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Trying to tell the Brits not to use GMT is like trying to tell the HN audience that there are exactly 1000 bytes in a kilobyte ;)
by willvarfar 10y ago
Trying to tell the Brits not to use GMT is like trying to tell the HN audience that there are exactly 1000 bytes in a kilobyte ;)
- _asummers 10y agoOr getting Americans on the metric system.
- nf05papsjfVbc 10y agoOr getting them to use a sensible way to state dates.
- khedoros 10y agoAgreed. Ditto for most of Europe. Everyone should standardize on YMD. Lexical sorting and least-to-most specific times make the most sense.
- bobwaycott 10y agoOr just [year].[day#] Like 2016.276
- mineshaftgap 10y agoAside from shutting up a few whining Europeans, forcing a nominal change, road signs etc., will only cause useless death in the change over. American deaths are probably seen as a good thing by weak Europeans, but all science is already done in metric, you probably knew that and replied anyway.
- Toenex 10y agoYou start by making gun calibres metric. Then they either start using the metric system or stop using guns. Win either way.
- mirkules 10y agoNo then we just end up with two standards, like a 9mm caliber which is the same as the .380 ACP and others (diameter wise)
- csmattryder 10y agoAs a Brit who's spent the last few months arguing with Windows 10 about just what time it is - for the love of all that's holy people, save us from GMT/BST. UTC is for life, not just for summer.