VegasGuy
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I'd like to see them keep it going till I die at least.Seems like we are gonna close this decade out with a bang, and hopefully keep the train rolling throughout the 2020s
I'd like to see them keep it going till I die at least.
Right. Technically decades would run 1-10 because there was no year zero but since that was over 2000 years ago, no one cares and we name the decades accordingly, there correct way to view a decade is 0-9.In my mind, first year of a decade is the zero year. Including 1970 as part of the sixties just looks weird.
I know it’s not mathematically correct but it doesn’t look right the other way.
2001-2010 and 2011-2020 would probably actually be better for us since 2000 was a stinker.
So 2000 was the last year in the decade of the 1990s? That makes no sense at all.technically they are miscalculating the decade win counts. the "00, or 10" years are technically the last year of the previous decade. In other words year 2001 through 2010 is a decade, and 2011-2020 is a decade. (I.e. its "1-10", not "0-9")
Anyways...
technically they are miscalculating the decade win counts. the "00, or 10" years are technically the last year of the previous decade. In other words year 2001 through 2010 is a decade, and 2011-2020 is a decade. (I.e. its "1-10", not "0-9")
Anyways...
No yesterday 12/31/17 ended the decade that began 1/1/08. (12/31/07-12/31/17 is ten years not 12/31/06-12/31/17)Just to clarify things...
A decade is just ten years.
So, yesterday ended the decade that began 1/1/2007.
Next New Year's Eve will end the decade that began 1/1/2008.
You are all welcome for that clarification.
Good catch. Premise is still the same, a decade is just a ten year period that can begin anytime.No yesterday 12/31/17 ended the decade that began 1/1/08. (12/31/07-12/31/17 is ten years not 12/31/06-12/31/17)
1/1/08 was ten years ago today and will be 11 years ago by next New Years
It’s not based upon any theory of anything. It’s based (the argument of those who feel the decade 0-9) on there not being a year 0, so year 10 was the end of the first decade AD and therefore each subsequent decade end at the “10 year”.That's simply not right. The decimal system, which everything we are talking about is based on, is derived from 10 digits... 0-9. 10 is not a digit. 0 really is the starting point, not 1. You are born at 0, not at 1 years old... Just as such, 10 is the start of a next 'decade'. The decimal system works just like the binary system, just it's base 10 instead of base 2. So 20 is just 2 x (10^1) + 0 x (10 ^ 0) . 21 would be 2 x (10^1) + 1 x (10^0). 312 is 3 x (10^2) + 1 x (10^1) + 2x(10^0). and so on. The next power always starts at "0" therefore. 0,10,20,30,300, etc etc. Basic number theory.
agreedGood catch. Premise is still the same, a decade is just a ten year period that can begin anytime.
Because someone chooses to call it the decade of the 90s doesn’t solve the questionSo 2000 was the last year in the decade of the 1990s? That makes no sense at all.
It’s not based upon any theory of anything. It’s based (the argument of those who feel the decade 0-9) on there not being a year 0, so year 10 was the end of the first decade AD and therefore each subsequent decade end at the “10 year”.
Again I disagree with the argument that delineating a decade should be based upon this fact, but the fact is there was no year zero...
Ya mean, "stupid"
"Year One" is 0000