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gregf
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Re: history.dat
04/01/19 02:58 PM


>> It's not really GOOD history tho.
>
>> Anything that mentions something with a date relative to the current date, in a dat
>> that people might download and use for several years, isn't really well written.
>
>> It seems to be a rather pointless automatically generated string, that is only going
>> to go out of date. The year of release, as an actual year, is a much more valid thing
>> to

>I agree with this. Having relative amounts of time is just a dumb move. Put the actual
>dates back in.

Yep. Extraneous work having to be updated (either manual or automated) on a yearly basis when really not needed other than the year it was first released or copyrighted. Adding to that issue are re-releases as well that adds more work.


To paraphrase Peter Sellers' line with Haze's quote: "...rather pointless automatically generated string, that is only going to go out of date is like train without wheels very soon you get nowhere."



btw: Peter Sellers dialogue line from his character Inspector Sydney Wang (Murder by Death movie) : "....Man who argue with cow on wall is like train without wheels very soon you get nowhere."

https://youtu.be/7YZ7tTLfcOQ?t=56



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YZ7tTLfcOQ








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Subject Posted by Posted on
* history.dat UFOdave 03/30/19 05:25 PM
. * Re: history.dat B2K24  03/30/19 08:30 PM
. * Re: history.dat Haze  03/30/19 09:51 PM
. * Re: history.dat RobbbertModerator  03/31/19 02:41 AM
. * Re: history.dat gregf  04/01/19 02:58 PM
. * Re: history.dat UFOdave  03/31/19 07:48 PM
. * Re: history.dat R.Coltrane  04/01/19 01:23 PM

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