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  • D David Wulff

    10/03/2001 That's another reason I hate Americans. You take a perfectly logical date format "day-month-year" and tie it in knots so you have the month before the day? How is that at all logical? Would you say I'll pick you up tonight at 55:12? If you must have the month before the day, then please have the decency to put the year before that ("year-month-day"). That would be understandable. Next thing you know Americans will start using the Imperial system...

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    David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com

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    Gregg Carlstrom
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    It actually makes sense when you think about how you would say the date. We don't say "3rd October, 2001", it's "October 3rd, 2001". So the numeric date just follows the same month-day-year format. Of course, it could be that we say dates that way as a result of how we format the numbers and not the other way around. In which case you have a valid point there. :)

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      It actually makes sense when you think about how you would say the date. We don't say "3rd October, 2001", it's "October 3rd, 2001". So the numeric date just follows the same month-day-year format. Of course, it could be that we say dates that way as a result of how we format the numbers and not the other way around. In which case you have a valid point there. :)

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      David Wulff
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      We don't say "3rd October, 2001", it's "October 3rd, 2001". I don't, but then I find I generally have the opposing views...

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      David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com

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      • D David Wulff

        I'm Bored Hey, join the line. I've been bored for the past fortnight. :|

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        David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com

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        ColinDavies
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        How are your Flash animations coming along, ? I found Flash4 a lot easier to use than Flash 5 Regardz Colin J Davies

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          The latest virus available is called "Windows XP", and you have to buy it. Sheesh! The nerve! To hell with those thin-skinned pillow-biters. - Me, 10/03/2001

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          >> The latest virus available is called "Windows XP", and you have to buy it. Yeah that is pretty rank, I can't afford it yet Maybe I should just switch to Linux like you did. Regardz Colin J Davies

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          • D David Wulff

            We don't say "3rd October, 2001", it's "October 3rd, 2001". I don't, but then I find I generally have the opposing views...

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            David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com

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            Lost User
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            Well, come to think of it. When I am ask for my date of birth (by some wanker as a form of identification) I always say 16th November 1968 and never November 16th 1968. though from school I think we were taught to say November 16th 1968. Anyway at the end of the day day-month-year is correct as is the metric system. Which neither the US or UK can umnderstand. :-D Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

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              How are your Flash animations coming along, ? I found Flash4 a lot easier to use than Flash 5 Regardz Colin J Davies

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              David Wulff
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              It's coming along fine. The hardest part which was drawing Bob in various different positions - by hand (or mouse ;)) - is now complete, so I can get on with completing the scenes and tweaking the sound effects so they fit in with the background music. It kind of reminds me of the Bevis and Butthead cartoons - crap drawing and animation, but it still 'works'.

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              David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com

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                Well, come to think of it. When I am ask for my date of birth (by some wanker as a form of identification) I always say 16th November 1968 and never November 16th 1968. though from school I think we were taught to say November 16th 1968. Anyway at the end of the day day-month-year is correct as is the metric system. Which neither the US or UK can umnderstand. :-D Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

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                We should never have left LSD ( pounds shillings and pence ) It would still be creating employment and it was hard for migrants to understand :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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                  We should never have left LSD ( pounds shillings and pence ) It would still be creating employment and it was hard for migrants to understand :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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                  We should never have left LSD ( pounds shillings and pence ) For a moment there I thought you were referring to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Acid trips. ;P Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

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                  • G Gregg Carlstrom

                    It actually makes sense when you think about how you would say the date. We don't say "3rd October, 2001", it's "October 3rd, 2001". So the numeric date just follows the same month-day-year format. Of course, it could be that we say dates that way as a result of how we format the numbers and not the other way around. In which case you have a valid point there. :)

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                    Actually I usually say '3rd of October'. And isn't the US independance day "Fourth of July"? cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)

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                      Actually I usually say '3rd of October'. And isn't the US independance day "Fourth of July"? cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)

