Why 2000-2009? Why not wait until next year and do the first decade of the 21st Century?
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
From here: Clicky Some little forgotten gems in there. Anything else you'd like to add to that list? |
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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
LOL, there are some beauties in there! |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
Why 2000-2009? Why not wait until next year and do the first decade of the 21st Century?
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
Technically, 2000-2009 is the first decade, Dave. 2010 would be the first 11 years. 
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| Author: | adidan [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:59 am ] | |||||||||
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A pedantic, yet quite correct, +1 
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
But we start at 1AD and move forward, there was no 0AD, so surely the decade always starts at 01?
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:33 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fail. Dave is correct. The year 2000 is technically in the 20th Century unless someone would care to invent a year 0. |
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| Author: | bobbdobbs [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:53 am ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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a pedantically +1 here
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| Author: | saspro [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
They missed out the splitting of the Dennis forums 
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| Author: | lacloss [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:46 am ] | |||||||||
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+10 |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:25 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Not on the same scale obviously, but that really was quite a cock-up when you think about it
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
Thing is, 2000 to 2009 is a ten year span, or a decade. 2000 to 2010 would be eleven years, and not a decade. They'd need to go 2001 to 2010. Which they can do next year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
That is what I meant, next year is the end of the first decade of the 21st Century. 2000 to 2009 is just a 10 year span or decade, but not the first complete decade of the 21st Century... |
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| Author: | leeds_manc [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The 87 Dumbest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009 |
If you're the kind of person who insists on this or that 'correct' use... abandon your pedantry as I did mine. Dive into the open flowing waters and leave the stagnant canals be... Above all, let there be pleasure!—Stephen Fry |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:01 am ] | |||||||||
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While I admire Mr Fry's release from the bonds of pedantry, I enjoy mine. |
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