Is it me, Woofer?
When a child is 0+ years old, it's the first year of his life, not the "zeroth".Originally Posted by ur2ndbiggestfan
Well, in some people's opinion the world is flat, but this doesn't make it so. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 = 10 (years, apples whatever). 10 is the number of years in a decade. The first year went from the first day of the year to the last day. That was year "1". So the tenth year of the first decade EVER ends when year 10 is over. Notice the zero on the end. Therefore, decades always end with a "0" in the last year. 2001 - 2010 is a decade. This is simple mathematics. That is why Clarke and Kubrick called their little movie 2001 instead of 2000. Not trying to be a smart ass, just showing my reasoning.
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When a year goes 1572, it's the sixteenth century, not the fifteenth.
Everything that starts is already the first, and when the first is completed, it becomes the second.
When you have taken a bottle and drunk a glass, you're at your first bottle, Bottle One, although the bottle is not finished yet.
The first ten - of everything - start with zero+, immediately becoming first; everything that is between zero and one is first. Whatever is between one and two is second. If you are now fourteen something years old, it makes you living your fifteenth year on earth, not sixteenth, just like your little nephew who is sixth months old lives his first year, not zeroth.
Thus, the first decade of everything starts with zero and goes like this, I hope this is graphic enough:
0 to 1 - first
1 to 2 - second
2 to 3 - third
3 to 4 - fourth
4 to 5 - fifth
5 to 6 - sixth
6 to 7 - seventh
7 to 8 - eighth
8 to 9 - ninth
9 to 10 - tenth, and the last of this decade. Everything that starts with 10 will belong to the next. If you disagree with this, you must admit for some mysterious zero years, zero decades and the children who are zero years old.
Likewise, the 1990s were the last decade of the 20th century, not the 2000s - which were, of course, the first decade of the 21st.
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Jon Gosslin...such a money grubbing douche. I fully understand now why he has such an extensive 'Ed Hardy' wardrobe.
It's a loud-mouthed, ignorant, uneducated, bigoted, hateful, and "devoted Christian" coworker.Is it me, Woofer?
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
The problem is as jean points out that there are inconsistencies when comparing your idea of a decade to other sets we use. Technically however we are all right because a decade can represent ANY ten year span. For example if someone died in 1967 we can properly say they did _______ during their last decade and anyone would know that what was done occured between 1957 and 1967, as opposed to from 1960-1967.Well, in some people's opinion the world is flat, but this doesn't make it so. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 = 10 (years, apples whatever). 10 is the number of years in a decade. The first year went from the first day of the year to the last day. That was year "1". So the tenth year of the first decade EVER ends when year 10 is over. Notice the zero on the end. Therefore, decades always end with a "0" in the last year. 2001 - 2010 is a decade. This is simple mathematics. That is why Clarke and Kubrick called their little movie 2001 instead of 2000. Not trying to be a smart ass, just showing my reasoning.
(please don't add me to the annoying people list now!
Oh, it still could have been me up until that last bit.It's a loud-mouthed, ignorant, uneducated, bigoted, hateful, and "devoted Christian" coworker.Is it me, Woofer?
So Brice, are you doing some pre-planning here to become the most irritating person of 2010?
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Not if you look at the chart again, giving it more attention; in fact, quite the opposite. I realize now that I should have drawn it a bit later and in more detail, here you go:Everything you said agrees with what I said. Therefore, 2010 is the last year of the current decade, not 2009.
"to" everywhere means that the lower limit is, and the upper limit is not included (in some notations it would be represented as [...[), since the same member can't belong to both sets; I give some rough idea in the round brackets:
0 to 1 - first (0.1, 0.2, 0.3........................ 0.99999999999999999)
1 to 2 - second
2 to 3 - third
3 to 4 - fourth
4 to 5 - fifth
5 to 6 - sixth (5.1, 5.2, 5.3........ 5.999999999999)
6 to 7 - seventh
7 to 8 - eighth
8 to 9 - ninth
9 to 10 - tenth, and the last of this decade (9.1, 9.2, 9.3............. 9.9999999999999)
10 to 11 - eleventh, and the first of the next decade (10.1, 10.2, 10.3............. 10.999999)
11 to 12 - twelvth
etc
Thus, everything that is 10+, belongs to the next decade, and so does every day of the year 10. The way you see it, you have either to have a zeroth position, or eleven positions in a decade.
Sorry again, I thought it was self-evident; apparently it wasn't.
Now I hope I made it as clear as possible. Sorry people, we seem to have taken more of this thread than we had intended or than this obvious subject deserves. If someone wishes to go on with this, please start a thread of its own, or, better still, do so in All That and A Bag Of Chips
Thank you.
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When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The answer is within
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Probably because they were the bad guys on Deep Space 9?
I think y'all should start another thread.
What does that mean?QFT
Quoted For Truth - I guess I should bump feev's acronym thread.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
Do that, please.
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I just posted this in D&B, but I'm terrible with anagrams and abbreviations.They don't stick.
That was Kardasians...lol....just joking with ya
Probably because they were the bad guys on Deep Space 9?
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Seconded, because every time I read something about "you don't start counting with 0" I want to bang my head on the wall.I think y'all should start another thread.
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the lady after the bear's own heart...Seconded, because every time I read something about "you don't start counting with 0" I want to bang my head on the wall.I think y'all should start another thread.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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