Happy Easter!!

[Dene]

He gets 364 days this year to buy more underwear

Not quite. More like 300. Don't forget that stores are closed on Sunday and holidays, as required by federal law. Have a look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladenschlussgesetz

Notice that's the *English* article and it uses the *German* word as title, as apparently this is unknown in the English-speaking world? I find this hilarious and pathetic at the same time.

What do you mean "unknown"? As in we don't have a word for it? In such a case, you can't forget that English is still a very "young" language. It is extremely under-developed, and cannot be compared to such an "old" language as German. I couldn't give any numbers, but I'd be prepared to estimate that you have twice as many words in German than we do in English, or, at least words that we use in English (most of which aren't even English at all).
Or else, if you mean, it doesn't happen in the English world, well I don't know about that, but it doesn't happen here. I agree it is rude, but is it really done for religious reasons? Is Germany such a strongly religious country? That seems a bit weird considering the whole World War 1/World War 2 thing. Although, come to think of it, the Pope is German >.<

 

[AvGalen]

OK, time to lighten up a little. Easter is over, most people have probably enjoyed the free time (I know I have) and if Stefan still has an underwear emergency I can highly recommend "going commando"

 

[Dene]

Lol, is it over already? I am still on a day off (not quite sure why. However having 6 days off Uni really sucks ).

 

[Stefan]

Didn't mean it's bad that English doesn't know it, I meant it's bad that German does. Also, you guys might use our "kindergarten", but we use your "computer", "motherboard", etc. We even call mobile phones "handy" (which no English people do, as far as I know, someone probably just thought it sounds cool). And I'm writing my diploma thesis in English, not just to make it readable for more people, but also because I would have a really hard time writing it in German without using a lot of English words or awkward translations.

I ended up finding and wearing non-standard socks for today so that turned out kinda alright (I once bought many uniform socks, underpants and t-shirts, so that I don't feel an urge to sort or to choose).

Before I forget it, let me apologize for being a little rude. I can get pretty angry and emotional if I make a plan and then something out of my control gets in the way. So, sorry for that. But I still want holidays abolished.

 

[AvGalen]

Didn't mean it's bad that English doesn't know it, I meant it's bad that German does. Also, you guys might use our "kindergarten", but we use your "computer", "motherboard", etc. We even call mobile phones "handy" (which no English people do, as far as I know, someone probably just thought it sounds cool). And I'm writing my diploma thesis in English, not just to make it readable for more people, but also because I would have a really hard time writing it in German without using a lot of English words or awkward translations.

I ended up finding and wearing non-standard socks for today so that turned out kinda alright (I once bought many uniform socks, underpants and t-shirts, so that I don't feel an urge to sort or to choose).

Before I forget it, let me apologize for being a little rude. I can get pretty angry and emotional if I make a plan and then something out of my control gets in the way. So, sorry for that. But I still want holidays abolished.

Everyone should write english, pay in Euros, use 20080323155219.0123456789 as date/time format, drive on the right side, use the metric system, open there shops everyday because weekends and holidays (or just religious holidays?) should be abandoned and converted to choosable free days and browsers should simply render everything perfectly.

Before that happens I will try to remember to contact Stefan before passover and maybe he can put http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/easter/easter_text2a.htm or something simular in an alarmsystem

 

[abbracadiabra]

Sorry to sound ignorant, but since I believe the stupidist question is the one that remains unasked, what date does 20080323155219.0123456789 refer to?

 

[Karthik]

Sorry to sound ignorant, but since I believe the stupidist question is the one that remains unasked, what date does 20080323155219.0123456789 refer to?

I think he meant Date:23 March 2008 Time:15:52:19.0123456789

Am I right?

 

[Johannes91]

Y10K

 

[shelley]

We even call mobile phones "handy" (which no English people do, as far as I know, someone probably just thought it sounds cool).

Random fact: the Chinese term for mobile phones translates to "hand device" in English.

 

[AvGalen]

Year 2008
Month 03 (march)
Day 23
Hour 15
Minute 52
Second 19
Miliseconds 0123456789

This is by far the best way (humanly understandable/readable) to notate date/times because it follows the numeric rule for "biggest unit first" and because partial searches can be done really quick. A search for "in the afternoon" would just be a search for > ????????120000 and < ????????180000

 

[Dene]

Everyone should write english, pay in Euros, use 20080323155219.0123456789 as date/time format, drive on the right side, use the metric system, open there shops everyday because weekends and holidays (or just religious holidays?) should be abandoned and converted to choosable free days and browsers should simply render everything perfectly.

Before that happens I will try to remember to contact Stefan before passover and maybe he can put http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/easter/easter_text2a.htm or something simular in an alarmsystem

Let's break this down a bit.

Yes, everyone should use English, it is easily the most malleable language we have.

I don't agree that everyone should pay in Euros, in fact I don't agree that there should be a currency at all, only credit (for more information on a cashless society read Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy!!)

For date time format, I disagree. If we are using English, then the logical format goes: Time/Day/Month/Year, eg. 4:31pm/17/April/4007. I don't get the whole stupid American thing with backwards month and day, it just doesn't make any logical sense, do they do it just to be different or something?

