After all he was right
Topic: Bitcoin under 1000$ tomorrow ! (Read 3519 times)
I think you are all jealous of the predicting skill of the op
After all he was right
After all he was right
Does anyone else notice the topic of this thread is supposed to be about Bitcoin going under $1000?
Then the next post was about whether $ comes before or after the number and the entire thread is now about that.
Then the next post was about whether $ comes before or after the number and the entire thread is now about that.
Maybe because bitcoin went under $1000 (1000$?) like he said and has done so practically every day since.
Does anyone else notice the topic of this thread is supposed to be about Bitcoin going under $1000?
Then the next post was about whether $ comes before or after the number and the entire thread is now about that.
Then the next post was about whether $ comes before or after the number and the entire thread is now about that.
I'm pretty sure it's because people who do that are not very educated
You mean Brits and Americans? Yeah, people who can't accept logic or the metric system don't come off as very educated. Face it, you handful of English-speaking countries simply have nonsensical conventions that now only seem "natural" to you because you've lived with them all your lives. To the rest of the world, writing is clear and intuitive, in that:"one kilometer" = "1 km"
"five milligrams" = "5 mg"
"ten megabytes" = "10 MB"
"fifteen euros" = "15 €"
But no, screw logic 'cos we're 'murricanz and 'murricanz know best, so you went with:
"twenty dollars" = "$20" (?!?!?)
Not to mention the rest of your screwed up ways of measuring and formatting things...
In general, it's better if you simply don't bring these things up at all. Just stay appropriately silent and ashamed.
I prefer year-month-day. It sorts better.
Whether you think that it's a good idea or not is irrelevant. You still have to follow the rules of the symbol, just as you would follow the rules of a language...
Where to put your dollar sign is a sign of cultural difference. You don't need to follow US 'rules'. People in the US write their $ infront of the number, fine. Many people elsewhere in the world write their $ after the number. Big deal. Now move on.
Whether you think that it's a good idea or not is irrelevant. You still have to follow the rules of the symbol, just as you would follow the rules of a language...
I'm pretty sure it's because people who do that are not very educated
You mean Brits and Americans? Yeah, people who can't accept logic or the metric system don't come off as very educated. Face it, you handful of English-speaking countries simply have nonsensical conventions that now only seem "natural" to you because you've lived with them all your lives. To the rest of the world, writing is clear and intuitive, in that:"one kilometer" = "1 km"
"five milligrams" = "5 mg"
"ten megabytes" = "10 MB"
"fifteen euros" = "15 €"
But no, screw logic 'cos we're 'murricanz and 'murricanz know best, so you went with:
"twenty dollars" = "$20" (?!?!?)
Not to mention the rest of your screwed up ways of measuring and formatting things...
http://www.kaero.wz.cz/jokes/imperial-vs-si.png
In general, it's better if you simply don't bring these things up at all. Just stay appropriately silent and ashamed.
This is some epic shit, i tell you that
You, sir, win one internets!
I've always been curious, why do some people put the dollar sign after the number? That seems so unusual to me..
Many currencies have their currency symbol after the amount.Just an example: for euros it is 1,000€.
For countries like China where they write right-to-left, I can see why it would be the other way around, however.
100€
100 EUR
No one, I repeat, absolutely no one, will put the currency sign at the left of the amount. And I live in Western Europe. France, Germany, Spain... all of them do it this way (I'm yet to find anyone from these countries or from my own to do it the other way).
Where are you from?
EDIT:
Have some proof: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro#Pi.C3.A8ces
How are the amounts formatted?
try the dutch page:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro
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The rules go with the language, not the symbol.
I attended a french school in an english part of Canada. I wrote "1 000 000,00$" in school, and "$1,000,000.00" outside of school.
It was very confusing -- for about ten seconds.
I attended a french school in an english part of Canada. I wrote "1 000 000,00$" in school, and "$1,000,000.00" outside of school.
It was very confusing -- for about ten seconds.
the "$" was not created in Europe. It started in Britain, America, Canada, etc...
