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Check the last parameter of this constructor:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z9ah41zs(VS.80).aspx
Two major problems:
1) A billionth of a second already has a well-established name: Nanosecond.
2) In reality that parameter represents microseconds.
So yeah.
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- Warp
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Warp schrieb:
> Check the last parameter of this constructor:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z9ah41zs(VS.80).aspx
>
> Two major problems:
>
> 1) A billionth of a second already has a well-established name: Nanosecond.
> 2) In reality that parameter represents microseconds.
1.5) In various non-English speaking cultures, "billion" may lead to
confusion (see "Long and short scales" on Wikipedia). Nanoseconds, on
the other hand, would be pretty clear for everyone.
Whichever programmer drafted up this interface, and whichever person had
inspected it (if any), they obviously didn't have their brightest of
days :-) (OTOH, you'd /hope/ so...)
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"Warp" <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote in message
news:4af6189c@news.povray.org...
> Check the last parameter of this constructor:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z9ah41zs(VS.80).aspx
>
> Two major problems:
>
> 1) A billionth of a second already has a well-established name:
> Nanosecond.
> 2) In reality that parameter represents microseconds.
>
> So yeah.
>
> --
> - Warp
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...
--
Jack
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clipka a écrit :
> Warp schrieb:
>> Check the last parameter of this constructor:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z9ah41zs(VS.80).aspx
>>
>> Two major problems:
>>
>> 1) A billionth of a second already has a well-established name:
>> Nanosecond.
>> 2) In reality that parameter represents microseconds.
>
> 1.5) In various non-English speaking cultures, "billion" may lead to
> confusion (see "Long and short scales" on Wikipedia). Nanoseconds, on
> the other hand, would be pretty clear for everyone.
>
That's on purpose: MS values the american users more.
Their 1 bilisecondth is just the same as 1000 of mine!
On the other hand, I would be glad to report my time with a precision of
picosecond (excepted a 32 bits would make some time value unreachable, a
42 bits value would be fine... answering THE question: with which
precision, as a power of 1/2 of the second unit, should workers/slaves
report their time to their master ?)
Regarding that bilisecond being in fact microsecond, that's logical (for
US-MS !):
million, then billion, 10^3 more
milisecond, then bilisecond, 10^3 more too ( s/mil/bil/, same rule,
logical, therefore true! )
of course, realname of nanosecond should be trilisecond (like US
trillion is 10^3 billion)
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.<br/>
Q: Why is it such a bad thing?<br/>
A: Top-posting.<br/>
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Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Their 1 bilisecondth is just the same as 1000 of mine!
That's because Bill is 1000x times as awesome as you. ;-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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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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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?
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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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"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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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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