by west point
All our military uses 24 hour clock as well. Many computer systems also use 24 as mine does. Now our politicians may not be able to convert ? Internal use age of the airlines is 24 as well as far as I have observed ?
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JoeG wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 10:13 pm That's why I got a Mac 7 years ago and never looked back. My Mac incidentally downloaded and played the video without anymore downloads, adjustments or fees. I just got tired of Windows BS. if you have a Mac you wont need to maintain several versions of the OS. I reboot every week or two and rebooting is way faster than with Windows. MacOS is basically Unix under the hood so it uses much less resources than Windows. And if you know Unix you can write shell scripts for it..MOV is the classic Apple QuickTime format, so I am unsurprised that it played so easily on a Mac. But as others have said, I have VLC installed and it opened immediately.
markhb wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 4:34 pmThe line to Concord is still alive for a few miles towards Lebanon. I think there might be a fuel distributor that still receives occasional deliveries. It has also been used for car storage. I think NECR bought it a few years ago when they acquired the Claremont Concord.
Is there still any sort of junction at White River Junction? I know the old Northern Line to Concord is dead. And that makes me wonder how many places there are in the US with "Junction" in their name but with no remaining junction (but formerly had one... I don't know if Yeehaw Junction in FL ever was a RR junction at all).
Kilgore Trout wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:36 pm An even simpler practice, which I observed in Stockholm, was that businesses closing at midnight would show it as 24:00. That is unambiguously the end of the day, since the next minute is always 00:01.Which is why 12 am is noon and 12 pm is midnight.
west point wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 3:53 pm All our military uses 24 hour clock as well. Many computer systems also use 24 as mine does. Now our politicians may not be able to convert ? Internal use age of the airlines is 24 as well as far as I have observed ?NYCT uses 24 hour time. A train on the Flushing Line departing Main Street at 2:15 PM would be "Flushing 1415" or a departure on the 3 line from New Lots Station at 9:45 PM would be "New Lots 2145". (The 'Pelham 123' in real life would be Pelham 1323, departing at 1:23 PM)
nkloudon wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:27 pm And according to VIA, Monday is the first day of the week.Airline timetables as well. 1 Mon, 2 Tues, 3 Weds, 4 Thurs, 5 Fri, 6 Sat, 7 Sun
R36 Combine Coach wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 7:42 pmAnd according to VIA, Monday is the first day of the week.Same in continental Europe--circled 1 is Monday.
Which is why 12 am is noon and 12 pm is midnight.I agree with your logic, but it's more common the other way around; the US Govt Printing Office Style Manual, for example, as close to a legal standard as we're going to find, gives 12 am as midnight and 12 pm as noon. That kind of ambiguity is why I say use 12 n and 12 m (or 24 hour time). And I like the point that 24 hour distinguishes 24:00 from 00:00 so you know whether it's the beginning of the day or the end. Good point.
Even though the Washingtonian was listed as 61 (westbound) in Amtrak timetables, it was handled as an eastbound train on CN/CV and B&M, carrying 26 on CN/CV (and shown as such on the Central Station departure boards) and 732 on B&M (Montrealer was 733/27).Wow! Were all those numbers on the tickets? Good thing the train had a name. Did other early Amtrak trains have multiple numbers shown to the public as they ran on different railroads after the first few months?
ExCon90 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:34 pm Wow! Were all those numbers on the tickets? Good thing the train had a name. Did other early Amtrak trains have multiple numbers shown to the public as they ran on different railroads after the first few months?The numbers were only in the Employee Timetables (except on CN).
Arborwayfan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 3:38 pmBecause AM stands for ante meridiem, and PM stands for post meridiem, 12:00:00 (high noon) is 12 M (12:00:01 is 12 PM).Which is why 12 am is noon and 12 pm is midnight.I agree with your logic, but it's more common the other way around; the US Govt Printing Office Style Manual, for example, as close to a legal standard as we're going to find, gives 12 am as midnight and 12 pm as noon. That kind of ambiguity is why I say use 12 n and 12 m (or 24 hour time).