In a building where I worked the ground floor in the elevator was marked as "1" and the next floor on the elevator was marked "2". However, between the first and second floor there was a floor which was only accessible via a stairway and a freight elevator. I think that the freight elevator had it marked as "M".
2010/7/26 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > If you go into a lift or an elevator in different countries you will > find that the ground floor is sometimes 0 and sometimes 1. > > Quite often floor zero is marked G for Ground floor. > > It is also different if people are counting floors or if they are > counting living spaces or levels and of course if there are cellars > involved. > > Sometimes the cellars are half way down and sometimes there are > several levels of cellars. > > So do you number the cellar 0 or _1? > If you have several levels of cellars it is probably more natural to > number the first level of cellars _1 > > So the index origin in elevators is probably dependent mostly if you > are counting levels or floors. > > I remember a story told about how people were scared in the years > before BC because they were living in years _1, _2, _3.... etc and > they were afraid what would happen year 0 and following years or if > there would be any. > > > > 2010/7/24 Don Guinn <[email protected]>: > > Isn't the floor above the ground floor numbered "1" or "first" in Great > > Britain? > > > -- > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > Fornustekkum II > 781 Hornafirði, > t-póst: [email protected] > gsm: +3546985532 > sími: +3544781286 > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > > > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans > > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > | ) | (\_ _/) > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ > `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
