<P>I'm in PST, and I noticed when I read what you wrote that your "at this moment" was still in the future.
<P>Zoe
<P> <B><I>Sean Barrett <sean@epoptic.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">The aliasing pipe was meant to humorously link the phrases "Sun Mar 2<BR>19:44:31 PST 2003" and "this moment"; ie, the moment in which I was<BR>writing. (What time zone are you in, that that time was half an hour in<BR>your future?) Also, the phrase "it has no automatic article-selection<BR>mechanism" might be understood to mean that it has no it has no<BR>automatic article-selection mechanism, thus making it unable to "go off"<BR>any time soon.<BR><BR>I still don't understand what, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003.<BR>--<BR>Sean Barrett<BR>sean@epoptic.com<BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org<BR>[mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Zoe<BR>> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 19:55<BR>> To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org<BR>> Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American<BR>who reads the Wikipedia?<BR>><BR>> You wrote: The datebot has been thoroughly tested and is almost ready<BR>to be set ravening among the articles. At [[Sun Mar 2 19:44:31 PST<BR>2003|this moment]] it has no automatic article-selection mechanism.<BR>><BR>> I read this as saying that you were planning on setting it off at<BR>19:44:31.<BR>><BR>> Zoe<BR>><BR>> Sean Barrett <SEAN@EPOPTIC.COM>wrote:<BR>><BR>> What is with these straw man attacks? It is NOT going to go off in 30<BR>> minutes. Where in the world did you get that absurd idea? Furthermore,<BR>> 2/3/03 is a non-sequitur -- no one has ever suggested it. The<BR>> discussion involves only 2 March 2003 versus March 2, 2003.<BR>><BR>> What, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003?<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Sean Barrett<BR>> sean@epoptic.com<BR>><BR>> > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > From: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org<BR>> [mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Zoe<BR>> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 19:28<BR>> > To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org<BR>> > Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American<BR>> who reads the Wikipedia?<BR>> ><BR>> > You claim that the discussion is ongoing, and yet the Bot has<BR>already<BR>> been written, tested, and is set to go off in 30 minutes!<BR>> ><BR>> > It's confusing because it is NOT what Ameri! cans write, unless they<BR>> have military training. Try writing 2/3/03 and tell me what the date<BR>> is.<BR>> ><BR>> > Zoe<BR>> ><BR>> > Sean Barrett wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > So let's discuss. What, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003?<BR>> ><BR>> > --<BR>> > Sean Barrett<BR>> > sean@epoptic.com<BR>> ><BR>> > > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > > From: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org<BR>> > [mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Zoe<BR>> > > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 19:10<BR>> > > To: WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>> > > Subject: [WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American<BR>who<BR>> > reads the Wikipedia?<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Apparently there is a move under way to change EVERY date in the<BR>> > English Wikipedia to "2 March" format from "March 2" format. How did<BR>> > this slip under the radar without a major discussion? It's a very<BR>> > anti-American thing to do.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Zoe> ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > > _____<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> > > Yahoo! Tax Center<BR>> > -<BR>> > forms, calculat! ors, tips, and more<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>> > WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>> > http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > _____<BR>> ><BR>> > Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> > Yahoo! Tax Center<BR>> -<BR>> forms, calculators, tips, and more<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>> WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>> http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> _____<BR>><BR>> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> Yahoo! Tax Center<BR><HTTP: taxes.yahoo.com *http: mailtagline finance rd.yahoo.com />-<BR>forms, calculators, tips, and more<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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