kelsey hudson wrote: > John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > >Such as, my kids bedtime would be two hours after sunset, which could > >be spoken as two after set, or simply two set. > > > >Speak of o'clock, and it is absolute. Speak of rise/noon/set/mid and it > >is relative to a fixed local time. I believe it would work out rather > >well. > > Except, sunrise, sunset, and mid-day are all relative; that is, sunrise > this morning may be a few seconds later than yesterday's sunrise. The > same holds true for sunset. Throughout the year, the length of the day > changes, so mid-day is also arbitrary.
Ah, but you can point to that fixed time. There is one fixed time, each day, that the sun rises. True, the absolute time that that occures for each observer at a different meridian changes, but the closer everyone is the less that amount it. Certainly within workable ranges. I would imagine that for important things, meeting times, be at work, catch your plane, show up at court, those would all be o'clock measurements. For less formal, such as the party will start at 3set, the less formal system to be used. I also expect that the rise/noon/set/mid format to be used in a similar method that England uses english measurements. As a brit about their weight, and see if they answer you in stones. Great fun. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