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                      And isn't the US independance day "Fourth of July"? He shoots .... he scores. :-D Well constructed arguement, but isn't it bad form (or english even) to start a sentence with 'And'? Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

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                        And isn't the US independance day "Fourth of July"? He shoots .... he scores. :-D Well constructed arguement, but isn't it bad form (or english even) to start a sentence with 'And'? Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

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                        Well constructed arguement, but isn't it bad form (or english even) to start a sentence with 'And'? No worse than people using the word "gotten" (my current Most Hated Word) cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)

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                          Well constructed arguement, but isn't it bad form (or english even) to start a sentence with 'And'? No worse than people using the word "gotten" (my current Most Hated Word) cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)

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                          No worse than people using the word "gotten" (my current Most Hated Word) Yer, darn tootin'. I wish people would use the correct terminology of gotted. :-D Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

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                            No worse than people using the word "gotten" (my current Most Hated Word) Yer, darn tootin'. I wish people would use the correct terminology of gotted. :-D Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

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                            Martin you need to swat up on your irregular verbs gotted should be gat :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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                              Martin you need to swat up on your irregular verbs gotted should be gat :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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                              Gat just sounds plain wrong. Think I will stick with gotted. ;) Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

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                              • D David Wulff

                                10/03/2001 That's another reason I hate Americans. You take a perfectly logical date format "day-month-year" and tie it in knots so you have the month before the day? How is that at all logical? Would you say I'll pick you up tonight at 55:12? If you must have the month before the day, then please have the decency to put the year before that ("year-month-day"). That would be understandable. Next thing you know Americans will start using the Imperial system...

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                                Well really it should be year-month-day to make sorting easier... (and it is more common sense to go from most significant to least significant [big endian... or have I got that the wrong way round...], unless you are Intel of course...) Have fun, Paul Westcott.

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                                  Actually I usually say '3rd of October'. And isn't the US independance day "Fourth of July"? cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)

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                                  And isn't the US independance day "Fourth of July"? Wasn't it the 7th of April? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Memory leaks is the price we pay \0 01234567890123456789012345678901234

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                                    Agreed Christian, RealPlayer is one of the worst Trojans ever created, I'll check out "BonziBuddy" though ( Update it won't even install )Damn :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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                                    I'll check out "BonziBuddy" though ( Update it won't even install )Damn Lucky you... most people have problems uninstalling it :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Chretien Malesherbes

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                                      Someone please send me a virus to play with? taxpaid@bigfoot.com Regardz Colin J Davies

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                                      Peter Sjostrom
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                                      My collegue just scanned her computer a moment ago, she felt it was getting slow: 78 infected files including SIRCAM, CIH and other Trojan viruses, at least 5 different ones! Want some? :-)

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                                      • D David Wulff

                                        10/03/2001 That's another reason I hate Americans. You take a perfectly logical date format "day-month-year" and tie it in knots so you have the month before the day? How is that at all logical? Would you say I'll pick you up tonight at 55:12? If you must have the month before the day, then please have the decency to put the year before that ("year-month-day"). That would be understandable. Next thing you know Americans will start using the Imperial system...

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                                        David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com

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                                        Francisco Viella
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                                        I am with you. Have you folks ever tried working with SQL Server (dates in american format) having to translate every single date you get or send to the database ir order for it to show CORRECTLY (yes, a statement meaning that the american format is WRONG)? :mad: Estoy hasta los cojones (just a little chanllenge for that nice filter Chris has set up);P

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                                        • G Gregg Carlstrom

                                          It actually makes sense when you think about how you would say the date. We don't say "3rd October, 2001", it's "October 3rd, 2001". So the numeric date just follows the same month-day-year format. Of course, it could be that we say dates that way as a result of how we format the numbers and not the other way around. In which case you have a valid point there. :)

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                                          Nah, we just do it to piss off the rest of the world. :) To hell with those thin-skinned pillow-biters. - Me, 10/03/2001

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