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Posted by davinox on Apr-04-2002 22:44:

A Really Dumb Question

you know the words A.M. and P.M.?

Like, it's 6 AM right now..

how would you write that?

would it be?

4 AM
4 am
4 A.M.
4 a.m.

or without a space inbetween

4AM
4am
4A.M.
4a.m.

which way? (this is for labeling my tracks)

Posted by Fir3start3r on Apr-04-2002 23:01:

Here's another one for you...do you know what A.M. and P.M. mean?

Posted by d-jay MyTH on Apr-04-2002 23:02:

yep

anti-meridean and post-meridean

Posted by Eugene on Apr-04-2002 23:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Here's another one for you...do you know what A.M. and P.M. mean?

Ante Meridium (before noon) and Post Meridium (after noon)

Posted by Fir3start3r on Apr-04-2002 23:04:

Good one!
You win! (don't ask what...unless you want some lint from my pocket...)

Posted by davinox on Apr-04-2002 23:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Here's another one for you...do you know what A.M. and P.M. mean?

soooo it would be:

6 A.M.

?

They don't teach you this in school!!

Posted by bluE_Neon on Apr-04-2002 23:10:

quote:
Originally posted by davinox

soooo it would be:

6 A.M.

?

They don't teach you this in school!!

of course they dont, if your sitting at your computer all the time...just like your Location says lol

Posted by DJMiro on Apr-04-2002 23:22:

They dont teach you the months too. Does that give you right to not know them??

Posted by KilldaDJ on Apr-05-2002 00:17:

sod that, its 1:10am here
fck those dots and capitals, im lazee

Posted by TranceSeeker on Apr-05-2002 01:06:

That pm and am is so fucked damnit, I always forget which on is before midday an which one is after midday
Just go for the 24:00 thats the real!

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Apr-05-2002 01:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Good one!
You win! (don't ask what...unless you want some lint from my pocket...)

YES! i'll take that lint

Ok, yea A.M and P.M are how they are supposed to be written, but this doesnt necessairly mean this is how it is written in the remix title.

For example, this is how the the remix of a coast to coast song is written:

Coast To Coast - Home (5am Remix)

and a further example

Goldenscan - Sunrise (Pulser 6am Remix)

And i no these are the correct formats coz i read them straight off the vinyl sleeve

Posted by Hell_Copter on Apr-05-2002 02:23:

i would write it 5:20am (that's the time in here righ now)
but it doesn't matter anyway
u'll know no matter what the meaning of it

Posted by drizzt81 on Apr-05-2002 03:20:

quote:
Originally posted by davinox

soooo it would be:

6 A.M.

?

They don't teach you this in school!!

why don't you ask Microsoft Word?

or better yet: Goolge it! find out how you get more matches ('am' is right out, it is 1st person singular of 'to be')

Posted by klaarwater on Apr-05-2002 04:15:

Realistically - who cares - as long as you make the point - sure there are some jerks that have to have it right - and unless they are your boss... meh - take the lazy route I'd say!

Posted by Fir3start3r on Apr-05-2002 04:22:

I dunno...
If someone doesn't know the difference between 'A.M.' and 'am', I dunno if I'd want that kinda people supportin' me....

Posted by Renegade on Apr-05-2002 10:53:

According to Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary (which I just happened to have handy):

A.M. (also a.m.): ante meridiem, before noon.

So it can be either. Hope that helps.

Posted by davinox on Apr-05-2002 20:57:

thanks for the help!!!!

heheheheheheh...

i am very picky when it comes to tracklisting...but it's weird that it would be (6am Mix) without periods.

obviously they don't have dictionaries... heh

Posted by Yoepus on Apr-07-2002 04:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Renegade
According to Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary (which I just happened to have handy):

A.M. (also a.m.): ante meridiem, before noon.

So it can be either. Hope that helps.

Good one.. you give him two (to?, too?, 2?) options. How the hell do you expect him to chose?

I suggest rock paper siscors...
1..
2..
3..
Rock.

Yoepus
Remember beer has food value, food has absolutely no beer value.

Posted by Veldrid on Apr-07-2002 05:16:

According to MLA standards, which is what most of U.S. schools use now, am or pm is the proper way to cite ante and post meridian. the (.)'s are implied.

Posted by ali92 on Apr-07-2002 05:32:

I just skip the A.M. and P.M. thing altogether and use the 24 hour system! It tells you the true time anyway! 18:00 means that 18 hours has elapsed in the day so far. It's like a stopwatch that resets every day at exactly Midnight. I always wonder WHY the A.M. and P.M. format STILL exists if SO many countries use the 24 hour system! I'm forced to convert from 24 hour to A.M/P.M. due to everyone I know (Everyone I know in person is American and was brought up using the A.M./P.M. system) whenever I'm saying the time to someone. I HATE it because I've been using teh 24 hour system for over 6 years so far and NO ONE I know and speak to every day knows it or is WILLING to learn it. A lot of people that I know screw up the time format shortly after Midnight because in their format, it's 12:00 A.M. on Day 2 and they assume that since the numbers haven't gone back down to the lowest value that the day isn't over yet. In other words, they assume that the day begins at 1:00 A.M.! I (and whoever else that uses the 24 hour system), however don't have these kinds of peoblems since, the lowest time values occur at 00:00:00, which is EXACTLY Midnight, ONE second after 23:59:59, the last second of the day.

Posted by Yoepus on Apr-07-2002 05:35:

quote:
Originally posted by ali92
kinds of peoblems since, the lowest time values occur at 00:00:00, which is EXACTLY Midnight, ONE second after 23:59:59, the last second of the day.

I remember when I was little and never stayed up late, I liked to look at my digital watch change from 23:59 to 00:00 and witness the last second of the day. Now the time goes by to quickly that I never get the ability to do it anymore..

what a shame.

Posted by davinox on Apr-07-2002 05:37:

Posted by ali92 on Apr-09-2002 05:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Yoepus

I remember when I was little and never stayed up late, I liked to look at my digital watch change from 23:59 to 00:00 and witness the last second of the day. Now the time goes by to quickly that I never get the ability to do it anymore..

what a shame.

I just happen to be "lucky" sometimes and when I look at my watch it says "23:59:49" so, I say to myself: Well, I'm just in time to see the end of the day. Good bye, day! "...23:59:58, 23:59:59, 00:00:00, 00:00:01...".
Yea, I know it sounds crazy but, I just LOVE number "rollovers" (like when an odometer is hitting the 100000 Km mark!) for some reason.

Posted by ali92 on Apr-09-2002 05:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Veldrid
According to MLA standards, which is what most of U.S. schools use now, am or pm is the proper way to cite ante and post meridian. the (.)'s are implied.

What is MLA and why do we (US) still use A.M. and P.M.? I don't use that system because one day is 24 hours long so, why should clocks "reset" every TWELVE hours JUST because of the change between A.M. and P.M.?

Posted by ExOn on Apr-09-2002 17:40:

I go after the 24 hour system right now it's 19.40
twenty to eight for all ya slow mofos