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In lugnet.pirates, Christopher Lannan writes:
> Nitpick- there IS NO year zero. There are 10 years in a decade, so the last
> year of the first decade was 10, the first year of the next decade was 11.
> Taking this to today- there are 1000 years in a millenium, so the last year of
> the first millenium was 1000, and the last year of this one is 2000. The first
> year of the new millenium (and the 21st century) is 2001. Simple as counting
> to ten. Millions of people saying that it's the new millenium doesn't make it
> so.
I think everyone here knows this, in much the same way that April 30 does
not equal May 1. However, there's no point in complaining about it, because
even if it's not "so," no one really seems to care. Besides which, it's not
going to matter, really for at least another 100 years, and I'll be happy to
resume this debate with anyone at that time.
Dave!
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| (...) Nitpick- there IS NO year zero. There are 10 years in a decade, so the last year of the first decade was 10, the first year of the next decade was 11. Taking this to today- there are 1000 years in a millenium, so the last year of the first (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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