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Message 961683 - Posted: 7 Jan 2010, 22:33:29 UTC - in response to Message 961504.  

Of course, it is common sense (??) to all those people that click the stopwatch to time a 100 metre race at the commencement of the hundredth metre!!!!
They all get much better times than those who finish at the end of the hundredth metre!!!!

But, of course, the whole argument can be solved if all the runners "Get set and Go" a metre behind the starting line.

What incredible logic the whole world was led to believe at the so-called end of the millennium!!!!

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We are inconsistent in the way we refer to time. We refer to dates by the year, month and day that we are in (starting at 1), but within the day, by hours and minutes completed (1 o'clock occurs an hour into the day).


Remember that the invention of dates and times probably predates the invention of the number zero.

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Message 962173 - Posted: 9 Jan 2010, 3:29:28 UTC - in response to Message 961415.  

Actually 2001 was a milestone year:
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A new sesquicentennial (150)

Not counting from year 1, it wasn’t: the current ‘sesquicentury’ began in 1951 and will end with 2100.

The first time that they all line up including the sesquicentennial is 6001. It would have been 3001 except for that pesky quadricentenial.

Glad I won't be around to see the "end of the world" crowd for that one.
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Message 962181 - Posted: 9 Jan 2010, 3:57:04 UTC - in response to Message 962173.  

Actually 2001 was a milestone year:
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A new sesquicentennial (150)

Not counting from year 1, it wasn’t: the current ‘sesquicentury’ began in 1951 and will end with 2100.

The first time that they all line up including the sesquicentennial is 6001. It would have been 3001 except for that pesky quadricentenial.

Glad I won't be around to see the "end of the world" crowd for that one.


You mean you're not gonna be around for 2012? ;)
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Message 962194 - Posted: 9 Jan 2010, 5:46:01 UTC - in response to Message 962181.  

You mean you're not gonna be around for 2012? ;)

Nope, gonna have my space ship fixed by then and be on the way.

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