, but it sure makes me want to sue somebody...

[Scotty]

There is too a year zero, we just don't know exactly what year B.C. it was.  Seriously, just count back from one, it's not hard.

I mean, hell, why does it even matter?  The entire calender is just a measure of time from an arbitrarily chosen point.  Why does it even matter how far from that point we are?

[haloboy100]

Why does it even matter how far from that point we are?

If you're really christian, or any other religion that claims to take significance in year 0.

[Thaeris]

SUE THEM! SUE THEM UNTIL THEY RECANT!

 

[Scotty]

Why does it even matter how far from that point we are?

If you're really christian, or any other religion that claims to take significance in year 0.

Que?  Christ's birth is generally regarded to be approximately 4 B.C., not 0/1, because that's when King Herod is recorded as dying, and he was born just before then.

I reiterate:  Why does it matter?

[Qent]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0 (year)

Now I'm thinking someone wasn't thinking clearly when he made -1 + 1 = 1.

[haloboy100]

Que?  Christ's birth is generally regarded to be approximately 4 B.C., not 0/1, because that's when King Herod is recorded as dying, and he was born just before then.

I reiterate:  Why does it matter?

Really? I thought 0 was Christ's death...
Sorry for the mistake, I'm actually not Christian.

[Nuclear1]

SUE THEM! SUE THEM UNTIL THEY RECANT!

 

I SUE YOU JESUS

[IronBeer]

Que?  Christ's birth is generally regarded to be approximately 4 B.C., not 0/1, because that's when King Herod is recorded as dying, and he was born just before then.

I reiterate:  Why does it matter?

Really? I thought 0 was Christ's death...
Sorry for the mistake, I'm actually not Christian.

Actually, Jesus is supposed to have died around 30 AD. Yes, the system makes loads of sense.

[watsisname]

Oh, it's a quote from Derek Smart.  Of course it doesn't make sense. 

But seriously, year zero is relevant mainly only if you're an astronomer.  Otherwise, you go from -1 to +1, which makes no sense really, but whatever floats humanity's boat.

And I agree with Scotty.  Why does it matter so much?  I mean... OH MY GAWD, ITS NOT THE NEW DECADE YET BECAUSE OF SOME ARBITRARY YEAR NUMBERING CONVENTION.  STOP CALLING IT WRONG YOU MORONS... RAGERAGERAGESUE!

I agree about 2012 though, it's friggin stupid.

[Kopachris]

In a way, it does make sense, as there wasn't a year zero unless you're into astronomy.  On the other hand, it's not worth getting all uppity about, because you could also argue that the first decade was actually from 1 BCE (year zero if you're in astronomy) through 9 CE because a decade starts when the tens digit increases by one (e.g. 2009 to 2010).

BTW, haloboy and IronBeer, "AD" stands for "Anno Domini" (Latin for "in the time of our lord"), not "after death" as so many falsely believe.

To the non-Christians who are offended by the point of time we reference eras in relation to: there's nothing we can do about it.  It was established a long time ago and would be harder to change now than it would be to change the US to SI units.  If you're offended by the terms "Before Christ" and "Anno Domini", you can use BCE and CE (Before Current Era and Current Era).

To those who weren't offended, I'm sorry for misinterpreting and wasting your time.  You may now return to your previous pleasant discussion.

[Bobboau]

Ok, while looking in the oddest of places, I stumbled on this... can anyone make heads or tails of this? If you can, discuss if you have any pointers to make.

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-Derek Smart

yes makes perfect sense

[Nuclear1]

Ok, while looking in the oddest of places, I stumbled on this... can anyone make heads or tails of this? If you can, discuss if you have any pointers to make.

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-Derek Stupidface McStupid Stupidton Stupid

yes makes perfect sense

Immaturized even further.

[Solatar]

So 1980 was the last year of the 70's?

[Nuke]

Ok, while looking in the oddest of places, I stumbled on this... can anyone make heads or tails of this? If you can, discuss if you have any pointers to make.

New Decade? I don’t think so.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND

I swear if I see or hear one more person make a fool of themselves on national radio or TV by saying that 2010 is the start of a new decade, I’ll just lose it.

People, there was no year 0. And in principle (forget about science, programming etc) you start counting from 1, not from 0.

So the 1st decade of the 1st century is 1 AD to 10 AD.

Subsequently, the 1st decade of the 20th century is 2001 AD to 2010 AD (12-31-2010 to be exact).

Which means that the new UPCOMING decade – which just so happens to be the 2nd decade of the 21st century – doesn’t START until 01-01-2011.

So please save your jubilation for 01-01-2011. And while you’re at it, stay OFF the damn airwaves with this crap!!!

It is bad enough that we’re all screwing around celebrating 12-25 as the birth of Christ when in fact the date has more in common with those crazy partying Romans than it does with anything Holy.

None of this matters now anyway, since according to the scholastic loons who are *gasp* [mis]interpreting the Mayans, the world is going to end in 2012 anyway. So I guess it does make sense to speed things along with fuzzy math because after all, thats what history is all about.

-Derek Smart

no wonder his games are full of bugs, he initialized all his for loops at 1 instead of 0, moron!

and everyone knows that jesus was charles manson from a parallel universe who used hitler's time machine to **** with history.

[watsisname]

So 1980 was the last year of the 70's?

Yes, and February 1st was the last day of January.

Duhurr derhurrnadurrr

[Spicious]

So 1980 was the last year of the 70's?

Why would it be? They're completely orthogonal concepts.

[TrashMan]

Technicly, he's right ya know.

01.01.2010 is not the beginning of a new decade, since you're still in the 2010. You should look at years as closed, singular entities.

you got 2010 and 2011. Until 2010 ends, 2011 can't start.

[Spicious]

Yes, and February 1st was the last day of January.

That might have made some sense if months had a 0th day.