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Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 08:46:00 - [1] Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 08:56:51 Originally by: TheMiner When I said "Hey so what happens if you are trying to write this number: 173.879? Would they write it like this: 173,879? How can they tell the diff between 173,(point)879 and 173,(comma)879?" You should have said "Because we would type a 6 digit number like this 123.432 and a three digit number which has a 3 digit fraction like this 453,344" Instead, you said "Europeans are smart enough not to need symbols differentiating their higher numbers for them." 173.879 (US) = 173,879 (Sweden) 173,879 (US) = 173879 (Sweden) The first time I ever used the , as in 123,123,123.45 (US system) was probably after I started playing EVE. I don't have any problems with either system, both work fine, so this discussion is kinda pointless imo. We might use . or spaces for big numbers, like 112.123.123.123,12 or 12 000 000, but I rarely see it (except that it's common to use spaces when writing phone numbers).
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 08:46:00 - [2] Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 08:56:51 Originally by: TheMiner When I said "Hey so what happens if you are trying to write this number: 173.879? Would they write it like this: 173,879? How can they tell the diff between 173,(point)879 and 173,(comma)879?" You should have said "Because we would type a 6 digit number like this 123.432 and a three digit number which has a 3 digit fraction like this 453,344" Instead, you said "Europeans are smart enough not to need symbols differentiating their higher numbers for them." 173.879 (US) = 173,879 (Sweden) 173,879 (US) = 173879 (Sweden) The first time I ever used the , as in 123,123,123.45 (US system) was probably after I started playing EVE. I don't have any problems with either system, both work fine, so this discussion is kinda pointless imo. We might use . or spaces for big numbers, like 112.123.123.123,12 or 12 000 000, but I rarely see it (except that it's common to use spaces when writing phone numbers).
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 08:59:00 - [3] Originally by: Wren Any freaking person would be much happier to read and use 1,234,567.89 as a price than 1234567,89 as a price. If fact, if you showed me that as a price I would just slowly bring my leg back, then swing it forward into your nut sack and wait for you to fall over. You have 1.2M?
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 08:59:00 - [4] Originally by: Wren Any freaking person would be much happier to read and use 1,234,567.89 as a price than 1234567,89 as a price. If fact, if you showed me that as a price I would just slowly bring my leg back, then swing it forward into your nut sack and wait for you to fall over. You have 1.2M?
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:04:00 - [5] Originally by: TheMiner No... from the beginning it has been his person agenda to make anyone who does not use his system look stupid. I think that people from where he is from write numbers intelligently..but he is being stubborn and lying about their practices. They write 400,323 as 400.323 which is 100% fine.. as long as they all know , = . and . = , ... and they do. No problem there at all. 400,323 (US) = 400323 or 400 323 (Sweden) 400.323 (US) = 400,323 (Sweden)
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:04:00 - [6] Originally by: TheMiner No... from the beginning it has been his person agenda to make anyone who does not use his system look stupid. I think that people from where he is from write numbers intelligently..but he is being stubborn and lying about their practices. They write 400,323 as 400.323 which is 100% fine.. as long as they all know , = . and . = , ... and they do. No problem there at all. 400,323 (US) = 400323 or 400 323 (Sweden) 400.323 (US) = 400,323 (Sweden)
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:06:00 - [7] Originally by: TheMiner just as silly as write it as 565895983894221 and expecting people to know what it is just by glancing. You deal with this kind of big numbers frequently?
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:06:00 - [8] Originally by: TheMiner just as silly as write it as 565895983894221 and expecting people to know what it is just by glancing. You deal with this kind of big numbers frequently?
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:12:00 - [9] Originally by: TheMiner Originally by: Scorpyn You deal with this kind of big numbers frequently? Yes... LOL you just belittled yourself! you only deal with numbers like 5 and 18! LOL! right... Originally by: TheMiner Originally by: Scorpyn or 400 323 (Sweden) Ahh.. the truth is comming out. You added a space in there for clarification. See? Yes, I noticed that.
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:12:00 - [10] Originally by: TheMiner Originally by: Scorpyn You deal with this kind of big numbers frequently? Yes... LOL you just belittled yourself! you only deal with numbers like 5 and 18! LOL! right... Originally by: TheMiner Originally by: Scorpyn or 400 323 (Sweden) Ahh.. the truth is comming out. You added a space in there for clarification. See? Yes, I noticed that.
