[SpamCop-List] Re: spam is NOT 10 days old to me - got it this a.m.

[Norman Miller]

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:45:01 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:

> The decimal system is big endian.  The ISO time expressing system is big
> endian.  To me, it is 'illogical' for a time expressing system to not be
> consistently big endian.

Some places are "big endian" WRT to addresses, as well. City, province,
street, building. That sort of thing.

OTOH, when people are comfortable with doing things a specific way, inertia
sets in, and change can be anywhere from difficult to impossible.

I once had a stranger ask me if he could examine my monthly manga
anthology. I handed it to him properly oriented. He grasped the book in his
left hand and attempted to flip through the pages with his right; it didn't
work, of course! ;)

He then re-oriented the book so he could grasp the binding with his left
hand and flip the pages with his right hand; which brought the back cover
to the front. He then rotated the book so the front cover was up, and the
binding was in his left hand; which inverted the book. At last he returned
the book to the orientation it was in when I handed it to him; but he still
couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that a Japanese publication opens
opposite (mostly) to a U.S. publication. He returned the book to me,
muttering about never being able to understand it. I expect he was
referring as much to the reverse orientation of the media as the language.

Me, I am flexible.

-- 
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum