Time on July 8
Thought this was cool(but then I can be a bit geeky at times!)...but you have to realize that it only works if you write the date as they do in the West..
Just thought you wanted to know....
it's the numbers
Time on July 8
At five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM on the
8th of July this year, the time and date will be
04:05:06 07/08/09
Bloody brilliant invention!
But only if designed well and one knows how to use them properly - but that is not the case here.
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
scarlett... surely there is something wrong with traffic lights and roads organization here.. it is ridiculous, when the road is empty but all the cars are crowded around traffic lights and stay there for ages.. it means there is no proper traffic flow through the intersection… Also these U-turns are driving me crazy.. all cars are forced to follow the same direction, when actually only half of them really need to go this way. Another 50% of drivers need to make a U-turn and to go all the way back! No wondering traffic lights are overcrowded and it take forever to pass through..
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
who to blame for the failure to install padlocks in most villas? :-) even toilets can only be locked using keys? i find it weird.
kadaut...
Alpha - to get it to sort chronologically you'd need to do YYYY-MM-DD
The method you outlined is flawed because you could end up with something like this
01-14-2007
01-14-2008
01-14-2009
02-14-2007
02-14-2008
02-14-2009
03-14-2007
03-14-2008
03-14-2009
Exactly.
When you enter a date using format MM-DD-YYYY and save it to computer or some other file systems the files STAY in chonological order.
When you use DD-MM-YYYY the files are sorted by days. To maintain chonological order without additional manipulation use the MM-DD-YYYY format.
Example:
A folder containing Staff meetings when the meetings are named by date....
MM-DD-YYYY Format
01-14-2009 January Meeting
02-14-2009 February Meeting
03-10-2009 March Meeting
04-05-2009 April Meeting
Using DD-MM-YYYY Format the files are sorted...
05-04-2009 April Meeting
10-05-2009 March Meeting
14-01-2009 January Meeting
14-02-2009 February Meeting
The first approach appears more logical and easier to find
Just another point of view........
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"A Wise Man knows what he does not know!"
Ah, timed lights! If there were timed lights in Doha I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven.
Mandi
no electrical outlets in the bathroom!!! That drives me absolutely bonkers!! Everyone knows that you keep electrical devices OUT of the sink...which is why you have ground fault interruption outlets in bathrooms and kitchens!!! No need to think we are all idiots who throw hairdryers into a sink full of water, so no outlets in bathrooms! I can't stand going to hotels that have no outlets there and then you have to dry your hair where there is no mirror or take an extension cord to reach halfway across the room to FIND a mirror!!
Dates...I am with QS, NFH and Vegas...why not write it as its spoken...month, day, year...who the heck says 2nd, july, 2009???
As far as roundabouts...we have taken them, for the most part, out of America because they just cause more accidents and don't handle traffic efficiently. If you use timed traffic light...notice I said TIMED because the ones here are INCORRECTLY timed(too long which ticks people off and backs up the intersection)...it makes the traffic flow so much easier.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the main difference between a dog and man.
-Mark Twain-
Tish and piffle, tallg, there's nothing wrong with having an electrical outlet in the bathroom if you have even a basic sense of conductivity.
Mandi
Qatarisun, that's the 8th May I'm pretty sure.
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That's just common sense nfh!!!
Isn't it their fault we can't have electrical outlets in the bathrooms?
Thank you i will remind you when its 7th July
yeah.. just today i've come across the Expiry date in someone's passport:
2009-05-08
what is that? any clue?
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Why I like 7 July 2009
You can't teach experience...
I always found it odd that Arabic numbers read the opposite way. Any one know the reason?
Imagine you're reading Arabic from right to left but in the date indications you should read it from left to right.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
I thought it was a Leban--French influence.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
MD - When I first wrote that comment I put "reverse order of magnitude", but I thought that might just confuse things further!
