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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 9 Nov 2009 12:09:58
Message: <4af84ce6$1@news.povray.org>
Le_Forgeron schrieb:

> That's on purpose: MS values the american users more.
> 
> Their 1 bilisecondth is just the same as 1000 of mine!

LOL!


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 9 Nov 2009 14:11:04
Message: <4af86948@news.povray.org>
Le_Forgeron <lef### [at] freefr> wrote:
> million, then billion, 10^3 more
> milisecond, then bilisecond, 10^3 more too ( s/mil/bil/, same rule,
> logical, therefore true! )

  But if millisecond is one millionth of a second, how do they name one
thousandth of a second?

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 9 Nov 2009 14:11:38
Message: <4af86969@news.povray.org>
Captain Jack <Cap### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> Please... take a deep, cleansing breath... relax... there are many more 
> changes coming... you must let go... you will be absorbed into the Microsoft 
> collective... don't struggle, it'll only hurt more... there is peace and 
> tranquility inside... it's all so clear to me, now...

  You will be assimilated. Sarcasm is futile.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: Captain Jack
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 9 Nov 2009 14:48:18
Message: <4af87202$1@news.povray.org>
"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message 
news:4af86969@news.povray.org...
>
>  You will be assimilated. Sarcasm is futile.

But... but... sarcasm is my whole way of life! It's the language of my 
people... are they mad enough to swallow up an entire culture?

Aw, who am I kidding-- of course they are...

--
Jack


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From: Le Forgeron
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 9 Nov 2009 15:43:08
Message: <4af87edc$1@news.povray.org>
Le 09/11/2009 20:11, Warp nous fit lire :
> Le_Forgeron <lef### [at] freefr> wrote:
>> million, then billion, 10^3 more
>> milisecond, then bilisecond, 10^3 more too ( s/mil/bil/, same rule,
>> logical, therefore true! )
> 
>   But if millisecond is one millionth of a second, how do they name one
> thousandth of a second?
> 
milisecond is thousandth of second (notice the single l).
a lion is 10^3, so million is 10^6, billion 10^9 (for MS/US)

a isecond is 1 Hz (for other), so 1 milisecond is just 10^3 Hz... works
fine. No problem. Just be loony.
1 bilisecond = 1 bil-isecond = 10^6 Hz... see! I want to claim a patent now!


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 9 Nov 2009 16:56:59
Message: <4af8902b@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>   You will be assimilated. Sarcasm is futile.

"Do you *have* a sarcasm sign?"

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 9 Nov 2009 20:42:28
Message: <4af8c504$1@news.povray.org>
Le_Forgeron schrieb:

> 1 bilisecond = 1 bil-isecond = 10^6 Hz... see! I want to claim a patent now!

Is madness patentable? :-)


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 10 Nov 2009 05:22:44
Message: <4af93ef4$1@news.povray.org>
>> That's on purpose: MS values the american users more.
>>
>> Their 1 bilisecondth is just the same as 1000 of mine!

...and 0.02 cents will NEVER equal 0.02 dollars!


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 10 Nov 2009 05:23:22
Message: <4af93f1a$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   You will be assimilated. Sarcasm is futile.

Ah, sarcasm. Something America will apparently never understand...


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From: Tom Austin
Subject: Re: Microsoft knows its terminology...
Date: 10 Nov 2009 08:52:19
Message: <4af97013$1@news.povray.org>
clipka wrote:
> Le_Forgeron schrieb:
> 
>> 1 bilisecond = 1 bil-isecond = 10^6 Hz... see! I want to claim a 
>> patent now!
> 
> Is madness patentable? :-)

only if it produces a tangible result


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