Yes, but the point in time ahs no dimension like a year does. It is only the dividing point between -1 and +1. It has no length. (It is 0! :>)) Yes this is silly. It has been since it started. Brent --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Not if you think of counting years with reference to a particular point in time, which mathematically can be represented on a number line. The zero point lies midway between -1 and 1, unless that's your first leap year ;o) (This is getting silly!)
Absense = absence. Zero != Null (it does have value!)
Just to be difficult, :o) Rich
--- Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote:
In your example, zero is used to indicate the absense of money. In the case of time, or years, there is no absense. Time is continuous and without voids, or zeros.
Brent
--- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
I think we have to acknowledge that zero does have a place in counting schemes. First there are zero dollars. Then when you place one down, there's one ... So yes, the first (unspoken but assumed) thing you note in counting money is whether there's any to count. -- Joe
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