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Britain Marks Anniversary of 9/11
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rikkor
offlineMemberPropper? I thought it was funny. Our pinko government tries to get us to write it ddmmccyy on our Customs forms. Like all good Americans, I f-cking refuse, and do it the right way. They don't dare try this on any other form; they (wrongly) assume that US international travelers are more sensitive to Frenchy ways.
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Ostsee
offlineMemberI suppose it is a bit like the 'proper' units of length that some US company put into a spacecraft on its way to Mars. Sadly, most of the rest of the devices associated with the (expensive) mission had 'improper' units of length. Needless to say the spacecraft missed it target. But it is good to know that the average waterboard is 3 rods, poles or perches long.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Griffin
offlineMemberA good and loyal American would, of course, have served in the US military defending freedom, democracy and the inalienable right to vote for Sarah Palin as leader of the world. During quieter moments, however, he or she would have been taught that the US military do, in fact, use a logical format for dates. They even get hours, minutes and seconds in the right order.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Griffin
offlineMemberThe yyyy-mm-dd is actually the ISO format, nothing to do with computers. The way to avoid any confusion is never to use numbers for the month, always spell it out. My German colleagues cannot cope with this. Perhaps a waterboard or two could bring me round to the correct way of thinking. Dear Ostsee, send me a 2 pole one and a 4 pole one. If the 2 pole doesn't work then we can try the 4.
Posted 2 years ago # -
thisisall1word
offlineMemberUsing Month names or abv. thereof has cuased many a headache for me - I've been given reports of data in this order;
April
August
December
February
January
July
June
...etcbefore - and I just bang my head (frustration not heavey-metal like).
using mm/dd/yyyy is like having a measurement for time in minutes seconds then hours, or something - or giving a measurement as cm, mm, m - just confusing.
I'm with the ISO here - we should go yyyy/mm/dd - hh:mm:ss - etc...
...or we could just, you know, get over it.
Posted 2 years ago #
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