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verme (prevaricator) 12.15.2009 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
there was NO YEAR 0

right but,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
a decade is ten years.



2000 -2010

^ a decade.
it's not the first decade of the 21st century, according to the gregorian calendar, but it's a decade.

Rob Instigator 12.15.2009 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SYRFox
The difference is basically the same in between "The 20th century" and "The years 1900"
The 20th century ended December 31st, 2000
The years 1900 ended December 31st, 1999


so what happened between jan 1 2000 and dec 31st? a magic nonexistent year! a superfluous, not-gonna-count year!

Rob Instigator 12.15.2009 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)
2000 -2010

^ a decade.
it's not the first decade of the 21st century, according to the gregorian calendar, but it's a decade.


that is ELEVEN YEARS and not a decade

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
2010

gmku 12.15.2009 12:03 PM

Rob, it was the first year of this soon-to-end decade. Pretty simple, really.

Rob Instigator 12.15.2009 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmku
OK, I'm willing to agree to this. For tight-ass accountant nerd types, the decade can end on the zero year. For the rest of us normal people, it goes from 0 to 9.


so "normal people" are that ignorant that the numeral 0, nil, naught, the abscence of anything, counts as a year?

gmku 12.15.2009 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
that is TEN YEARS (a decade)

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009


Fixed.

SYRFox 12.15.2009 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
so what happened between jan 1 2000 and dec 31st? a magic nonexistent year! a superfluous, not-gonna-count year!

what I'm pointing out is that it is different things
The 20th century does NOT equal the years 1900
just as the 201th decade (ahah) does NOT equal the 00s

noisereductions 12.15.2009 12:22 PM

but you agree that 2000 thru 2009 is 10 years right? Cuz 10 years is a decade. Right? Rob?

gmku 12.15.2009 12:26 PM

Yeah, but, 2000 to 2010 is 11.

Oh, this is fun.

Rob Instigator 12.15.2009 12:30 PM

1995-2004 is a decade

1832-1931 is a decade

2001-2010 is a decade

SYRFox 12.15.2009 12:36 PM

Yes
But the 00s is 2000-2009. The 2010s will be 2010-2019
The 0000s was 01-09 (yeah, only nine years: the label "xx's" does not refer properly to a decade but just to the years ending in xx!) , the 0010s was 10-19, etc.

Rob Instigator 12.15.2009 12:39 PM

who made up them retard rules? had to be some "poet"

SYRFox 12.15.2009 12:42 PM

Mister Jesus himself

gmku 12.15.2009 12:54 PM

Jesus was a carpenter, so he would have been good at math. This is believable.

Satan 12.15.2009 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
2010 is not in the teens,

a decade is ten years.
2010 is the end of the "aughts."

2020 is the end of the teens, etc.

it is what it is.

2020 is the start of the 20s, 2019 is the end of the teens


ps

1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 2002
4. 2003
5. 2004
6. 2005
7. 2006
8. 2007
9. 2008
10. 2009


that appears to be 10 years, roberto, which if i am not mistaken, which i am not, makes a decade.

pps


yeah, it's some jesus shit.

verme (prevaricator) 12.15.2009 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
that is ELEVEN YEARS and not a decade



2000 - 2001 I
2001 - 2002 II
2002 - 2003 III
2003 - 2004 IV
2004 - 2005 V
2005 - 2006 VI
2006 - 2007 VII
2007 - 2008 VIII
2008 - 2009 IX
2009 - 2010 X

noisereductions 12.15.2009 01:39 PM

Rob, yr Lindsay threads are far more interesting than this one.

pbradley 12.15.2009 01:50 PM

See, this is why your 1 Day God is a lie. Plying these deep, foundational errors in your 1 Day model only further proves nature's harmonic simultaneous 4-day time cube. You are educated stupid and evil.

SYRFox 12.15.2009 01:56 PM

Man I love this thread

gmku 12.15.2009 02:04 PM

Yeah, where are the big butts?


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