Re: New FAQ sites? (was Re: Nathan does it again!)

[invid@localnet.com (Invid fan)]

In article <199710050854001610327@[195.4.198.252]>, udo.huth@auge.de (Udo
Huth) wrote:

> Owsw <owsw@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > Why not?  Your claiming that 2000 is *still* the 20th century :)  So, what
> >  books were you going to put on your web site anyway?
> Yes, indeed it is. As there was no year 0 (zero, naught), but counting
> started with year 1 (-2, -1, 1, 2, ...), the new century starts with
> year 2001.
> 
Actualy, there was no year 1 either. That is, we didn't call it that until
a few centuries later. So, why don't we just say that we're starting out
counting at the year 1000? ^_^

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