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Post #1 Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:19 pm 
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At L19x19 time used to be displayed as UTC - 8. At least at my computer. Today I considered to complain about that, but reconsidered. But now suddenly it displays straight UTC. Hurray. If next we dispose of fahrenheit, miles, $, driving left and stick to one unique alphabet, god, calendar and human rights formulation mankind is getting somewhere;)

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Post #2 Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:28 pm 
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I find it kind of ironic that you speak of restricting choice (currency, measuring systems, religion, etc.) then state that is progress for mankind.

Anyway, you set your own time on your preference page.

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Post #3 Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:12 am 
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mw42 wrote:
I find it kind of ironic that you speak of restricting choice (currency, measuring systems, religion, etc.) then state that is progress for mankind.

Well. I was kind of ironic. I tried a smiley to indicate that. Still I prefer a world in which my fellow citizen uses the same (right) side of the road.

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Anyway, you set your own time on your preference page.
Thx for the tip. Hope it sticks now to UTC.

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Post #4 Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:48 pm 
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Once you change your time settings in your profile it should be that way every time you sign in until you decide to change it. However, default board time is set to UTC - 8. So that time will display until you sign in.

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Post #5 Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:44 am 
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mw42 wrote:

Anyway, you set your own time on your preference page.


You can also set your language - but you can only set it to British English. :shock: Eh wot?

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Post #6 Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:08 am 
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When it comes to what the forum buttons/descriptors say, American english and British english don't really differ...

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Post #7 Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:08 am 
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Just remember, the left side is the right side, the right side is the wrong side. Simple! :D

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Post #8 Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:53 am 
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Jordus wrote:
American english and British english don't really differ...


:shock:
There are a great many forum goers here who would argue this.
:D

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Post #9 Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:13 am 
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CSamurai wrote:
Jordus wrote:
American english and British english don't really differ...


:shock:
There are a great many forum goers here who would argue this.
:D


I would disagree with what you quoted too... in full context I mentioned it with the premise of "When it comes to buttons and descriptors within the forum"....

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Post #10 Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:53 am 
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I just discovered that UTC - 8 is displayed before logging in. No use is made of the timeformat chosen in the operating system. Only after logging in it displays the personal timeformat chosen in the profile. Now I understand why it is not always the same.
I also discovered that I'm automatically logged off from the forum after being inactive for some time.

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Post #11 Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:28 pm 
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cyclops wrote:
I also discovered that I'm automatically logged off from the forum after being inactive for some time.

tick the "remember me" box when you logon

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Post #12 Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:01 pm 
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cyclops wrote:
... If next we dispose of fahrenheit, miles, $, driving left and stick to one unique alphabet, god, calendar and human rights formulation mankind is getting somewhere;)


Heh. We can't even get a single scoring system for Go... ;)

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Post #13 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:04 pm 
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cyclops wrote:
If next we dispose of fahrenheit, miles, $, driving left and stick to one unique alphabet, god, calendar and human rights formulation mankind is getting somewhere;)


Fahrenheit, miles, and dollars all make sense, though...It's kilometers and Celsius that we need to get rid of...
:lol: :lol:

Also, good luck getting people to change languages, religions, or calendars.

Only kidding here, it would, in theory be nice to have everything the same, but, alas, too many problems would come about if we changed things to a uniform standard.

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