This one particularly grinds my gears because of course, an hour is 60 minutes and not 100!
But time uses a base 60 counting system, not base 10, so to say hundred after 60 is very much correct!
This one particularly grinds my gears because of course, an hour is 60 minutes and not 100!
If it were truly base 60, one hour woud be 010, not 0100!But time uses a base 60 counting system, not base 10, so to say hundred after 60 is very much correct!
It's printed on London Underground tickets purchased after midnight but before the next day starts.Twenty four oh seven is not proper time though. Do you ever see 24:07 on clocks, computers, anywhere?
Try telling that to the many guards who insist on using the 12 hour clock or, worse, a mixture of 24 & 12 hour times. I have been tempted to ask those who says that a train booked to arrive at, say, 18.10 is expected to arrive at 6.10 why there is going to be a 12 hour delay but expect it would go way over their heads.
Or the rare 23:59:60?Absolutely not.
Where is 23.59.59 and half second in your case?
He said it was stupid, and inconvenient, because you had to spend time going up the stairs and down the other side...and demanded to know why we hadn't built a subway (!). The mind boggles.
I'd quite like some more examples of 10/10 complaints, that's amazingly stupid!That complaint was 7/10 on the Idiot Scale. To give you an example of a 10/10 complaint, there was one where a man complained (by phone) about the new (as it was then) footbridge at Wolverhampton. He said it was stupid, and inconvenient, because you had to spend time going up the stairs and down the other side...and demanded to know why we hadn't built a subway (!). The mind boggles.
I'd quite like some more examples of 10/10 complaints, that's amazingly stupid!
I don't like it when guards announce arrival times etc in the 12 hour format. Even worse is when the mix the two together e.g."this is 13.30 from Reading due to arrive at London Paddington at two o'clock."
Never thought about this until now...
Would you have to go up more on a bridge than down on a subway?
I have encountered overseas operators who for the last services of the day get up to the likes of 2430 or even 2515 etc, to ensure they are collated correctly on the computer. These are on internal documents only where users get used to it.
But time uses a base 60 counting system
Correct is important, but correctly understood is more important. Thus being unambiguous when there is a potential for confusion is best, and there is nothing wrong with being unambiguous at other times as well.My own thoughts is it is down to the individual making the announcements, as long as it is correct then does it really matter?
Around this time of year we end up doing a few fireworks related shows. Various entertainment in the form of bands and local radio presenters, the usual debacle, followed by fireworks, generally to music. Most of the professional outfits use time code which we connect on a data link but others do it manually and give us a CD or a file on a laptop. either way as the guys firing the stuff are situated away from us there has to be communication. I often find myself relaying a manual countdown (they sometimes can't hear 20,000 people counting down) and i have always been in the habit of omitting the number 5 from my radio count down as it common practise in various military situations.I do the same. Using that along with “fife” for five, “tree” for three, “fo-wer” for four you can end up getting some funny looks.
That just makes me think of Airplane!:
"Roger, Roger"
"What's our vector, Victor?"
"We've got clearance, Clarence"
Not a direct comparison, but in the bookshop I owned that sold books, books and nothing but books an apparently sane-looking woman came in, walked around staring for about five minutes, then asked me 'where is your wine ?'. I pondered this for a couple of seconds thinking this must be a wind-up, then replied that we didn't sell wine. She immediately fired back with 'well, why don't you?', expressed with high dudgeon. I directed her to the Co-Op a minute's walk away!