I would think that 24 X 7 X 52 would be more accurate - 24 hours/day X 7 days/week X 52 weeks/year. It yields a result in hours/year. The other yields (HOURS * DAYS**2) / (WEEKS * YEARS). Alternatively, 24 hours/day X 365 days/year gives a result in hours/year. Neither accounts for the fact that a year is slightly longer than either 365 days or 52 weeks.
Just because it is widely used doesn't make it correct or accurate. Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Coffin > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ADD VIRTUAL MEMORY DYNAMICALLY > > Gee, I don't know when the expression first started being > used, but I know I've been using it for at least two decades. :) > > 24 HOURS x 7 DAYS/WEEK x 365 DAYS/YEAR > > -MC > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ADD VIRTUAL MEMORY DYNAMICALLY > > > How long of a period is 24 X 7 X 365? Perhaps 365 weeks? 7 > years? 365 weeks? There is redundancy in the expression. I > would almost be willing to bet that nobody responding in the > affirmative to the question has had a Linux system up on > their zSeries for either 7 years or 365 weeks :-) > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Coffin > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:18 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: ADD VIRTUAL MEMORY DYNAMICALLY > > > > Yes, definitely. 24 x 7 x 365 > > > > -Mike > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Ackerman > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:06 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: ADD VIRTUAL MEMORY DYNAMICALLY > > > > Do people really have Linux systems that run 7 x 24? > > > > Alan Ackerman > > Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com > > >
