why do people not know the correct end of the decade?

[Icecoldcynic]

We've already had this thread, you're wrong. Let me break it down.

2000-2001 = year 1
2001-2002 = year 2
2002-2003 = year 3
2003-2004 = year 4
2004-2005 = year 5
2005-2006 = year 6
2006-2007 = year 7
2007-2008 = year 8
2008-2009 = year 9
2009-2010 = year 10, boom decade

You could say that in your arguement the decade starts in 2001, but in real life it doesn't start in 2001, it starts in 2000, we started counting from 0 not 1 and 0-1 = 1 year as explained above.

Okay this is a much simpler way of explaining it.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

[small]and some people still think math is witchcraft[/small]

Seriously?
Explain yourself.

Please?

It was a joke.

Aww... Too bad. I'm sure it would have been interesting.
Yes. I expect anything you ever tell me about humanity's stupidity to be true.
Actually, I'm sure there are people who do think so. Even if there are only 2 or 3.

 

[geldonyetich]

10 years is 10 years. Whether that year ends in 11 or 10, that's all anyone means when they're talking about decades.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I disagree with you. To me it makes sense that, for example, the seventies started in 1970. This is a bit like when people talk about the 18th century, which is in fact the 1700s.

Because 0000 to 0100 was the "1st century"

 

[dududf]

[small]and some people still think math is witchcraft[/small]

Seriously?
Explain yourself.

Please?

*muble mumble* JESUS! *mumble mumble* I DUN KNO IT SO IT'S EVIL! DUZ TEH BIBLE COMMEND IT??!! THEN IT'S THE DEVILS WORK *mumble mumble muble*

The religous nut jobs that's who. (I mean the ACTUAL nuts, not just normal religous people.)

 

[Sewblon]

start counting and i'm going to bet you start at 1 and not 0.

But if we're going by time, then it's not just years. It's years, months, weeks, days, hours, seconds, and milliseconds.
So right at the stroke of midnight it would still be the previous decade, but as soon as time goes forward by one second, the current time has a value greater than zero. I.E. 1 second. And thus, we've gone into the new decade!

What he said. Our way of telling time just doesn't translate straight to the decimal system.

 

[Shru1kan]

Its a cold hard fact that the Gregorian calendar (the one most EVERYONE ON EARTH uses) does NOT have a year 0. Try again. I offered a solution.

It's much easier to accept that not everything in life is logical. Why is it that in canada, they sell coke in 591 ml bottles? That's an odd number, right? I'm just trying to help you get over the mindnumbing sensation of not understanding that sometimes things don't make sense at first, but you learn to accept them.

Huh.... if only I weren't supporting that the decade starts on an odd number.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

[small]and some people still think math is witchcraft[/small]

Seriously?
Explain yourself.

Please?

'Tis be true! I burned several kids coming out of math last week!

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

[small]and some people still think math is witchcraft[/small]

Seriously?
Explain yourself.

Please?

*muble mumble* JESUS! *mumble mumble* I DUN KNO IT SO IT'S EVIL! DUZ TEH BIBLE COMMEND IT??!! THEN IT'S THE DEVILS WORK *mumble mumble muble*

The religous nut jobs that's who. (I mean the ACTUAL nuts, not just normal religous people.)

I should've thought of those, I was just thinking about some tribe in some rainforest.

[small]and some people still think math is witchcraft[/small]

Seriously?
Explain yourself.

Please?

'Tis be true! I burned several kids coming out of math last week!

Ahah! I found you, you... Person who still has faith in humanity?

 

[Xanadu84]

Because decade, for the purposes of the definition, simply means a 10 year period. Hence, I can say, "A Decade ago", and refer to 10 years ago, regardless of when it is. We also refer to the decades as the 80's, 90's, etc. Since they are pretty informal, the definition pretty much derives from the name we use. It is downright silly to refer to, for example, the year 1990 as part of the 80's. Which is why we don't. Which is why next year will be the start of a new decade. It is interesting, however, that Millennium does have a formal definition, and so the year 2000 was a new decade, but not millennium.

