[crackmonkey] Late... (fwd)

[Seth David Schoen]

Nick Moffitt writes:

> On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 11:17:58AM -0800, Chameleon wrote (on behalf
> of Bodo):
> > I'll be later than expected. The washer rapair gut I'm waitung for just
> > called and said he'll be late. So I will be at the office around 13:00.
> 
> 	My oh my!  Euro clock and the word "waitung"!  Let's also not
> forget that he's used to the 'y' key being where our 'z' key is, so he
> was obviously likely to miss it.  This is a prime example of how to be
> adorably European on an American mailing list.  Thank you, Chameleon.

Hey, I use 24-hour time internally, and I translate it to 12-hour time when
talking to most Americans, something which always annoys me.  24-hour time
is _so_ much better than 12-hour time.  In fact, I should finish that web
page about why.

For one thing, you can properly add and subtract times.  Also, you can
properly add and subtract time intervals, which means you can do time zone
conversions much more efficiently.

If you know a fact like "EST = PST + 3:00", you can readily use it to make
time conversions in both directions by simple addition and subtraction.
This is especially useful when the time differences are near 12 hours in
themselves, since they then almost always involve a shift from AM to PM or
vice versa.

Plus, 24-hour time is one of the contrived excuses for saying "good
morning" all the time!

http://ishmael.geecs.org/~sigma/morning.txt

-- 
   Seth David Schoen L&S '01 (undeclared) / schoen at uclink4.berkeley.edu
He said, "This is what the king who will reign over you will do."  And they
said, "Nay, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the
nations." (1 Sam 8)  http://ishmael.geecs.org/~sigma/   http://www.loyalty.org/
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