A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011)

Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by NeedMoreTea on Saturday August 18, 2018 @01:15PM (#17789453)

Please don't. It's bad enough that the US and UK can't agree on floor numbering. :)

  USA 1st, 2nd, 3rd
  UK Ground, 1st, 2nd

Is the basement in the US 0?

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Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by jacobolus on Saturday August 18, 2018 @01:21PM (#17789493)

No, like the creator of the Anno Domini system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero, American elevator labelers do not believe in “unnatural” numbers < 1. Below the “first floor” they jump straight to B1.

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Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by js2 on Saturday August 18, 2018 @01:30PM (#17789537)

Some US buildings also skip the 13th floor. Does the UK share this superstition?

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Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by Symbiote on Saturday August 18, 2018 @01:59PM (#17789665)

Occasionally, in buildings designed for American businesses, like some of the large bank buildings.

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Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by notyourwork on Saturday August 18, 2018 @03:12PM (#17790062)

Basement is -1

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Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by _emacsomancer_ on Saturday August 18, 2018 @06:26PM (#17791176)

In the US or UK system? And, in any case, then what is 0?

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