Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-17 Thread Carsten Bormann
On 2020-04-18, at 03:08, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > > 24x7x365 thus means every hour of 7 years. YES, I know, I know. Clearly, it means the NOC only operates in the seven years of great abundance that precede the seven years of famine (Genesis 41:29 etc.). I think I have seen such NOCs before :-

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-17 Thread Ben Cannon
Rich. I am truly sorry. 💖 also this was great thank you. -Ben > On Apr 17, 2020, at 6:09 PM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > > (since it's Friday and we're all stressed) > > I can't believe that out of everything I wrote that we're going to discuss > the semantics of this, but then again: yes I can.

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-17 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 6:09 PM Rich Kulawiec wrote: > 24x7 means every hour of the week, as in "24 by 7". > > 24x365 means every hour of the year. (modulo those with 366 days > but please let's not go there because this is bad enough) > (oh wait, too late, someone upthread already

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-17 Thread Rich Kulawiec
(since it's Friday and we're all stressed) I can't believe that out of everything I wrote that we're going to discuss the semantics of this, but then again: yes I can. I should have known. I should have known. I. Should. Have. Known. *bangs head on desk* *reaches for scotch* Alrighty then: 24

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-16 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:07 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > If you're going for accuracy, does 24x365 mean you close one day this year? > Or should you actually be saying 24x365.25, or even more accurately > 24x365.2425 (but still not exact). How can you be that pedantic and not

Re: Language evolution (was 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ)

2020-04-16 Thread Mike Hale
What? On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 2:48 PM Bryan Fields wrote: > > On 4/16/20 4:48 PM, Ben Cannon wrote: > > Side note: What you describe is in-fact part of how languages change and > > evolve. (over time, sufficiently common incorrect use becomes. well. > > correct.) > > Top posting will never be

Re: Language evolution (was 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ)

2020-04-16 Thread Bryan Fields
On 4/16/20 4:48 PM, Ben Cannon wrote: > Side note: What you describe is in-fact part of how languages change and > evolve. (over time, sufficiently common incorrect use becomes. well. > correct.) Top posting will never be correct, even if the entire world does it. :-) -- Bryan Fields 727-409

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-16 Thread Ben Cannon
Honestly, sometimes I include the "Three-Hundred Sixty-Five and a Quarter” on conference calls. Side note: What you describe is in-fact part of how languages change and evolve. (over time, sufficiently common incorrect use becomes. well. correct.) -Ben Cannon CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LL

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-16 Thread Valdis Klētnieks
On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:06:52 -0700, Ben Cannon said: > I call our NOC “24x7x365” I hear that in my head as “twenty-four > (hour) - BY > - Seven (days a week) - BY - 365 (days a year, indicating we don’t close on > any holidays). x365 is fine, to distinguish from 24x7x360 operations tha

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-16 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Sorry I can't resist... If you're going for accuracy, does 24x365 mean you close one day this year? Or should you actually be saying 24x365.25, or even more accurately 24x365.2425 (but still not exact). Oh wait, we missed the leap seconds in there, which there isn't any real way to average out

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-16 Thread Owen DeLong
24x7 is way more common, but does leave ambiguity as to holiday coverage. (there are some 24x7 businesses that close for holidays). 24x7x365 is on the rise as a way to specify that you’re open holidays too. End of the day, I’m not sure it matters which one you use. Likely any Google search for

Re: 24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-16 Thread Mike Hale
No. 24x7x365 is fine. Sheesh. On Wed, Apr 15, 2020, 10:10 PM Ben Cannon wrote: > So I’m taking this thread for a total test-drive and we’re going down this > random ally... > > I call our NOC “24x7x365” I hear that in my head as “twenty-four (hour) - > BY - Seven (days a week) - BY - 365 (day

24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

2020-04-15 Thread Ben Cannon
So I’m taking this thread for a total test-drive and we’re going down this random ally... I call our NOC “24x7x365” I hear that in my head as “twenty-four (hour) - BY - Seven (days a week) - BY - 365 (days a year, indicating we don’t close on any holidays). Is that really not a thing? I swea