Hello Avi, On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 05:05:30 +0200 GMT (29/11/2004, 10:05 +0700 GMT), Avi Yashar wrote:
[ISO] >> Their intention is to create standards which will lead to easy >> understanding across cultures. For example in the air transport >> industry, everybody knows that "day 1" is Monday, and no additional >> cultural explanation is necessary. AY> No argument there. But it gets less clear when you go to other AY> industries or various aspects of those industries. I'm not aware of that. AY> For example, considering the entertainment industry, what day(s) AY> of the week does a TV schedule come out on in Germany? I am not sure, but I think we bought it on Thursdays. With the schedule starting Saturdays. Or thereabouts. Here in Thailand, we have monthly schedules for cable, and daily (in the newspapers) for terrestrial TV. >> AY> Why should this be thrust on TB users like some sort of religious >> AY> dogma? >> >> Only if you consider international standardisation a religious dogma. AY> Thomas, I don't consider international standards to be a dogma. The AY> dogmatism comes when those standards are imposed in such a way that AY> you cannot customize according to local conventions or your personal AY> preference. Standard or no standard, we should still have the right to AY> set our preferences on matters as fundamental as a calendar (or, AY> otherwise, see a calendar that we are accustomed to). I have no objection against this. AY> That is what I objected to in the TB interface that launched this AY> debate, and it appears that my concern is being resolved by AY> Ritlabs (which I appreciate). So the problem s solved? -- Cheers, Thomas. Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. Message reply created with The Bat! 3.0.2.4 Rush under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.8 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
