So while we are renumbering things, we should also call it the 20th century?
After all, the first two digits are 20 so it must be the 20th century from
2000-2099.
Also, most people in the world do start counting from 1. It is only when you
remind them that there is a zero that they start counting there. Even we say
that element [0] of an array is the first element.
> The reference point of our timekeeping is based on an event where the
> uncertainty about the timing is much more than a year, and was made up
> several hundred years AFTER the fact. As such, if you want to be a
> stickler, you might as well say that the next millennium may
> have started
> several years ago.
Actually, the calendar has been adjusted several times in the intervening
time. It doesn't really matter how you choose the starting point of a
calendar provided that you have agreement. Right now, the agreement is that
we will call this the 1999th year of the current calendar. We totally ignore
the correction where half a month was skipped, and several other minor
adjustments.
Getting the terminology consistent, so everyone is using the same frame of
reference, is what is important.
> So please stop sending me email. You don't have to celebrate if you
> don't want to. But let the rest of the world who doesn't care about
> silly irrelevant details (what's a millennium to you anyway) just go on
> with our life.
Correctness in all things should matter. 'So what's an RFC to you anyway'
would probably be a good description of M$ attitude towards standards. Just
because most computer users don't care about the details of RFCs doesn't
change their importance.
Same thing applies to other fields.
-Bret
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