So I've browsed the forum's a bit more frequently recently, and have come to the conclusion that some people don't get when a decade finnish's and a new one begin's. And that Saying what your GOTD(Game of the Decade) is, is premature, and really dumb.
What do you guy's think? Also, for a laugh, in your oppinion when do you guy's believe a decade finnish's? example: 2009 or 2010?
I mean, mathematicians allway's count 0 as the first number. But the general public start from 1. Which is right in this unimportant case? lol.
I have no clue what you're getting at. I mean you copied and pasted something I said and helped me notice that I'd typoed. Other than that, you haven't helped make this a fun thread. only demonstrated your annoying way's.
If this's not what you intended, then please help me understand.
0, 1, 2, 3 ,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. And since there are 10 years in a decade, making 2010 the end of the decade would be incorrect, because 2010 would add to that total as 11 years. 2000 was the start of this decade, and 2010 will be the start of the next.
@CL60: Maybe I didn't word this properly. But yeah you got the gist of the crux. Some people have been assuming that a century end's on the ninth year and the next one start's on the tenth year. It just seem's strange...
2ndly: Wow! That's kind of sad. I'm actually a good speller, and additionally I can string a good grammatical sentance together.
3rdly: If you seriously have that much time on your hand's that you go around the forum's and correct people on their typoes, not spelling error's. Then I feel kind of bad for you...
4thly: The fact that you zeroed in on something as trivial as a typo and decided to be an idiot about it, might tell you something about yourself that didn't already know.
A decade is a term in electrical engineering and electronics referring to some bullshit about the number of kT terms spanned by a system, or something like that, I don't know, I'm not a doctor. If YOU want to bust out the stupid Fermi equations, go ahead, you NERDS.
@MKHavoc: Why do most normal people start counting from 1 instead of 0 then?
Seinfeld made a joke once that everybody celebrated the new millenium a year early. I mean 100 years start at the first year. Year 1. And end's at year 100. So a decade, this decade, start's at 2001 and finnish's at 2010.
Do you see what I'm saying?
Also, while we're on this confusing subject. Why do some people think that sunday is last day of the week or first day of the week? ;-p
Btw: To anyone who hasn't clued in. This's more of a theological and sattircal thread, lol. I mainly wanted to figure out why everyone think's 2000 is the start year and yet they contradict themselves by counting upward's from 1 instead of 0. lol.
" @MKHavoc: Why do most normal people start counting from 1 instead of 0 then? Seinfeld made a joke once that everybody celebrated the new millenium a year early. I mean 100 years start at the first year. Year 1. And end's at year 100. Do you see what I'm saying? "
People are stupid. Count from the 0 year up to the 9 year. Done. Problem solved. Next question.
2000 is the start of the decade, not 2001. It's different when you're counting years as opposed to counting physical objects. When you're counting years, the "0" year actually counts for something in the timeline, whereas when you're counting physical objects, zero isn't associated with any physical object you are counting, so it is merely skipped. But if you want, you can say "zero" every time you begin to count something, if that would help things make sense. It's like @RaccoonusDoodus said:
"decade = 10 years. 1. 2000 2. 2001 3. 2002 4. 2003 5. 2004 6. 2005 7. 2006 8. 2007 9. 2008 10. 2009 Done. Just like every other decade. When were the sixties? That was a decade. 60-69. Seventies? 70-79. And so on. 2009 is the end of the decade."
EDIT: Just because I want to: I'd have to say my game of the decade would be a toss-up between Metroid Prime and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
2ndly: Wow! That's kind of sad. I'm actually a good speller, and additionally I can string a good grammatical sentance together.
3rdly: If you seriously have that much time on your hand's that you go around the forum's and correct people on their typoes, not spelling error's. Then I feel kind of bad for you... 4thly: The fact that you zeroed in on something as trivial as a typo and decided to be an idiot about it, might tell you something about yourself that didn't already know. "
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A decade is a term in electrical engineering and electronics referring to some bullshit about the number of kT terms spanned by a system, or something like that, I don't know, I'm not a doctor. If YOU want to bust out the stupid Fermi equations, go ahead, you NERDS.
It's also a fucking Beanie Baby.
And some decades are longer than others.
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I wonder how many people on here will get that third reference but that is a great photo. This decade was pretty long for 7 years as well...
I'll repeat: "Btw: To anyone who hasn't clued in yet. This's more of a theological and sattirical thread, lol. I mainly wanted to figure out why everyone think's 2000 is the start year and yet they contradict themselves by counting upward's from 1 instead of 0. lol."
@crusnchill: Dude, you have to realize that there was such thing as a "Year Zero". I explained this all in my thread about Game of the Decade, but since you probably didn't read it, here's why:
After 1 B.C. and before 1 A.D., there had to be something. That year was known as Year Zero. So, this was when the new yearly system came into place, counting up instead of down. Because this was the starting date, it is when we usually base the decades from... so, Year Zero - 9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, etc. And this keeps going. Also, when you think about milleniums, when did we celebrate the new millenium? 2000, right? That's because we're starting a new millenium from scratch, just as we are starting another decade. Here is some more info on Year Zero for you:
The reason why we don't say 0 when we count is because there is nothing there, it's kind of like never counting. So, right now as I'm writing this and not counting, I'm counting to 0. Because I'm not counting. You can't count to nothing. But a year is different because we consider the years 0,1000, 2000 as years. It's kind of like adding 0 to 0. You then can't add, because there is nothing to add.
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