OK everybody, this emoticon ;) generally means 'kidding', 'teasing', 'joshing', 'joking', 'pulling your leg', etc. It takes the seriousness OFF the preceding text.
I think Ivan was 'pulling your leg' However, with 240V you probably have more electrocutions! > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Gmitrovic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:29 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Speaking of Protel Bugs. > > > Ivan, > > Writing dates as MM/DD/YY is the same as writing time as > HH:SS:MM. It does not seem logical. There should be linear > ascendence or descendence in the order of things, IMO. > > In Australia we have 240V/50Hz. Compared to your 120V/60Hz. We > could discuss frequency, but one thing is sure, the current in > your system is twice as high as in our system. That means your > losses are four times as high. Whatever you do, you will always > have higher electricity costs. It might not seem a big to you as > an individual. On a national scale, it costs all of you a lot of dough. > > Metric system is based on a decimal numerical system, which is > natural to humans. > > So we have reasons for what we are doing. What are your reasons > for the things you do? You are just used to? > > Igor > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2002 12:24 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Speaking of Protel Bugs. > > > > Is this what happens when you write software applications "down under" > when > > everyone at Microsoft in Belview Washington is at home in bed and cannot > > answer your technical questions about the software? > > Maybe the "down under" has something to do with it? ;-) > > >From one episode of the Simpsons, when Lisa is helping Bart study for a > geography test, he looks at a globe and says "hey, I didn't know > there's an > island called Rand McNally in the Pacific Ocean". Lisa tells him that "in > Rand McNally, everyone walks on their noses, and hamburgers eat > people". To > which Bart replies "Cool!". > > <rant on> > I also don't like the way dates are written in other parts of > the world. I > frequently see dates written as YY/MM/DD (Canadian) and as DD/MM/YY > (British). Why can't we all agree on MM/DD/YY as THE one true correct > standard? When you use dates in a spoken sentence, you say "July > 23, 2002". > So why not write it that way numerically? > <rant off> > > Now, if we could just get everybody to drop that metric and 220V 50Hz > crap... ;-) > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:36 AM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Speaking of Protel Bugs. > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: FEA6A5084AAA1B4FBBCEA608A0CD8D2459FF9143 > * > ************************************************************************ > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
