----- Original Message ----- From: "Duncan Bath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2001-02-11 10:49 Subject: Re: [USMA:10954] Fw: It only took me until my late fortie [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] > This, it seems to me, is a case of designing to be fool-proof vs. > [impracticable] idiot-proof. If a date is written in accordance with ISO > 8601, the onus is on the reader; if the date is written in an ad hoc > manner, the onus is on the writer. > Duncan > > -----Original Message----- > From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: February 11, 2001 00:52 > Subject: [USMA:10954] Fw: It only took me until my late fortie [Yahoo! > Clubs: Metric America] > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "downtobusiness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, 2001-02-10 22:18 > >Subject: Re: It only took me until my late fortie [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric > >America] > > > > > >> Well, give me some help. I guess I am now persuaded to send email which > >reads: "Please join me on 2001--02--21" but how do I make sure that people > >do not misunderstand when, in many cases, it would be easy to > misunderstand. > >If we are talking about the second month and the fourth day of that month > >and if we invite folks on 2001-02-04, how do we make sure they know we mean > >Feb. 4 and not April 2? > >> > >> Andy > >> > >> --------------------------------------------- > >> DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL! > >> --------------------------------------------- > >> You have chosen to receive messages from "Metric America" by email. > >> > >> Reply to this message: > >> > >http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=metricameric > a > >&sid=12177109&mid=935 > >> > >> Unsubscribe from the Club mailing list: > >> http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/config/change_mb_list > >> > >> Return to "Metric America": > >> http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica > >> ---------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Not a member? Remove yourself from this list: > >> > >http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/unsubscribe_mb_list?.userID=millitesla&;. > g > >roupID=metricamerica&.groupType=&.code=kqkKEmys7C > >> > >> > > > >
