I always figured the logic of units--days, months, years was the reason for doing it the European way. Like hours, minutes, seconds.

I have no idea how it impacts data processing. I do know SPSS has all that stuff automated.

I really do wish we'd convert to the metric system though.

TenuredVulture wrote:I really do wish we'd convert to the metric system though.

being in science, i'm already on it at work

back off, man. i'm a scientist

djbigf wrote:

VoxOrion wrote:You know what? I hate the non American way of doing dates. I'm sorry but 25/12/10 (little endian) is not superior to 12/25/10 (middle endian). If it is, show me how you sort that bitch in any meaningful way.

i'm with you - i'm in the pharma industry and they make us do it that way b/c our data could be reviewed by EU regulatory agencies for new drug applications, and i hate it.

I could see this being a problem if it were the 90s, but why not simply add fields to accomodate 2 different date displays? You don't have to duplicate entries - just have one field display the "euro" (or conversely the Yank) version.

my cousin mose wrote:back off, man. i'm a scientist

please don't blind us

drsmooth wrote:

djbigf wrote:

VoxOrion wrote:You know what? I hate the non American way of doing dates. I'm sorry but 25/12/10 (little endian) is not superior to 12/25/10 (middle endian). If it is, show me how you sort that bitch in any meaningful way.

i'm with you - i'm in the pharma industry and they make us do it that way b/c our data could be reviewed by EU regulatory agencies for new drug applications, and i hate it.

I could see this being a problem if it were the 90s, but why not simply add fields to accomodate 2 different date displays? You don't have to duplicate entries - just have one field display the "euro" (or conversely the Yank) version.

the problem w/ this is that some data is still handwritten, so there has to be a single standard.

TenuredVulture wrote:I always figured the logic of units--days, months, years was the reason for doing it the European way. Like hours, minutes, seconds.

Of course, days-months-years is opposite order from hours-minutes-seconds. Most logical is CCYY-MM-DD.

I want to be friends with this guy:

After a dispute with a passenger who stood to fetch his luggage too soon on a full flight just in from Pittsburgh, Mr. Slater, 38 and a career flight attendant, got on the public-address intercom and let loose a string of invective.

Then, the authorities said, he pulled the lever that activates the emergency-evacuation chute and slid down, making a dramatic exit not only from the plane but, one imagines, also from his airline career.

On his way out the door, he paused to grab a beer from the beverage cart.

my cousin mose wrote:back off, man. i'm a scientist

:thumbs up:

phatj wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:I always figured the logic of units--days, months, years was the reason for doing it the European way. Like hours, minutes, seconds.

Of course, days-months-years is opposite order from hours-minutes-seconds. Most logical is CCYY-MM-DD.

It's more grammatical to do it the European way. Compare this:

Today is the twenty-fifth day of June.

To this:

Today is June twenty-fifth.

In the first example, we have a predicate nominative (day), modified by the ordinal adjective twenty-fifth. "of June" gives us more information about the day in a proper use of the genitive.

In the second example, only "June" is a noun, so it is the predicative nominative. That means we have a false equivalency: "Today" is "June" - but today can't be a month, as an "inch" can't be a "yard." Twenty-fifth should be an adjective, here modifying "June," but the basic premise of the sentence - today is June - is illogical. One might contend that "June 25th" should be taken as a "compound noun" of sorts, but English doesn't really do that; it's a lazy construction.

There's my best defense of the European dating system. Decide whether or not even I buy it.

the majority of the time i write the date like "10 August 2010"... my english teacher in 12th grade made us do it that way and i havent changed since.

Trent Steele wrote:I'll disagree. Women aside, NoCal is the coolest place in the country. Berkley is a great scene

I agree with this. I moved from SF to NYC 8 years ago and I want to move back all the time.

I need to figure out how to convince my mom to pay for my brother and me to go to USA Brazil tomorrow. Maybe I should tell her it's an early bday present. Spent too much at the wedding this weekend and need to buy a car in the next week or so, throwing a wrench into my plans of seeing the USMNT/new palace.

pacino wrote:i have to get some extras because my eyes are sensitive to too much light. IM SENSITIVE ALRIGHT

Your special eyes...

I was surfing northeast Zambia on Google Earth ('cause that's the way I roll) and I noticed that the landscape appears to be covered in pola dots. Go thhe area around 9 or 10 degrees south and 31 or 32 degrees west and tell me what the polka dots are.

jerseyhoya wrote:I need to figure out how to convince my mom to pay for my brother and me to go to USA Brazil tomorrow. Maybe I should tell her it's an early bday present. Spent too much at the wedding this weekend and need to buy a car in the next week or so, throwing a wrench into my plans of seeing the USMNT/new palace.

US Mutant Ninja Turtles?

Patriots in a half shell...TURTLE POWER

I mean the first 240 USMNT Google results are about our national soccer team, and it's among the more recognizable acronyms in the sporting world, but yeah.

Fusilli Jerry wrote:I want to be friends with this guy:

After a dispute with a passenger who stood to fetch his luggage too soon on a full flight just in from Pittsburgh, Mr. Slater, 38 and a career flight attendant, got on the public-address intercom and let loose a string of invective.

Then, the authorities said, he pulled the lever that activates the emergency-evacuation chute and slid down, making a dramatic exit not only from the plane but, one imagines, also from his airline career.

On his way out the door, he paused to grab a beer from the beverage cart.

judging from that photo, he was probably more interested in sitting on the can on the ride home than having a cold one...

jerseyhoya wrote:I mean the first 240 USMNT Google results are about our national soccer team, and it's among the more recognizable acronyms in the sporting world, but yeah.

Let me have this.

jerseyhoya wrote:I need to figure out how to convince my mom to pay for my brother and me to go to USA Brazil tomorrow. Maybe I should tell her it's an early bday present. Spent too much at the wedding this weekend and need to buy a car in the next week or so, throwing a wrench into my plans of seeing the USMNT/new palace.

Given how poor you're about to be, I'd hold off and get a better birthday gift. This is a friendly, Brazil didn't bring their best side and we're going to learn nothing about the US because the team isn't particularly young or new. So Edson Buddle or Steve Cherundolo has a big game, yawn they're not going to be around next cycle.

I mean, Giants tix, Phils playoff tix, etc. - these should be what you spend your mom's money on.