Another help is to realise that ISO 8601 retains the US sequence of
month-day. For US citizens it should have a familiar ring and thus be easy
to get used to.
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 5:33 AM
Subject: [USMA:10960] Fw: Fw: Fw: It only took me until my late fortie
[Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]
> 2001-02-11
>
> 2001-04-05 is written in CHRONOLOGICAL order, from the year down to the
second, if need be. Changing the months to letters doesn't make it less
confusing, it makes it dumb. You are dumbing down something already simple
to accommodate those who refuse to understand. If they don't get it, too
bad!
>
> How can someone not get it???? Those who can't figure out the order
aren't going to understand dating techniques no matter what order they
appear in.
Let the idiots fall to the wayside and rot, and move forward with those who
have direction, motivation and a willingness to prosper. Accommodate them,
not the others!
> John
>
> Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe
they're free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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