Man has been stuck to use 24hx60mx60s clock because of its ease with which to know 'position of zodiacs and stars' as they imbed into us through astrologers and forecast experts (in a way to make their fair bread). This ease has been because the number '60' is rationally divisible by 2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20,30 and 24-hour 'zones' in time keeping.
I have often been questioned why *this half hearted* approach, in my attempts to 'decimalise Time i.e. 24hx100mdx100sd or defining decimal second to be 1/240000th of the atomic day'? As mentioned in my several posts; any new interval for time shall have to be linked with a 'compatible' length unit - in the proposed case 1.11194886884 times the present Metre, to link with Nautical astronomy/distances'.
I hope this make sense! Regards,
Brij B. Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:23137] Re: Drudge 24 h format Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 06:55:23 +0800Nat, The 24h format is not so much a problem because of its extensive use in the military in the 20th century. As most youngsters spent some time with the military, they accepted it as a normal measuring system for time. Now the military is using SI units more, so tomorrow's generation will accept it as a normal measuring system for general usage. Mike Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:35 AM Subject: [USMA:23129] Drudge 24 h format | BTW, if anyone's interested in early returns they're on Drudge | (www.drudgereport.com) with the timestamp in 24 h format. Interesting how | that doesn't seem to be a problem. | | Nat | | |
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