Hello Bill
On 07-Jan-00, Bill Griffin wrote:
BG>>
BG>>> This I do know though ..... when a whole load of digits on my car's
BG>>> mileometer turn round together to a new starting digit with loads of
BG>>> zeros.....that's when I think wow!!!. ..... not one mile later.
BG>>>
BG>> And you are correct to think that, because the counter in your car
BG>> starts from 0000000! So when it shows a number, like say 1231, it means
BG>> that 1231 miles/km/whatever have been completed! However, in the
BG>> calendar system, the year counter starts from 1A.D. (there is no year
BG>> 0) so, when we are at year 1231, it means that 1230 years have passed
BG>> since the birth of christ (well, since year 1A.D.)
BG>> And that's all.
BG>>
BG> Just to muddy the waters a bit.
BG>
BG> While Christos is right about there not being a year 0 A.D. (which
BG> means Ano Domini, or in the year of our lord), there supposedly WAS a
BG> year 0 B.C. (which means Bio Christos, or Before Christ). And this,is
BG> suppose to be when Christ was born (in 0 B.C. that is).
BG>
BG> Before somebody tries to correct me, my Latin is poor and the spelling
BG> for Bio Christos May be wrong (it is pronounced BEE-o KREES-tos). I am
BG> fairly certain than Ano Domini is the correct spelling for that part.
BG>
BG> To make thing even MORE unclear, people can't seem to agree to the
BG> part of the year that Christ was born. Some say that it had to be in
BG> summer because the shepard had their sheep grazing in the fields (and
BG> supposedly they can't do that around Christmas time) while other look
BG> to the parts of the story that talk about the "festival of lights" (a
BG> holiday which takes place around the time of the longest nights of the
BG> year) and claim that this means that Christ HAD to have been born in
BG> December.
BG>
BG> Sorry about the OT ranting. this discussion just seems pointless to
BG> me. By the time it can be settled once and for all, it will too late
BG> for it to meaan anything anyway.
BG>
BG> Happy 21 Century all (even if I am a year early for some you).
Regards
Actually there was not any year one. The creator of the calendar we now used
never put a year 0 in it. So The 21 century starts in 2001. Even Arthur
C.Clarke with his "2001: a space odyssey" even tried to make people know
this but all went on deaf ears.
Nice try though........
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