(Actually, I started out putting "order of resolution", but that would have just made me sound like a pompous and condescending intellectual show-off, and I'm not a fan of people who come across like that).
heero - It's good to blame the Aussies at any possible opportunity, Cbut since the didn't have much influence over Qatar, unlike the Brits, I don't think you can blame them for the plugs!
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
They also made sure that we can buy booze. Some years ago the permit was only issued by the British Embassy. Thanks for that!
1. timings
2. take away
3. ground and first floor different to each other
4. to let (for rent)
etc., etc.?
"dgoodrebel will always be the rebellious good one"
Actually it's 2009, 4, 2, if you go by magnitude.
Yep, and the Brits are to blame for the 3-pin plug sockets around here as well :D
And the roundabouts for that matter.
That's the price you pay for protection.
I'm used to July 8, 2009. When I came here, it says August 7, 2009. That got me confused, too.
Yes, it's the Ind--Brits who made that sort of date indications around here.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
its good for light traffic, not on heavily congested one! But going back to topic, nice to see the numbers! Very good thinking Scarlett!!!!!
"dgoodrebel will always be the rebellious good one"
I guess for a first attempt--it's not bad. In comparison to other places---it sucks.
Qatar needs an updated system as far as traffic flow/control. A freeway system is in order...they'll catch up as some point.
As far as dates, that's one of things that makes America unique. It makes us, us and you all, you all.
Embrace the difference.
Haha. Don't get me wrong - I certainly don't think Brits are untouchable! But when it comes to roundabouts, there's something quite beautiful about a large roundabout with streams of traffic entering it working as it should.
lol tallg... no... it is just a logical continuation of your guys "best way" of doing things subject.. :)
ok.. sure, now blame on Qatar everything :) why not?.. Brits are untouchable..but someone should be blamed in their failure.. :)
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I'll take you sudden change of the subject as admission of defeat regarding date formats ;)
Round-abouts work perfectly well in busy traffic, IF people know how to use them properly and IF they are built correctly. Those to IFs are what makes them fail in Qatar.
i am not talking about driving properly.. i am saying it is insane to build roundabouts where the traffic is crazy .. It only suits quite streets, where couple of cars accidently approached the intersection at the same time...Otherwise it slows down the traffic flow dramatically...
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Roundabouts only work when you know how to drive properly ;o)
yeah.. i could see "your best way" in building roundabouts.. what a silly creatures! :):)
especially when equipped with the traffic signal or even better, with the policeman..
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Nope, you're wrong. Our way is best.
So do analogue watches in America display the month in the little date window, instead of the day like mine does?
tallg, order of magnitude?
To me, it's easier to sort things when using the American way. Like QS said, it's easier if the month comes first.
There's only one "month 1", "month 2", etc., but there are 12 1sts, 2nds, 3rds (day of month) each year.
Just more efficient, as Americans usually are :-)
It's really just a matter of what you're used to, I suppose.
because first we want to know what month we are in.. and then already the date..
..year comes as an obvious conclusion... :)
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
But why do you list them as month-day-year? Surely it makes more sense to list them in order of magnitude, i.e. day-month-year?
Just like you list time as hours-minutes-seconds (other way round to day-month-year, but still in order). You'd never list time as hours-seconds-minutes, would you?
how else you can read 07/08/09 rather than July 8th 2009??
Well... for some it could be 7 August 2009 or even 09 August 2007..but excuse me, it is still July 8th 2009. :)
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Yeah Tall, and the time now is 59:26:08 - go figure!
Why do Americans have day-month round the wrong way? I can't see any logical reason for listing things as month-day-year.
Scarletty, like uncle like nephew we are both hard to forget :p
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
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that's neat...that's one birthday that's hard to forget!!
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the main difference between a dog and man.
-Mark Twain-
Come on...according to some on here...you know we all think only Americans are right...and the world is flat.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the main difference between a dog and man.
-Mark Twain-
Thats nice, last year my nephew was born on 06/07/08 :P
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
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Lol, baldrick. Works for me.
It'll also work on 7th August if you are not American ;o)