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| | | (...) Whatever. (...) 100 (ten tens) (...) The American system agrees up to a million but then defers away from the logic for some reason - I expect it is easier to name a number by counting the zeros and commas with the US system. Well, you get the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Hey! Don't blame the Americans! I don't remember the complete details (dive into lugnet.robotics for references and/or the complete story), but I think the French came up with the system currently used by Americans. The French used it for (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) No. (...) Unlikely, most dates that old get '19' prefixed. or "20", as the case may be. Jasper (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Yes, but is it: January 2, 2003 January 3, 2002 February 1, 2003 February 3, 2001 March 1, 2002 March 2, 2001 (ignoring the six dates from a century earlier) Not that I was asking for a clear answer. It was just my example of an ultimately (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) I'd go for 1st of feb '03. But then, my country is pretty strict in dd/mm/yy. Jasper (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) My country is very settled on mm/dd/yy. The issue is international interpretation, of course. Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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