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Re: poll 30? (long...Sal at her most voluble)

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 11:43
Hi!

I <theiling@...> accidentally wrote:
> '1/100th', so that's regularly decimal. Therefore, I'd choose the > second. And then, I'd enumerate the typical larger units: > > 'one second' = 'minute' > 'two second' = 'hour' > 'three second' = 'day' > 'four second' = 'week' > 'five second' = 'month' > 'six second' = 'year'
Nono, sorry! Add 1 to the exponent positions of each of those: 'one second' = 'second' (redundantly) 'two second' = 'minute' 'three second' = 'hour' 'four second' = 'day' 'five second' = 'week' (not sure about this actually. Maybe I'd used month immediatyly since weeks are so unaligned) 'six second' = 'month' 'seven second' = 'year' And to say 'I was born on May 16, 2003, I'd say: 'born I happen-when seven second three ten two and three = year 2003 and six second five = month five and four second ten and six = day 16 ' **Henrik