Nishant Shah wrote:
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca>wrote:
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to keep a journal editor happy.
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Barry Wellman wrote:
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to keep a journal editor happy. <snip>
This is not one I'd heard or recall (and after 29 years in telecoms/ICT and the internet industries I thought I would have) A quick search has kicked up these: Some insist that human years should be multiplied by seven to get dog years. The logic is completely backwards. Some argue by analogy with Internet years, where it is sometimes said that three months on the Internet is equal to a normal year. OK, if you apply the analogy correctly, i.e., a dog's year is speeded up just as an Internet year is speeded up, so use a multiplier to convert to human years or normal-events years, respectively. And, finally, some use the term just to mean bad years. http://www.unh.edu/NIS/Courses/JS3min/Demos/dog-years-whatis.html Internet Years & Dog Years: Remembering Jake <http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/01/internet-years-dog-years-remembering-jake/> http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/01/internet-years-dog-years-remembering-jake/ Best wishes Dominic London -- Please help me support the Pirate Castle at http://www.justgiving.com/dominicpinto