That argument is circular (no pun intended)... one system makes sense because it depends on another system, and that system makes sense because it depends on the first system, etc. The clocks could have easily been made to tell time in units of 1000 (ie 1/1000th of a day), and have, say, 10 hours instead of 12. It's like metric vs SI-what's simpler, 1000, 100, 10, 1, etc., or 60, 60, 24, 7, 12 (or more like 24, 365.24).
There are only 360 degrees in a circumference because we felt like saying there were, but there's no reason not to use the obvious unit of "turns", "milliturns", "microturns". On Mar 13, 6:27 pm, Charles MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11-03-13 01:37 PM, will wrote: > > > It's still pretty ridiculous. > > > I'm of the opinion that we should do a complete overhaul of our units > > and measurement system, including time. Seconds, minutes, and hours > > are now totally arbitrary and have zero practical meaning. > > I am sure that the way time is measured had a direct relation to how > ship navigation was accomplished, as the first really accurate clocks > were made for this purpose. > > There are 360 degrees in a circumference. And I hate to think what a > clock would look like if it had started in Radians. > > -- > Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario > [email protected] Just Beyond the > Fringehttp://www.TelecomOttawa.net/~cmacd/ > No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
