Stan Ulrich Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 05, 2009; 16:01
Stan Ulrich
Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
On 10/27/09, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: >At 16:20 -0600 on 10/22/2009, Doug McNutt wrote about Re: Is there a >way to duplicate a line?: > >>So are we going to celebrate the start of a new decade at the end of >>this year? Or do the tens start at in January 2011? > >2011. There was no Year 0 (it went from 1 BCE/BC to 1 ACE/AD) so >decades run from xxx1 to xxx0). This is the same reason why the 21st >Century/ 3rd Millennium started in 2001 not (as many >thought/celebrated) in 2000 confusing the Year 2K computer problem >with the start/end of the Century/Millennium.
This is true about no Year Zero. BUT the consequence is that the first century had only 99 years. Every other century has 100. Otherwise things aren't common sensical and pedants insist on arguing with history and popular culture.
So, too, the decades would be wrong -- the Gay 90s would start in 1891 and run to 1900. The 50s, I think we can agree, run from 1950-1959, and if decades are to exist co-extensive within their centuries, then centuries need to start with the zero year, e.g., 1800, 1900, 2000.
Everything works fine if you accept that the first century took the hit on the absence of Year Zero. That is where the problem started, so the problem should be solved where it occurred.
It really makes sense and you'll avoid all that anguish if you accept that the first century (an artificial construct anyway) had only 99 years, since it was missing its Year Zero -- the rest of the centuries have theirs. This is a fact for the civil calendar, as opposed to the astronomical calendar..
This is an issue in ancient calender studies, such as the Maya calendar, because calendar correlations, typically using Julian Day Numbers, need to know whether there is a Year Zero. Things have settled down mostly now, but for a while back in the 50s-80s (1950-1989!!) some major Mayanists got it wrong and messed up by a year looking forward or backward by including a Year Zero in their calculations.
Trust me...
SU
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "support@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~-
Nov 05
Dennis Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 05, 2009; 18:26
Dennis
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 05
Doug McNutt Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 05, 2009; 20:39
Doug McNutt
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 05
Robert A. Rosenberg Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 05, 2009; 21:37
Robert A. Rosenberg
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06
Johanâ„¢Strandberg Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06, 2009; 07:13
Johanâ„¢Strandberg
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06
Johanâ„¢Strandberg Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06, 2009; 07:17
Johanâ„¢Strandberg
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06
Doug McNutt Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06, 2009; 07:32
Doug McNutt
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06
Mark Smith Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06, 2009; 09:03
Mark Smith
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06
Steve Piercy Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06, 2009; 11:22
Steve Piercy
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06
Robert A. Rosenberg Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Nov 06, 2009; 14:07
Robert A. Rosenberg
Re: Counting years [WAS Re: Is there a way to duplicate a line?
Search
Lasso Programming
This site manages and broadcasts several email lists pertaining to Lasso Programming and technologies related and used by Lasso developers. Sign up today!