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From: António Marques on 23 Feb 2010 08:27 jmfbahciv wrote (23-02-2010 12:28): > Andrew Usher wrote: >> Joachim Pense wrote: >> >>>>>>> But 0 is the start of computer indexing - at least in real >>>>>>> programs. 0 >>>>>>> = Sunday. >>>>>> Ahem. In low level, pointer oriented languages such as C and its >>>>>> family. And those who chose to imitate it. >>>>> But not in the first language I used when working for a living >>>>> (COBOL). >>>>> >>>> Nor FORTRAN DO statements. Most people start at 1. You can also >>>> write an off-by-1 bug in loops depending on whether you start the loop >>>> with 0 or 1. >>>> >>> Neither Pascal. >> >> Well, I'm astounded. Indexing from 0 is so obviously the Right Way >> that I can't imagine why anyone would do it the other way. >> > You always count items starting with 0? It's a matter of stupid perspective. Since the array's position is the 'first', the 'first' element's position is the array's ('first') plus 0. First plus 0 = first!
From: António Marques on 23 Feb 2010 08:34 jmfbahciv wrote (23-02-2010 12:36): > PaulJK wrote: >> Brian M. Scott wrote: >>> R H Draney wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> If you want a crank, find the person who came up with >>>> Daylight Saving Time.... >>>> Then find his successor who decided that DST should apply >>>> for more of the year than "Standard" time....r >>> I like DST; my only objection is that we don't have it all >>> year round. >> >> I would prefer if every 24 hour day was made longer by one >> hour, i.e. 25 hours long. I know it would cause some strife >> for many people but I for one and people like me wouldn't have >> to suffer the pain of advancing my slow circadian rhythm clock >> by an hour every morning. >> > I worked with a guy who did the experiment to find out what > his circadian rhythm was. He determined it was 28 hours. > If so, he must have felt hung over during his childhood. http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/28_hour_day.png
From: sjdevnull on 23 Feb 2010 08:39 On Feb 23, 6:19 am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote: > Dunno about the rest of the world, but in the US court-ordered busing > has most kids riding the bus to school anyway Court-ordered busing never affected a substantial fraction of US school children (it peaked at below 5%, IIRC) and since 1980 or so has been very limited. Post-2000, it's headed toward extinction.
From: António Marques on 23 Feb 2010 08:44 Peter T. Daniels wrote (23-02-2010 12:42): > On Feb 23, 7:04 am, Andrew Usher<k_over_hb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Peter T. Daniels wrote: >>>>> "The Catholic Church" (which refers to no specific organization) >>>>> hasn't spoken for all of Christendom for nearly half a millennium. >> >>>> 'The Catholic Church' or simply 'The Church' refers to exactly one >>>> organisation. It's disingenuous to pretend otherwise. Also, it's been >>>> longer than half a millennium if one includes the East. >> >>> One doesn't "include the East." One has to wonder what knowledge you >>> have of the Eastern churches. >> >> The word 'Christendom', which you used, would normally be taken to >> include the Eastern Orthodox. One wonders why you wouldn't. > > They are among the many churches for which the Roman Catholic Church > (which may have been what you meant by "the Catholic Church"?) does > not speak. It's just that that's what he was saying. That the CC "hasn't spoken for all of Christendom" for "longer than half a millennium". You pretend not to know what "The Catholic Church" refers to, yet your answer is built on equating it with a certain church currently led by one Benedict XVI.
From: J. Clarke on 23 Feb 2010 09:36
On 2/23/2010 8:39 AM, sjdevnull(a)yahoo.com wrote: > On Feb 23, 6:19 am, "J. Clarke"<jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote: >> Dunno about the rest of the world, but in the US court-ordered busing >> has most kids riding the bus to school anyway > > Court-ordered busing never affected a substantial fraction of US > school children (it peaked at below 5%, IIRC) and since 1980 or so has > been very limited. Post-2000, it's headed toward extinction. In what jurisdiction has it been discontinued? |