Driving on the left side>driving on the right side. Nobody drives on the right side these days except Americans, and wannabe-Americans.

I'm ok with using the metric system.

I agree with the closed days, there shouldn't be any compulsory times when anything should be closed.

As for the last part, well... no comment.

Mr. Pochmann, I now understand what you mean, and it makes a lot more sense lol >.< . As for your angry and emotional thing, you should try taking a leaf out of my book, and just don't let anything get to you. I just don't get angry (or emotional). I just don't see any reason. If something bugs you just ignore it. Or else laugh in its face. As for emotions, I take great pride in my having rid myself of my emotional responsiveness.
Lol, yea, I'm a pretty neutral guy

 

[watermelon]

Driving on the left side>driving on the right side. Nobody drives on the right side these days except Americans, and wannabe-Americans.

I beg to differ... Link

 

[Harris Chan]

Dene got pwned XD

 

[abbracadiabra]

ok - let me demonstrate my ignorance again. I've seen this word several times on this forum, but I have no idea what it means and can't find a dictionary definition.

Can anyone define "pwn" for me? And how is it pronounced?

 

[Jason Baum]

"Pwn" is an internet-slang term for the word "own". It started because it is a common typo for the word but it's now used regularly (kind of like teh and the). I just pronounce it the same as own, but with a p in front of it (pown).

 

[Hadley4000]

Metric system is MUCH better. But, English is a ridiculous language.

It is my first language, but the English language does not make much sense. At all.

 

[AvGalen]

For date time format, I disagree. If we are using English, then the logical format goes: Time/Day/Month/Year, eg. 4:31pm/17/April/4007. I don't get the whole stupid American thing with backwards month and day, it just doesn't make any logical sense, do they do it just to be different or something?

No, something like 20080323155219.0123456789 isn't done to be different. It is done to be the same as the normal metric system.
01234567.890 means 0*10^7 + 1*10^6 + 2*10^5 + 3*10^4 + 4 * 10^3 + 5 * 10^2 + 6 * 10^1 + 7 * 10^0 + 8 * 10^-1 + 9 * 10^-2 + 0 * 10^-3
1 more basic unit would be 01234568.890 which orders really nicely if you write down several numbers.
10^7 is the biggest unit so it comes first, 10^-3 is the smallest unit so it comes last.

If you do the same for a date/time it becomes
20080326002754.91
1 basic unit later becomes
20080326002755.91
Again, biggest units come first and if you write down several date times everything orders nicely.

It really makes no sense to write it down like this:
00:27:54 26-03-2008 (notice it going from big to small then from small to big)
00:27:55 26-03-2008 (looks nicely ordered?)
00:27:56 26-03-2008 (still looks nicely ordered? Now add 00:27:55 27-03-2008 to the list)

 

[ExoCorsair]

It is my first language, but the English language does not make much sense. At all.

English is silly.

 

[Dene]

Driving on the left side>driving on the right side. Nobody drives on the right side these days except Americans, and wannabe-Americans.

I beg to differ... Link

Before we mislead people who don't read thoroughly, let's clarify:

"About 34% of the world by population drive on the left, and 66% on the right... even though originally most traffic drove on the left worldwide."

Now seeing as China, Russia and America drive on the left, that is a hefty portion of the population. Also let us consider most of Africa, in which apparently driving on the right is more prominent. Take into account the fact that of the however many people there, only a teensy minority would actually drive, yet everyone would be accounted for in such a statistic.

Japan, Great Britian, Australia, South Africa and India, 5 of the more prominent countries in the world, all drive on the left. The right side has US, China, Germany, France and Russia, and then a whole bunch of insignificant countries (yea that's what I said, and what?)

Of course the second part of the quote... clearly states that left>right, until a few countries kind of conquered other countries, and forced their laws upon them

 

[Dene]

For date time format, I disagree. If we are using English, then the logical format goes: Time/Day/Month/Year, eg. 4:31pm/17/April/4007. I don't get the whole stupid American thing with backwards month and day, it just doesn't make any logical sense, do they do it just to be different or something?

No, something like 20080323155219.0123456789 isn't done to be different. It is done to be the same as the normal metric system.
01234567.890 means 0*10^7 + 1*10^6 + 2*10^5 + 3*10^4 + 4 * 10^3 + 5 * 10^2 + 6 * 10^1 + 7 * 10^0 + 8 * 10^-1 + 9 * 10^-2 + 0 * 10^-3
1 more basic unit would be 01234568.890 which orders really nicely if you write down several numbers.
10^7 is the biggest unit so it comes first, 10^-3 is the smallest unit so it comes last.

If you do the same for a date/time it becomes
20080326002754.91
1 basic unit later becomes
20080326002755.91
Again, biggest units come first and if you write down several date times everything orders nicely.

It really makes no sense to write it down like this:
00:27:54 26-03-2008 (notice it going from big to small then from small to big)
00:27:55 26-03-2008 (looks nicely ordered?)
00:27:56 26-03-2008 (still looks nicely ordered? Now add 00:27:55 27-03-2008 to the list)

Yes, ordering is nice, but verbally, if you want to pinpoint a particular date, it works better in English to say "7th of March, 1964" than "In 1964 on March the 7th"