On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 6:09 PM Rich Kulawiec <[email protected]> wrote: > 24x7 means every hour of the week, as in "24 by 7". > > 24x365 means every hour of the year. (modulo those with 366 days > but please let's not go there because this is bad enough) > (oh wait, too late, someone upthread already went there) > (and then leap seconds reared their ugly head, oh good grief) > > 24x7x365 thus means every hour of 7 years. YES, I know, I know.
If we're gonna do this, let's at least inform the discussion with a few citations: https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/24x7x365 https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/buzzword/entries/24-7-365.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24/7_service Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/
