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I have run into one or two websites who say they are open '25 hours', is this simply supposed to denote that they never close (similarly to putting in 110% into something)?--Dcsmith 12:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'd simply assume that to be a marketing gag, based on its logical impossibility. MadMaxDog 08:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Year-round service phraseology
"24/7/365"
Is this phrase not illogical? 24/7 denotes 24 hours x 7 days a week. So following that formula it should be 24/7/52, correct? 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year? Otherwise, according to the phrase it is "24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year" which breaks the trend in sorting service hours. Luet 06:57, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- Even if the phrase is illogical, it does not make it confusing, I think, and there's no reason why people won't use it. Not our business to change language to fit semantic logic... Ingolfson 01:25, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Illogical? 7 * 52 equals only 364 days! It would make far more sense to write "8760 hours a year". Then again, neither of those handles leap years -- but writing "8766 hours a year" might be too confusing! How about "24 hours a day, 14 days a fortnight, 26.0887285 fortnights a year"? Ewlyahoocom 04:15, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
- You are missing my point - doing the math above is pedantic (I am not insulting you, I'm quite pedantic myself, often enough), because the "24/7/365" combo is quite easily understandable, and does not need to make additional sense beyond that. Lots of phrases are not quite correct, and exist anyway. Ingolfson 05:51, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, I've just thought of something. 24/7 implies that it available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. So doesn't that in itself imply that it is constantly in service, every single day of the year? Unless you go by years, saying one year it's 24/7, the next year it may not be. Which is why it's 24/7 instead of just 24, I guess. Any thoughts?Luet 00:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
