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« Reply #75 on: October 17, 2005, 06:55:25 AM »

Heh, I set my cell phone to military time... it's easy to get used to (yet I still once forgot that 13:15 was not the same as 3:15 PM).    :ph34r:  
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« Reply #76 on: October 17, 2005, 01:15:35 PM »

Why the fuck do you call the 24-hour clock (the accepted standard for telling the time) 'military time' ?!
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« Reply #77 on: October 17, 2005, 03:20:13 PM »

24 hour clock...i never wear watches anymore, makes me depressed
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« Reply #78 on: October 17, 2005, 07:27:52 PM »

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Why the fuck do you call the 24-hour clock (the accepted standard for telling the time) 'military time' ?!
Because in the States it’s not the standard, and it’s called 'military time' because that’s what the US military uses.  Otherwise it’s a personal preference sort of thing...
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« Reply #79 on: October 17, 2005, 09:11:13 PM »

We are Americans, we use AM and PM, military time is for the US military, not us really messed up citizens.
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« Reply #80 on: October 17, 2005, 09:17:38 PM »

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We are Americans
 need you have said more?
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« Reply #81 on: October 17, 2005, 09:58:32 PM »

It's the world standard, bitches.
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« Reply #82 on: October 17, 2005, 10:28:40 PM »

they do really wierd stuff on the continent apparently their date tags are ss:mm:hh:dd:mm:yy  all in one go like that seperated by :  we arent meant to use . s because its the standard symbol for times (x) thus most of the world uses , s for decimal points...kinda defeats the purpose of it being a point dont you think? the decimal jerk would be better
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« Reply #83 on: October 17, 2005, 11:10:13 PM »

No idea what mole just said, so I will just take a guess.

Time - Hour:Minnute:Second, yes seperated by colons.

Dates - Month Day, Year, yes comma between day and year.

For money and such, its $3.50. Decimal point to show the seperation of dollars and cents.

Not many people, at least from what I have seen, put the time and date all together like mole showed.
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« Reply #84 on: October 17, 2005, 11:23:49 PM »

they do that on the continent really, your system is silly, month day year??? we do day month year hench smallest to largest denomination but then we do hour, minute, seconds biggest to smallest, supposidly the europeans (continental side) go from seconds to years in one coninous progression
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« Reply #85 on: October 18, 2005, 02:06:38 AM »

We have tried to make our government change it so that we are like the rest of the world, but that has failed every time.

Which brings me to my next point, ever heard of B.C.E. and C.E? Well, it's the new "politically correct" term for B.C, and A.D, when speaking of years. Before Common Era, Common Era.
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« Reply #86 on: October 18, 2005, 02:28:33 AM »

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We have tried to make our government change it so that we are like the rest of the world, but that has failed every time.

Which brings me to my next point, ever heard of B.C.E. and C.E? Well, it's the new "politically correct" term for B.C, and A.D, when speaking of years. Before Common Era, Common Era.
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« Reply #87 on: October 18, 2005, 02:41:34 AM »

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they do that on the continent really, your system is silly, month day year??? we do day month year hench smallest to largest denomination but then we do hour, minute, seconds biggest to smallest, supposidly the europeans (continental side) go from seconds to years in one coninous progression
man, you're typing like you're on speed
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« Reply #88 on: October 18, 2005, 06:56:32 AM »

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Which brings me to my next point, ever heard of B.C.E. and C.E? Well, it's the new "politically correct" term for B.C, and A.D, when speaking of years. Before Common Era, Common Era.
With my response being "Screw the idiots who can't use BC and AD."  Smiley  
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« Reply #89 on: October 18, 2005, 09:33:24 AM »

It's not politically correct it's the accepted historical standard. Americans seem to have a problem with doing everything the same way as everyone else.
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