ncx@cheviot.uucp (Lindsay F. Marshall) (11/26/85)
In passing : In article <947@rlvd.UUCP> mike@rlvd.UUCP (Mike Woods) writes: >For at least the last two and a half thousand years Sunday has been >the first day of the week. How on Earth can ISO decide to run >counter to the whole (well almost) of humanity and announce that >Monday is the "standard" first day of the week. I find this somewhat >pathetic. I'm sorry Mike, but I was always taught that Monday was the first day of the week and, if I was, so must a lot of other people. I cant see that it matters one iota which day is the first considering that there are probably cultures that dont even have 7 day weeks at all (are there?? Where and how do they cope?). From a European/NA point of view the biblical argument seems to be quite reasonable however. Anyway, what I really wanted to say was - How about some people posting (to mod.sources for example) translations of the UN*X error messages into a variety of languages. I am sure that this would be USEFUL (gasps and cries from all around) and its about time we had something like that out of this group given all the noise we made about it. If people dont want to post them to the net, send them to me and I'll accumulate them and I'll package them up and psot them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lindsay F. Marshall, Computing Lab., U of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK ARPA : lindsay%cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa JANET : lindsay@uk.ac.newcastle.cheviot UUCP : <UK>!ukc!cheviot!lindsay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) (11/28/85)
> > Anyway, what I really wanted to say was - How about some people posting > (to mod.sources for example) translations of the UN*X error messages > into a variety of languages. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lindsay F. Marshall, Computing Lab., U of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK Like English? :-) -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..." {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff
spw2562@ritcv.UUCP (Fishhook) (12/03/85)
>> >> Anyway, what I really wanted to say was - How about some people posting >> (to mod.sources for example) translations of the UN*X error messages >> into a variety of languages. >Like English? :-) How are you gonna find someone who speaks both English and Unix? 8-) ============================================================================== Steve Wall @ Rochester Institute of Technology USnail: 6675 Crosby Rd, Lockport, NY 14094, USA Usenet: ..!rochester!ritcv!spw2562 (Fishhook) Unix 4.2 BSD BITNET: SPW2562@RITVAXC (Snoopy) VAX/VMS 4.2 Voice: Yell "Hey Steve!" Disclaimer: What I just said may or may not have anything to do with what I was actually thinking...
lamy@utai.UUCP (Jean-Francois Lamy) (12/11/85)
Translating error messages: Ok. What about a french version of the infamous
"bad magic number".
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