16th July 2004, 6:33 PM
Honestly, calling the year 2000 part of the 1990's is just plain stupid, because it's not in the 1990's! I say, FORGET the whole "there was no year 0" thing and just go with what the numbers say. I know that the very first person I see who says, on New Year's Eve 2009/2010, "technically, the new decade starts in 2011 because there was no year zero" will be PUNCHED IN THE FREAKING FACE!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)