Well the French do have to be different, now don't they? ;) I spent my last vacation in France, right through Sept 11, so do go thinking I'm French-bashing. They were very kind during that mess.
Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Katinka Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:47 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Speaking of Protel Bugs. > > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:23, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: > > > Is this what happens when you write software applications "down under" > > > > when > > > > > everyone at Microsoft in Belview Washington is at home in bed > and cannot > > > answer your technical questions about the software? > > <el snippo> > > > <rant on> > > I also don't like the way dates are written in other parts of > the world. > > I frequently see dates written as YY/MM/DD (Canadian) and as DD/MM/YY > > (British). Why can't we all agree on MM/DD/YY as THE one true correct > > standard? When you use dates in a spoken sentence, you say "July 23, > > 2002". So why not write it that way numerically? > > <rant off> > > Lol Maybe because some contries actually teach the date that way > and in the AU > legal system it is written something like this "On this 23rd day of July > 2002" or even " On this Twenty Third day of July Two Thousand and Two" > > But I do not mind which way it is stored as long as the user can > change it, to > suit the local culture, the canadian way I believe is based on > French where > they say the year then the month then the day. > > > > Now, if we could just get everybody to drop that metric and 220V 50Hz > > crap... ;-) > > I think we should adopt a higher voltage system so we can use a thinner > conductor ;o) and frequency should be in the khz so we can be > driven insane > by transfoemer hum (hmm if it was high enough it would be more > like singing > ;o) > > Regards, > > Kat. > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: 4C339601323F66438F9532E85A96B2F72C93E03A > * > ************************************************************************ > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------- > K.A.Q. Electronics > Software and Electronic Engineering > Perth, Western Australia > Phone +61 (0) 419 923 731 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------- > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
