On Topic ===>Take a LQQK at a Date Glitch...

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Take a LQQK at the date on the right hand side under "Recent Stories"

http://www.petrodata.co.uk/

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 23, 2000

Answers

Dee,

I don't think this is a problem. It looks like British site. Many Europeans will use a DD/MM/YY date instead of the American MM/DD/YY. It looks funny, but not a bug.

-- New Guy (Newguy@Newbie.com), January 23, 2000.


Ooops...so sorry...I think you are right. Thanks for the post New Guy! You are right...it does look funny. I stand to be corrected.

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 23, 2000.

Dee,

Europeans have also used the format YYMMDD and YYYYMMDD. Advantage is sorting.

-- W (me@home.now), January 23, 2000.


Dee,

Don't feel to bad, Europeans also like to use metric. They also think soccer should be called football.

Let me go take my medication before I get cranked up.......

-- New Guy (Newguy@Newbie.com), January 23, 2000.


Dee,

The "medication guy" will stay medicated. But sober, with eyes open:

See the thread below: [Oil Refinery/Gas Pipeline/Related Industries]

The first line shows the date in the format: YYYYMMDD.

-- W (me@home.now), January 23, 2000.



when I looked at it, it showed "recent stories 10/01/2000", which I would read as October 1st, 2000.? When I tried to go there, my computer showed that there was an error, and the site couldn't be found.

-- margo (margos@bigisland.com), January 23, 2000.

Margo,

when I click on that thread, the very top line reads:

*** 20000123 Sunday

am I seeing more than others again?

-- W (me@home.now), January 23, 2000.


W...it's funny! When I click on that (http://www.petrodata.co.uk) I don't see today's date anywhere! I looked and looked, and what comes on my screen at the very top says "Petrodata Upstream Market Intelligence" with a logo, and then if you look at the text, it's divided into two sections. The right hand column says "Welcome" and down a little farther, still on the right, it says "Latest Comment" and then just below that it says "Recent Stories", and under that heading is the date 10/01/2000. and then below that is another date....oh, I suddenly get it...10/01/2000 means the 10th of January, 2000!!! Hooray for brains! Glad I finally turned mine on! But I still don't see today's date anywhere! Maybe I'm not at their home page, somehow? Margo

-- Margo (margos@bigisland.com), January 23, 2000.

Margo,

This is fascinating! I learn again that a given FACT (one line in a thread)and the instructions for finding it, brings about such difference in what we see. I said the TOP line in the THREAD (this would be the first line of the text of the first posting.) Never said to click on any links. Looks like the medicated guy confused you by looking too deep, for something European?

-- W (me@home.now), January 23, 2000.


Haha, Dee's post is a classic example of jumping to conclusions before thinking.

Even when some doomers admit they were wrong, other doomers castigate them for saying so, with tripe like " Wait till the end of the financial quarter" etc. How long will it be before you all finally admit you were sucked in by the greatest scam of all time.

-- Mr. Sane (hhh@home.com), January 23, 2000.



Mr. Sane,

You're point is well taken, however, anyone who has been following my posts will tell you that I am not a Doomer sir...I am a Polloomer so get it straight!

I thought the little date glitch was kind of cute. Lighten up buddy...I'm half you---Polloomer...now say it 10 times fast...Polloomers aren't Doomers....repeat...now breathe....

I've already given compliments at times to hard core Pollies, and when somebody has something good to say...I call it as I see it...I don't care what side of the fence somebody is on.

Have a little sense of humor...it might do you some good...won't hurt ya.

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 23, 2000.


Dee, I didn't mean to imply that you were a doomer, it was a message to doomers in general. It wasn't a date glitch anyway, it was a nothing.

-- Mr. Sane (hhh@home.com), January 23, 2000.

Mr. Sane,

Thank you for your reply. Much appreciated. =)

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), January 23, 2000.


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