Re: Y2K [was: Re: Gravity and pi]

[Mervin Koehlinger <tchkoehlimw@CRF.CUIS.EDU>]

On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, paul o johnson wrote:

> the great handicap of having to use Roman numerals, in which there is no
> 0, so he began counting with the year 1. The 1st century, therefore, had
> only 99 years.

Every century has 100 years.

> Leave us not perpetuate this mistake. (See Gould's book on the subject).

Check any dictionary on the subject.

Mervin Koehlinger
Physics Instructor
Concordia Lutheran High School
Fort Wayne, Indiana