Didn't the Arabs invent the zero?
The Romans didn't use zero in their counting.
I don't thinking the chinese abacus does either.

Then there are the tarot cards which associate the fool with zero because
zero is not a number.

Cheers,
Peter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcia Karp" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: Very OT - First post of the decade?


> The problem is the missing year 0; if only there had been one, or even
two.
>
> It is nice, though, periodically, to have the artificial break from
> ourselves and our ways and world.
>
> HNY,
> Marcia
>
> Carrol Cox wrote:
> > Humans also argued endlessly over whether the second millenium began
> > Jan. 1 2000 or Jan 1 2001. Also every 10 years.
> >
> >