Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)

[Michael R. Batchelor]

>> But the "2" in "2001" is not.  here is a good one...are zeros od or
even?
>>
>According to a report on NPR last night, they were assumed to be even.


I think if you talk to a "real mathematician" (which leaves me out) zero
isn't odd or even, just as the negative numbers aren't odd or even. The
quality of oddness or evenness only applies to whole numbers, i.e.
positive integers.

MB