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zenecho

2017-08-30, 15:19

Just found this on Ebay :eek:

£2,000!!!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jolla-tablet-64-GB-Extremely-Rare-NEW-/282605110310?hash=item41cc93c426:g:QIAAAOSwQHFZi5Q 1

Feathers McGraw

2017-08-30, 15:28

Just found this on Ebay :eek:

£2,000!!!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jolla-tablet-64-GB-Extremely-Rare-NEW-/282605110310?hash=item41cc93c426:g:QIAAAOSwQHFZi5Q 1

Maybe it's a typo and they meant £200?

tortoisedoc

2017-08-30, 16:59

Well, its NEW! :D

nieldk

2017-08-30, 17:30

Here in DK “,” separates the not the thousands, so that would be 2£ ��

pacman

2017-08-30, 18:31

Well, the Youyota tablet campaign is dead in the water now! :D:p

pichlo

2017-08-30, 18:58

Here in DK “,” separates the not the thousands

That is common in quite a few languages. A comma to separate the whole and fractional part and optionally a dot to group the digits in thousands. In fact, as far as I know, only English has it the other way around.

At least they did not use the word "billion". That is just plain awfull :D

mscion

2017-08-30, 20:25

gerbick

2017-08-30, 21:32

Excellent price! I have a 32GB version. Like new. What do you think I could get for it?

1,990. Easily.

I'll take my 10% cut for the advisement. Thanks in advance.

pichlo

2017-08-31, 06:38

Excellent price! I have a 32GB version. Like new. What do you think I could get for it?1,990. Easily.

Really? I wouuld expect half the RAM, half the price.

jellyroll

2017-08-31, 08:39

£2000,- is a bad price for that device.

zenecho

2017-08-31, 09:01

2,000 or 2.000 - what ever decimal mark you use, its still TWO THOUSAND

£95x24 months = £2280

FYI A Billion:

Short Scale used by Americans 1,000,000,000
Long Scale used By British 1,000,000,000,000 (Old school)

Its no wonder I have problem with numbers :)

pichlo

2017-08-31, 09:26

FYI A Billion:

Short Scale used by Americans 1,000,000,000
Long Scale used By British 1,000,000,000,000 (Old school correct)

There, I fixed it for you :p

"bi-", from Latin "twice", is a common word-forming element meaning "two, twice, double, doubly, once every two," etc.

Hence "billion" = "doubly million". It can be argued that it could mean "two million" but it has been accepted to mean "million squared". Likewise, "trillion" means "million cubed", "quadrillion" = "million to the fourth", and so on.

The Americans were too keen on big numbers and too impatient to earn a proper billion dollars so they invented a new meaning, to give them the illusion of being billionaires a bit earlier :D

BTW, the correct word for "a thousand million" is milliard (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/milliard). I suspect not many Brits know that word either.

Its no wonder I have problem with numbers :)

And spelling, it seems :p Or are you on a mission to eliminate all apostrophes? :D

mscion

2017-08-31, 16:11

This reminds me of the story

Once a man asked God:
"Is it true that to you a million years is like a second?

God replies:
"Yes that is true."

Then the man asks"
Is it true that a million dollars is like a penny to you?

God replies:
"Yes, that is true."

Then the man says:

"Great! Since a million dollars is like a penny to you, could I have a million dollars?"

God says:

Sure! In a second..."

pichlo

2017-08-31, 16:41

Is it true that a million dollars is like a penny to you?

Another interesting observation about the Americans. They use the word "penny", even though the fractions of dollars are called "cents". This is not the first time I noticed that.

gerbick

2017-08-31, 19:17

Another interesting observation about the Americans. They use the word "penny", even though the fractions of dollars are called "cents". This is not the first time I noticed that.

What else can be said? The British colonization of North America really ****ed us up. We still use imperial measurements, use penny when we really mean cents and shortened what a billion really means.

Anything else?

Thoke

2017-08-31, 19:31

What else can be said? The British colonization of North America really ****ed us up. We still use imperial measurements, use penny when we really mean cents and shortened what a billion really means.

