Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Dana Whitlow
gt; > From: time-nuts On Behalf Of Artek > Manuals > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 12:55 PM > > To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com >> skipp via time-nuts < > time-nuts@lists.febo.com> > > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time > > > > David > > >

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Artek Manuals
From: time-nuts On Behalf Of Artek Manuals Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 12:55 PM To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com >> skipp via time-nuts Subject: Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time David 1) Before I make a donation what is your plan to control the millennial's ? 2) Could we outlaw solid s

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time

2018-09-28 Thread David Van Horn
to participate.  -Original Message- From: time-nuts On Behalf Of Artek Manuals Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 12:55 PM To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com >> skipp via time-nuts Subject: Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time David 1) Before I make a donation what is your plan to c

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time

2018-09-28 Thread Artek Manuals
David 1) Before I make a donation what is your plan to control the millennial's ? 2) Could we outlaw solid state electronics (or at least custom IC's) and go back to vacuum tubes while we are at Dave On 9/28/2018 1:53 PM, Martin VE3OAT wrote: I love GMT.  All of this UTC stuff is ...

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time

2018-09-28 Thread Martin VE3OAT
I love GMT. All of this UTC stuff is ... revisionist! My cheque is in the mail. ... MartinVE3OAT David Van Horn wrote : > > When I am global dictator, we will all run on GMT and all time > zones, summer time, DST and similar nonsense will be abolished. > > I am accepting campaign donations!

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread David Van Horn
@lists.febo.com Cc: Hal Murray Subject: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :) https://xkcd.com/2050/ A new meaning for rubber seconds. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread jimlux
On 9/28/18 6:16 AM, Eric Scace wrote: Which, if I recall correctly, was the system used in Japan immediately before the adoption of Western time methods. Each day’s interval between sunrise-sunset was divided into a six units… so, in comparison with an absolute scale, the absolute duration of

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Peter Vince
Also the ancient Egyptians through to the Romans; See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#History_and_use On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 at 14:17, Eric Scace wrote: > > Which, if I recall correctly, was the system used in Japan immediately before the adoption of Western time methods. Each

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Eric Scace
Which, if I recall correctly, was the system used in Japan immediately before the adoption of Western time methods. Each day’s interval between sunrise-sunset was divided into a six units… so, in comparison with an absolute scale, the absolute duration of each unit of time varied from day to

[time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Hal Murray
https://xkcd.com/2050/ A new meaning for rubber seconds. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and