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I agree that confusing miles and meters is probably hard, especially to people exposed to a sane measurement system. However, his point about durating being rep

• beagle3 13y ago
  > However, his point about durating being represented in a non-standard format is a valid one. ISO 8601 does specify a standard for duration. I've only ever seen it used in vCalendar entries - I've seen DD:HH:MM:SS everywhere else. So while it is an ISO standard, much like OOXML, almost no one actually uses it - in which case I wouldn't be hard on Linus for not using it. > Also I'm very confused why temperatures are given in Coulomb. Me too, but it's still more sane than giving them in Farad like some people do :)
  • userulluipeste 13y ago
    "So while it is an ISO standard, much like OOXML, almost no one actually uses it..." That should be a subject of education. I never new about that ISO 8601 until I seen an xkcd caricature, whereas I should have known only that standard notation in my education!