http://trudalane.net/2010/01/01/why-im-no-fun-at-parties/ David Randall's blog of law, the Internet, and current events Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://trudalane.net/2010/01/01/why-im-no-fun-at-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-6601 Tom D Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:18:45 +0000 http://trudalane.net/?p=2065#comment-6601 In response to Jeff's comment: There is technically no year 0; thus, year 0-1 does not formally exist. Although years (obviously) existed before our calendar (~4.54B), man started counting at 1. Year 1-2, is the first calendar year; by year number 2, only one year has passed. Since the second decade begins after the first has ended, and we don't count 0-1, we know a decade has been completed by year 11 (year 10-11 being the tenth year). To conclude, the first day of year 11 (or 2011), is the first day (the beginning) of the new decade. This is where the 1,999 years calculation is derived from. We are in the same decade that began 2001, and will not be in the next decade until 2011. In response to Jeff's comment: There is technically no year 0; thus, year 0-1 does not formally exist. Although years (obviously) existed before our calendar (~4.54B), man started counting at 1. Year 1-2, is the first calendar year; by year number 2, only one year has passed. Since the second decade begins after the first has ended, and we don't count 0-1, we know a decade has been completed by year 11 (year 10-11 being the tenth year). To conclude, the first day of year 11 (or 2011), is the first day (the beginning) of the new decade. This is where the 1,999 years calculation is derived from. We are in the same decade that began 2001, and will not be in the next decade until 2011.

]]> http://trudalane.net/2010/01/01/why-im-no-fun-at-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-6600 Yasamin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:26:52 +0000 http://trudalane.net/?p=2065#comment-6600 liberal arts = arts & crafts. pshh! liberal arts = arts & crafts. pshh!

]]> http://trudalane.net/2010/01/01/why-im-no-fun-at-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-6599 Jeff Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:22:48 +0000 http://trudalane.net/?p=2065#comment-6599 Years mark the end, not beginning of a period. A newborn infant is not one year old - he is generally counted in days, weeks or months, until he has reached a full year. A 24 year old has completed 24 years and is already starting his 25th. The same thinking applies to years on a calendar. The dates in the year we refer to as 2010 are actually a countdown of dates until we have completed 2,011 years from when we first began counting. Years 0->1, 1->2, 2->3, 3->4, 4->5, 5->6, 6->7, 7->8, 8->9 and 9->10 comprise a decade, which would rightfully make 2010 the beginning of the new decade. These are the first days of the 2,011th year of counting and the 202nd decade of counting. Years mark the end, not beginning of a period. A newborn infant is not one year old – he is generally counted in days, weeks or months, until he has reached a full year. A 24 year old has completed 24 years and is already starting his 25th. The same thinking applies to years on a calendar. The dates in the year we refer to as 2010 are actually a countdown of dates until we have completed 2,011 years from when we first began counting. Years 0->1, 1->2, 2->3, 3->4, 4->5, 5->6, 6->7, 7->8, 8->9 and 9->10 comprise a decade, which would rightfully make 2010 the beginning of the new decade. These are the first days of the 2,011th year of counting and the 202nd decade of counting.

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