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   Re: Granularity

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  • From: Mark Wutka <mark@wutka.com>
  • To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
  • Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:39:38 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, David Megginson wrote:

> "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" wrote:
>  
> > Here's a fun question:  a person
> > is born on September 6, 1950 and died on
> > September 6, 1990.  What is their current age?
> 
> 480 months.
> 

Oddballs  like me might suggest that the term "current age" is ambiguous
because the person is no longer alive. What's left of their body is almost
50 years old (598 months).
   Mark


  • References:
    • Granularity
      • From: David Megginson <david@megginson.com>



 

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