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:17:00 - [11] Am I the only one who considers this to be slightly off topic btw?
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:17:00 - [12] Am I the only one who considers this to be slightly off topic btw?
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:20:00 - [13] Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:24:38 Originally by: Wren Are you being serious Scorpyn? Why would the swedish people use the comma as a decimal point? Wren goes to dictonary.com. Quote:* Main Entry: decimal point Function: noun : a period, centered dot, or in some countries a comma at the left of a proper decimal fraction (as .678) or between the parts of a mixed number (as 3.678) expressed by a whole number and a decimal fraction ...... Why? Why why why? Why why why why why why why why why? It's a decimal point.. not a decimal comma... In Sweden, it's a decimal comma and not a point. The first time many ppl encounter a decimal point is with computers, because most computer programs are designed for decimal point. This causes some confusion for those that don't know about it, but once you learn to use a decimal point when dealing with computers it's easy.
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:20:00 - [14] Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:24:38 Originally by: Wren Are you being serious Scorpyn? Why would the swedish people use the comma as a decimal point? Wren goes to dictonary.com. Quote:* Main Entry: decimal point Function: noun : a period, centered dot, or in some countries a comma at the left of a proper decimal fraction (as .678) or between the parts of a mixed number (as 3.678) expressed by a whole number and a decimal fraction ...... Why? Why why why? Why why why why why why why why why? It's a decimal point.. not a decimal comma... In Sweden, it's a decimal comma and not a point. The first time many ppl encounter a decimal point is with computers, because most computer programs are designed for decimal point. This causes some confusion for those that don't know about it, but once you learn to use a decimal point when dealing with computers it's easy.
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:31:00 - [15] Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:34:32 Meehan are you feeling grumpy today? Even if he's wrong in your opinion it's not a reason to insult him over and over...
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:31:00 - [16] Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:34:32 Meehan are you feeling grumpy today? Even if he's wrong in your opinion it's not a reason to insult him over and over...
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:44:00 - [17] Originally by: Feyd Darkholme ... So I'm sitting here reading the first page of this thread thinking to myself, "Six pages, they can't all be bashing each others countries and arguing about punctuations..."... Turn right to page six, and sure enough... Yeah, it got silly already back on page 1... I don't know why I bother with even reading this...
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 09:44:00 - [18] Originally by: Feyd Darkholme ... So I'm sitting here reading the first page of this thread thinking to myself, "Six pages, they can't all be bashing each others countries and arguing about punctuations..."... Turn right to page six, and sure enough... Yeah, it got silly already back on page 1... I don't know why I bother with even reading this...
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 14:26:00 - [19] Originally by: Arkanis We drive on the left because the majority of sword wielders where right handed :) Its all down to the swords. Probably dragons too. We used to drive on the left side of the road in Sweden too, but then we realized that it was bad and changed it. Mostly because most of us don't use swords any more, especially not while driving.
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 14:26:00 - [20] Originally by: Arkanis We drive on the left because the majority of sword wielders where right handed :) Its all down to the swords. Probably dragons too. We used to drive on the left side of the road in Sweden too, but then we realized that it was bad and changed it. Mostly because most of us don't use swords any more, especially not while driving.
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 17:28:00 - [21] Originally by: Arkanis Originally by: Scorpyn We used to drive on the left side of the road in Sweden too, but then we realized that it was bad and changed it. Mostly because most of us don't use swords any more, especially not while driving. Yes but we're completely over ran by DRAGONS. Its been proven guns don't kill them and only swords do. We're required by law to carry a sword at all times incase of attack by DRAGON, or Millwall fans. Ok... we don't have that problem, we killed all the dragons when we wanted a big party a few centuries ago...
Scorpyn	Posted - 2004.10.13 17:28:00 - [22] Originally by: Arkanis Originally by: Scorpyn We used to drive on the left side of the road in Sweden too, but then we realized that it was bad and changed it. Mostly because most of us don't use swords any more, especially not while driving. Yes but we're completely over ran by DRAGONS. Its been proven guns don't kill them and only swords do. We're required by law to carry a sword at all times incase of attack by DRAGON, or Millwall fans. Ok... we don't have that problem, we killed all the dragons when we wanted a big party a few centuries ago...

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