The original usage has been to put it to the left, because that is how the symbol is properly used. Those were the rules the symbol had upon creation, so that is its correct usage.
Basically Europe must have taken it, and then decided they can use their own rules on it..
all I can say is stick to your euro symbol, because to use the $ symbol means following rules if you want to sound half intelligent
Like it has been mentioned already, our first impression of someone who uses it after the number is that they are immature
The original usage has been to put it to the left, because that is how the symbol is properly used. Those were the rules the symbol had upon creation, so that is its correct usage.
Basically Europe must have taken it, and then decided they can use their own rules on it..
all I can say is stick to your euro symbol, because to use the $ symbol means following rules if you want to sound half intelligent
Like it has been mentioned already, our first impression of someone who uses it after the number is that they are immature
I've always been curious, why do some people put the dollar sign after the number? That seems so unusual to me..
I'm pretty sure it's because people who do that are not very educated, at least in terms of writing. They probably have little writing experience and because it is stated as "5 Dollars" and not "Dollars 5" they think the way to write it is "5$" and not "$5".
The reason why the above makes sense is because when I was younger I used to write it as 5$ as well because of the way it was said out loud "5 dollars". At one point I realized though what mistaked I had been making and then started writing it as $5 thereafter.
So if the person is over 18 years old and still writes it as 5$.... There's no excuse for that.
Did you read the posts above
I'm pretty sure it's because people who do that are not very educated
You mean Brits and Americans? Yeah, people who can't accept logic or the metric system don't come off as very educated. Face it, you handful of English-speaking countries simply have nonsensical conventions that now only seem "natural" to you because you've lived with them all your lives. To the rest of the world, writing is clear and intuitive, in that:"one kilometer" = "1 km"
"five milligrams" = "5 mg"
"ten megabytes" = "10 MB"
"fifteen euros" = "15 €"
But no, screw logic 'cos we're 'murricanz and 'murricanz know best, so you went with:
"twenty dollars" = "$20" (?!?!?)
Not to mention the rest of your screwed up ways of measuring and formatting things...
In general, it's better if you simply don't bring these things up at all. Just stay appropriately silent and ashamed.
I've always been curious, why do some people put the dollar sign after the number? That seems so unusual to me..
I'm pretty sure it's because people who do that are not very educated, at least in terms of writing. They probably have little writing experience and because it is stated as "5 Dollars" and not "Dollars 5" they think the way to write it is "5$" and not "$5".
The reason why the above makes sense is because when I was younger I used to write it as 5$ as well because of the way it was said out loud "5 dollars". At one point I realized though what mistaked I had been making and then started writing it as $5 thereafter.
So if the person is over 18 years old and still writes it as 5$.... There's no excuse for that.
I've always been curious, why do some people put the dollar sign after the number? That seems so unusual to me..
Many currencies have their currency symbol after the amount.Just an example: for euros it is 1,000€.
For countries like China where they write right-to-left, I can see why it would be the other way around, however.
100€
100 EUR
No one, I repeat, absolutely no one, will put the currency sign at the left of the amount. And I live in Western Europe. France, Germany, Spain... all of them do it this way (I'm yet to find anyone from these countries or from my own to do it the other way).
Where are you from?
EDIT:
Have some proof: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro#Pi.C3.A8ces
How are the amounts formatted?
try the dutch page:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro
I've always been curious, why do some people put the dollar sign after the number? That seems so unusual to me..
Many currencies have their currency symbol after the amount.Just an example: for euros it is 1,000€.
nothing to do with currency, in the Netherlands we use euros as well and we usually have the € before the number.
In the Americas you say $1000. But if you use the currency code then it goes after the amount, like this: 1000 USD, 1000 BRL, 1000 EUR, ...
I'm from Finland and we always write it like 1000€, first time I have seen €1000 is this forum.
I've always been curious, why do some people put the dollar sign after the number? That seems so unusual to me..
If you were to write it how you speak, you would say one thousand dollars, not dollars one thousand.
But like everyone else said, its a regional thing.
Same with cents. In Western, you would use a period for cents ($1000.00) whereas in European countries you would use comma for cents (1000,00$).
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