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24/7/365 7 days per week 24 hours per day 365 days per... year Why you'd read that as 365 weeks per year I'm not sure, because there's no pr

by sbarre 11y ago

24/7/365 7 *days* per *week* 24 *hours* per *day* 365 *days* per... *year* Why you'd read that as 365 weeks per year I'm not sure, because there's no pre-established convention that would lead you to interpret it that way (both 24 and 7 would have to be "per week"), and most people know there are 365 days in a year. Just trying to help. ;-)

ColinWright 11y ago
But it doesn't make sense to say: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That just really doesn't make sense at all. I know that the numbers means, and are for, but if someone is saying every hour in the year, to say 24/7/365 is just nonsense. Of course, this is a losing battle. People just don't care if what they say makes sense, they just say stuff and assume that people will understand. This is one of the things that makes language bizarre, miraculous, infuriating, and impossible to analyse. I note examples like this because they are caltrops on the road for NLP.
- chillingeffect 11y ago
  >what they say makes sense I would argue that no single statement can make sense. Sense is made when multiple statements are combined. It's really all just about appropriate cognitive load. Every statement must be processed and it's great to be as accurate as possible and as accurate as the consensus agrees to. Anything higher quality than that falls under the category of "great writing," which only a handful of people cherish.
- nickysielicki 11y ago
  Hey, FWIW, you've completely convinced me to never use this phrase again.
- strathmeyer 11y ago
  They are all relative timeframes by which a store my be closed; certain hours during the day, certain days during the week, and certain days during the year. Your inability to make sense of it doesn't affect the rest of us. It's like a creationist saying evolution doesn't make sense to them: at some point it is the result of a willful ignorance that you are bragging about. It doesn't make for very interesting trolling.
  - ColinWright 11y ago
    > They are all relative timeframes by which > a store my be closed; certain hours during > the day, certain days during the week, and > certain days during the year. Huh. That's a way of interpreting it I'd never seen. Thank you. > Your inability to make sense of it doesn't > affect the rest of us. No, except that it may help people see that what they think is obvious isn't always obvious to others. > ... it is the result of a willful ignorance > that you are bragging about. Well, that's obviously your interpretation, but if others see it that way then it explains the hitherto mysterious yoyoing of points on my comments. > It doesn't make for very interesting trolling. I find it disappointing that you think I'd troll.
pluma 11y ago
So you read 24/7/365 as 7/24/365? That only makes sense to Americans, I guess.

24/7/365 7 *days* per *week* 24 *hours* per *day* 365 *days* per... *year* Why you'd read that as 365 weeks per year I'm not sure, because there's no pr

by sbarre 11y ago

ColinWright 11y ago

But it doesn't make sense to say: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That just really doesn't make sense at all. I know that the numbers means, and are for, but if someone is saying every hour in the year, to say 24/7/365 is just nonsense. Of course, this is a losing battle. People just don't care if what they say makes sense, they just say stuff and assume that people will understand. This is one of the things that makes language bizarre, miraculous, infuriating, and impossible to analyse. I note examples like this because they are caltrops on the road for NLP.

chillingeffect 11y ago
>what they say makes sense I would argue that no single statement can make sense. Sense is made when multiple statements are combined. It's really all just about appropriate cognitive load. Every statement must be processed and it's great to be as accurate as possible and as accurate as the consensus agrees to. Anything higher quality than that falls under the category of "great writing," which only a handful of people cherish.
nickysielicki 11y ago
Hey, FWIW, you've completely convinced me to never use this phrase again.
strathmeyer 11y ago
They are all relative timeframes by which a store my be closed; certain hours during the day, certain days during the week, and certain days during the year. Your inability to make sense of it doesn't affect the rest of us. It's like a creationist saying evolution doesn't make sense to them: at some point it is the result of a willful ignorance that you are bragging about. It doesn't make for very interesting trolling.
- ColinWright 11y ago
  > They are all relative timeframes by which > a store my be closed; certain hours during > the day, certain days during the week, and > certain days during the year. Huh. That's a way of interpreting it I'd never seen. Thank you. > Your inability to make sense of it doesn't > affect the rest of us. No, except that it may help people see that what they think is obvious isn't always obvious to others. > ... it is the result of a willful ignorance > that you are bragging about. Well, that's obviously your interpretation, but if others see it that way then it explains the hitherto mysterious yoyoing of points on my comments. > It doesn't make for very interesting trolling. I find it disappointing that you think I'd troll.

pluma 11y ago

So you read 24/7/365 as 7/24/365? That only makes sense to Americans, I guess.