Re: 4.2 intro and 4.4.1

Agreed and you can't assume that "no parking" would not apply so late in the
evening.

I got a very expensive ticket in NYC because I assumed that meters would not
apply after 11pm.
We had gone to chinatown for late dinner and it turns out you needed to put
money in the meter through to midnight.

Now I know that when they say the city never sleeps, they mean they tax you
24x7.
;-(

Mike McKenna wrote:
> 
> The problem is really a pain when parking signs say something like: "No
> Parking: 8 PM to 12 PM" and you find out they meant noon, not midnight
> when you get the ticket on your windshield.
> 
> Mike____
> 
> Tex Texin wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >Good example. Note that translating Gozen and Gogo to AM and PM works out ok,
> >but the 0:00 needs to convert to 12:00. Same confusion apparently exists in
> >English, see excerpts from Heritage dictionary below.
> >
> >tex
> >
> >
> >
> >>Time       : To do            Western/English
> >>---------- : -----------------------
> >>GOZEN 8:00 : Breakfast    8:00 A.M.
> >>GOGO  0:00 : Lunch       12:00PM
> >>GOGO  7:00 : Dinner           7:00 PM
> >>GOZEN 0:00 : Go to bed        12:00AM
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pm
> >
> >P.M. also p.m. or P.M.
> >abbr. post meridiem.
> >Usage Note: By definition, 12 A.M. denotes midnight, and 12 P.M. denotes noon,
> >but there is sufficient confusion over the meanings of A.M. and P.M. when the
> >hour is 12 to make it advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight where clarity is
> >required.
> >
> >http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=am
> >
> >also a.m. or A.M.ante meridiem.
> >Usage Note: By definition, 12 A.M. denotes midnight, and 12 P.M. denotes noon,
> >but there is sufficient confusion over these uses to make it advisable to use
> >12 noon and 12 midnight where clarity is required.
> >
> >Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
> >Edition
> >Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
> >Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
> >
> >
> >
> >Takao Suzuki wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Here is my attempt to fill 4.2 intro section and 4.4.1 Pandora's box.
> >>
> >>-takao
> >>
> >>4.2 Locale/Language Dependency in Message Exchange Patterns
> >>
> >>When exchanging a message, the requester and service that the requester
> >>accesses may have different default locales and language preferences. In
> >>addition, there may be more than one service involved in the message
> >>exchange.  And there may be different requester, who consumes the
> >>message, who may expect different locale and language.
> >>
> >>Message exchange in components with different language and/or locales
> >>may result a failure or unexpected result.  This section describes
> >>various message exchange patterns that need consideration or that have
> >>potential failure scenarios.
> >>
> >>4.4.1 Using non-internationalized Data Structures
> >>
> >>A data structure may be provided without international considerations.
> >>This may happen, for instance, when a service was originally designed
> >>and targeted for a specific local market and later adopted to a global
> >>Web service.
> >>
> >>This is an example of my daily activity provided in Japanese 12 hour
> >>time scheme.
> >>
> >>Example: My schedule
> >>
> >>Time       : To do
> >>---------- : -----------------------
> >>GOZEN 8:00 : Breakfast
> >>GOGO  0:00 : Lunch
> >>GOGO  7:00 : Dinner
> >>GOZEN 0:00 : Go to bed
> >>
> >>GOZEN means "before noon", and generally corresponds to AM. GOGO means
> >>"after noon", and generally corresponds to PM. The problem is GOGO 0:00
> >>is noon rather than 0:00 AM, and GOZEN 0:00 is midnight rather than 0:00
> >>PM.  This is confusing and conversion to internationally known time
> >>format may fail.
> >>
> >>Thank you
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >

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