 

[-Orgasmatron-]

You don't start counting something that existed at 0. It's like saying I have three dots. 0, 1, 2, 3. here's a picture of them (. . . .)

But an object and a space of time are two different things. It's like in football, if someone scores when the clock is at 05:20, it will go down as being scored in the 6th minute, reason being the clock starts at 00:00, so going from 00:00 to 01:00 is one minute, making 01:00 through to 02:00 the 2nd minute of the match.

Also, to relate this into when a decade ends more effectively.

A football match is 90 minutes + injury time, injury time starts as soon as the clock hits 90:00, because as soon as the clock hits 90:00, 90 minutes have been played. Just like as soon as we hit the year 2010, a decade will have passed since we hit the year 2000.

 

[Lemon Of Life]

Who

Cares

?

 

[Xanadu84]

We've already had this thread, you're wrong. Let me break it down.

2000-2001 = year 1
2001-2002 = year 2
2002-2003 = year 3
2003-2004 = year 4
2004-2005 = year 5
2005-2006 = year 6
2006-2007 = year 7
2007-2008 = year 8
2008-2009 = year 9
2009-2010 = year 10, boom decade

You could say that in your arguement the decade starts in 2001, but in real life it doesn't start in 2001, it starts in 2000, we started counting from 0 not 1 and 0-1 = 1 year as explained above.

Okay this is a much simpler way of explaining it.

I thought I had a good definition. You beat me, Well done, you deserve a well earned /thread.

 

[revolverwolf]

Think about year 0AD.

0AD would be the beginning of the first decade. 10 years later in 10AD it's the beginning of the second decade.

Makes enough sense.

So beginning of the decades are the 0's rather than the 1's.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

We've already had this thread, you're wrong. Let me break it down.

2000-2001 = year 1
2001-2002 = year 2
2002-2003 = year 3
2003-2004 = year 4
2004-2005 = year 5
2005-2006 = year 6
2006-2007 = year 7
2007-2008 = year 8
2008-2009 = year 9
2009-2010 = year 10, boom decade

You could say that in your arguement the decade starts in 2001, but in real life it doesn't start in 2001, it starts in 2000, we started counting from 0 not 1 and 0-1 = 1 year as explained above.

This!
Thank you

Midnight, December 31,2009/2010 is the beginning of the next decade and the end of this one. You count from 0. 2010 would be zero until .99999999.2011 would be 1 until 1.999999.Since the days between the beginning of 2010 and 2011 would be akin to decimals between 0 and 1 like .2 .3 .4 .67 .89, it is the beginning of the new decade.

 

[lacktheknack]

so i'm just wondering why people think the decade starts in 2010 instead of the correct year of 2011?

any math student or person studying math will be able to explain...

You answered your own question. You need to study math a bit to catch these types of things.

 

[delet]

screw you and your maths. 2010 is 10 years later than 10 years ago. I'm stickin' with that. If you think about it, every day is the end of a Decade...

 

[Shru1kan]

You don't start counting something that existed at 0. It's like saying I have three dots. 0, 1, 2, 3. here's a picture of them (. . . .)

But an object and a space of time are two different things. It's like in football, if someone scores when the clock is at 05:20, it will go down as being scored in the 6th minute, reason being the clock starts at 00:00, so going from 00:00 to 01:00 is one minute, making 01:00 through to 02:00 the 2nd minute of the match.

EDIT: Logical error, DISREGARD.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Similar to how at exactly 12 it's still night but ANY time after that is morning. We just don't care enough to count it "properly".

 

[sgtshock]

Think about it this way: when we enter 2010, we won't be calling it "two thousand ten", we will be calling it "twenty ten." We get an entirely new way to say the beginning of the year, which makes it sound almost like a new century, let alone a decade.