And now I stop mathing up your blog. ^^

Grif: I think the way you explained your math is confusing (though it’s right)—Yes, their year x is 476 years ahead of our year x (b/c 0AF=476AD, add x to both sides and you get xAF=(x+476)AD), but saying “they are 476 years ahead of us” is confusing—it could suggest that, as Kate said, you have to add 476 years (ie. our 0=their 476—not true) to get their time. You don’t—you subtract, because you have to do the opposite of the offset to cancel it.

Hmm… I don’t know why problems like this are so confusing. I may be wrong. Kate, try using actual equations and possibly even graphing them (your Mac Mini has an app called Grapher—use it!) and tell me what you get. I will too, at some point.

And then the Mongols invaded.
*giggle*

I don’t see how those maths can be right, with the years.

Our year 0 is 476 years before theirs. Their year 0 is 476 years after ours. Ergo, their year 0 is our year 476, so their year 1776 is our year 2252. Which hasn’t even happened yet.

… I kept getting this mixed up (I’m not sure how), but I think I’m right this time around (it’s like the third time I’ve tried to work this out).

Also, I can’t see all of the image. *grrmumblemumble*