2010

[geno]

Semantics are fun! I hope that the people behind the dictionary get into a war with the people behind the encyclopedia over this argument, that'd be awesome.

(dude, if you count from the beginning of one specific calendar, ignoring the previous years that dont matter, decades are TOTALLY 1-0)
vs
(NUH-UH! decade=10yrs ONLY but also is commonly used for 0-9 periods BUT THATS OKAY CUZ ITS 10 YRS)

FIGHT!

[Khamsin]

Think it's mostly because we picked A.D. 1 as our starting point, instead of 0.

If 2000 was the start of the millenium/decade, then some decade or millenium in the past got shafted by a year at some point.

So which decade has the missing year? Since we started at 1-0, and now we're doing 0-9.

[wipers]

2010 is the first year of the decade.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010

[SephYuyX]

I think someone fucked up on decades long ago.

Millennia and Centuries start on 01s and Decades start on 0s.

[Gargoyle]

Clearly it is the first decade that should get shafted since those dicks had the balls to go "You know what, screw this noise, I'm starting a new era, A.D. up in this bitch yo!".
First decade A.D. is 1-9.

[Maguspk]

I think people just need to use their fucking heads for 2 seconds instead of parrotting the shit they read somewhere else, 'omg not deh start uf the new decadz guyz!'

2000 = start of recent decade
2001 = marking the end of the first year, not the start, assholes
2002 = marking end of the 2nd year
2003 = end of 3rd
2004 = end of 4th
2005 = end of 5th
...
2009 = end of 9th
2010 = end of 10th complete year, 10 years make a decade

If you like computars like me it's really simple, it's just a count with zero origin, kind of like those data structures you've been fucking around with recently. Problem solved.

[Celeste]

Guys, shut the fuck up. lolz

[Mayareira]

Well, at least we are pretty certain that 2012 will be the last year of the decade.

[Celeste]

Well, at least we are pretty certain that 2012 will be the last year of the decade.

I hope so.

[Khamsin]

If you like computars like me it's really simple, it's just a count with zero origin, kind of like those data structures you've been fucking around with recently. Problem solved.

Would be nice if data structures and computers were around a couple millenia ago when some idiot decided to start with A.D. 1 instead of 0.

I think people just need to use their fucking heads for 2 seconds instead of parrotting the shit they read somewhere else, 'omg not deh start uf the new decadz guyz!'

Parrots or not, it started with 1, so you either gotta take out a year somewhere to make it all even, or call the first decade 1 B.C. - A.D. 9.

[Gargoyle]

Clearly the only solution here is to fake the 2nd coming of Jesus and get it right this time by calling it 0 ADA (Anno Domini Again, or whateverthefuck you wanna call it)