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   Pancho to The Natural Philosopher   
   Re: Spontaneous locale change on Bookwor   
   01 Oct 24 16:09:15   
   
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   On 10/1/24 13:32, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 30/09/2024 22:48, Pancho wrote:   
   >> On 9/30/24 14:21, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> On 30/09/2024 13:21, Pancho wrote:   
   >>>> On 29/09/2024 09:26, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   >>>>> Charlie Gibbs  writes:   
   >>>>>> Single Stage to Orbit  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> There's no year zero. So the first century didn't start until the   
   >>>>>>> year 1. :-p   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So how many years are there in a century?  Does it depend on   
   >>>>>> which century it is?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> No, all one hundred years, from 100n+1 CE to 100(n+1) CE inclusive (or   
   >>>>> 100(n+1) BCE to 100n+1 BCE inclusive).   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What about the century containing the Big Bang?   
   >>>   
   >>> I dont think anyone was counting then   
   >>   
   >> Nonsense, lots going on in that first century. Particularly the first   
   >> few minutes.   
   >>   
   >   
   > What has that got to do with the fact that no one was counting, then?   
   >   
   >>    
   >   
      
   Well, no one was counting in year zero either, when baby Jesus was born.   
   Otherwise they wouldn't have forgotten to put that year in a century. AD   
   was devised in AD 525, I just looked it up.   
      
   Hindu-Arabic numerals didn't make 0 explicit until much later, maybe   
   11th century.   
      
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