On 11/11/06, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[0] Vernor Vinge in his novels about space has time measured in seconds
times powers of ten -- kiloseconds, megaseconds, etc. This makes special
sense in the context of a space ship without a solar rotation period.

Seconds are the SI unit of time measurement.  Hours and days are not.

-todd


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