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From: clipka
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 4 Oct 2011 16:19:39
Message: <4e8b6a5b@news.povray.org>
Am 04.10.2011 21:18, schrieb andrel:

>> The only truly consistent ordering is the still uncommon ISO
>> year-month-date ordering ("2011-10-04"): Digits are listed in order of
>> descending significance (big-endian) throughout.
>
> correct me if I am but I seem to remember that this is japanese style.

Might be; I only know it's definitely ISO style.


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 4 Oct 2011 16:24:10
Message: <4e8b6b69@news.povray.org>
Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> 1 Imperial beer barrel = 240 real pints = 288 US pints.

  "This, my friend, is a pint."

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 4 Oct 2011 16:24:32
Message: <4e8b6b80$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:24:10 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> 1 Imperial beer barrel = 240 real pints = 288 US pints.
> 
>   "This, my friend, is a pint."

"It comes in *pints*????"

Jim


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 4 Oct 2011 16:41:50
Message: <4e8b6f8e$1@news.povray.org>
On 04/10/2011 9:24 PM, Warp wrote:
> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom>  wrote:
>> 1 Imperial beer barrel = 240 real pints = 288 US pints.
>
>    "This, my friend, is a pint."
>
Thanks!

Slurp!

"This, my friend, is a dead pint."

-- 
Regards
     Stephen


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 5 Oct 2011 03:53:08
Message: <4e8c0ce4$1@news.povray.org>
>> The only truly consistent ordering is the still uncommon ISO
>> year-month-date ordering ("2011-10-04"): Digits are listed in order of
>> descending significance (big-endian) throughout.
>
> correct me if I am but I seem to remember that this is japanese style.

I thought they just called it "the year of the cat"?


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 5 Oct 2011 10:57:34
Message: <4e8c705e$1@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:54:09 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> The only truly consistent ordering is the still uncommon ISO
>>> year-month-date ordering ("2011-10-04"): Digits are listed in order of
>>> descending significance (big-endian) throughout.
>>
>> correct me if I am but I seem to remember that this is japanese style.
> 
> I thought they just called it "the year of the cat"?

You're thinking of the Chinese calendar.

Jim


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 5 Oct 2011 11:00:04
Message: <4e8c70f4$1@news.povray.org>
>>> correct me if I am but I seem to remember that this is japanese style.
>>
>> I thought they just called it "the year of the cat"?
>
> You're thinking of the Chinese calendar.

Oh, right...


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 5 Oct 2011 12:03:27
Message: <4e8c7fcf$1@news.povray.org>
On 05/10/2011 3:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> >  I thought they just called it "the year of the cat"?
> You're thinking of the Chinese calendar.

In the Century of the Anchovy.

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Regards
     Stephen


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 5 Oct 2011 12:39:41
Message: <4E8C884E.3080200@gmail.com>
On 5-10-2011 18:03, Stephen wrote:
> On 05/10/2011 3:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> > I thought they just called it "the year of the cat"?
>> You're thinking of the Chinese calendar.
>
> In the Century of the Anchovy.

Anyone knows what year this is and next will be. I though I saw it on 
the calendar, but can't find it.


-- 
Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per 
citizen per day.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: For metric gamers
Date: 5 Oct 2011 14:16:09
Message: <4e8c9ee9$1@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:39:42 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 5-10-2011 18:03, Stephen wrote:
>> On 05/10/2011 3:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> > I thought they just called it "the year of the cat"?
>>> You're thinking of the Chinese calendar.
>>
>> In the Century of the Anchovy.
> 
> Anyone knows what year this is and next will be. I though I saw it on
> the calendar, but can't find it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar

Looks like this year is the rabbit, next is dragon.

Jim


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