Anything else?

Well I guess, if Brits didn't colonize you... You'd all be Spanish? :D
At least you'd use SI units....

mosen

2017-08-31, 21:33

Can not imagine what kind of hilarious german dialect americans would be speaking if the "1795 - one more vote and america would have adopted german as official language (https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/april-fools-german-as-americas-official-language/)" Conspiracy theory was true :D

Regarding "****** units" (sorry, its a lovely meme), i can only say that the oh so superior rest of the world is not any better until everyone adopts YYYY/MM/DD/HH:MM time format so everything sorts just fine everywhere and anytime

And as i am OT already and only, have you seen this killer translator called DeepL (https://www.deepl.com/translator) by some germans (not google!!!).
Try retranslating a translated text. Grammar is near perfect imho. Only idioms are still hard.
This will be a milestone to breach the language gap <3

OnTopic, i realized i would not sell my precious even for 5000bucks.

pichlo

2017-08-31, 22:39

Anything else?

Guns? :p

Well, I could say something about your election preferences, but a) it would be against the TMO rules and b) given our recent history, we Brits have really nothing on you in that respect :D

gerbick

2017-09-01, 00:01

Well I guess, if Brits didn't colonize you... You'd all be Spanish? :D
At least you'd use SI units....

Dutch. Portuguese. French. Take your pick. I'm just glad we didn't use the French way of counting to 100.

Feathers McGraw

2017-09-01, 06:43

Well, I could say something about your election preferences, but a) it would be against the TMO rules and b) given our recent history, we Brits have really nothing on you in that respect :D

Not sure it compares really, the British equivalent would be electing Farage as PM. At the risk of tempting fate, I can't see that happening ever.

gerbick

2017-09-01, 14:53

Not sure it compares really, the British equivalent would be electing Farage as PM. At the risk of tempting fate, I can't see that happening ever.

Boris Johnson is already close enough and pretty much removes any doubt that we are on the downward spiral of politicians having any merit or brain power.

Read: The inmates are running the asylum.

Feathers McGraw

2017-09-01, 15:35

Boris Johnson is already close enough and pretty much removes any doubt that we are on the downward spiral of politicians having any merit or brain power.

I think he's actually quite clever and his public persona is an act. Probably fairer to say the stupidity lies with the people who swallow the act!

gerbick

2017-09-01, 15:42

I think he's actually quite clever and his public persona is an act. Probably fairer to say the stupidity lies with the people who swallow the act!

I might have to agree here.

jukk

2017-09-01, 16:29

Dutch. Portuguese. French. Take your pick. I'm just glad we didn't use the French way of counting to 100.

Or Danish :D

Famous Norwegian comedian weighs in on the Danish number system (there are English captions):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGIhrs3HkI

anidel

2017-09-11, 22:29

in the meanwhile, no one is buying the device.

chenliangchen

2017-09-11, 23:19

This is EXACTLY the reason I want to help getting more production of this tablet...

sally_sally

2017-09-12, 13:58

I think he's actually quite clever and his public persona is an act. Probably fairer to say the stupidity lies with the people who swallow the act!

I definitely concur with you. I always suspected his public ways were a show and you just confirmed to me that i may not be the only one!

Feathers McGraw

2017-09-12, 17:19

I always suspected his public ways were a show

Apparently before he goes on stage he ruffles his hair up so it looks a bit crazy and puts on the stoop...

sally_sally

2017-09-25, 09:46

Apparently before he goes on stage he ruffles his hair up so it looks a bit crazy and puts on the stoop...

Really? :confused: are these just facts or are you just playin me? :eek:

Feathers McGraw

2017-09-25, 16:44

Really? :confused: are these just facts or are you just playin me? :eek:

I read it in an article by a journalist who had been following him around, but I can't recall where or find it now - so annoying.

sally_sally

2017-09-26, 09:43

I read it in an article by a journalist who had been following him around, but I can't recall where or find it now - so annoying.

What a shame. It would have been a good read!