Why does this list continually degrade into discussions of changing time standards?
It's pretty annoying. On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:39:03 +0000, Brij Bhushan Vij wrote > Hi Marcus and carl, sirs: > Between 1970 thro 1990 I argued with who ever came across and > interested in 'metric or centime *idea*' but thought of putting it > on shelf to revert and come up with a NO CHANGE 'to human mind' > status i.e. we do not change the face of Clocks or calendar but only > re-adjust OUR THINKING process. The Nautical Kilometre gets driven > out of itself as 1/100th of ONE degree instead of the Nauical Mile > of 1/60th of the degree. The change is introduction of the Leap > Weeks in Calendar using *Divide by Six(6) Rule*. Read the RHYME > below as 'signature'. What else can be the "Sureset, easiest and > cheapest" mode to achieve results expected by and for Systeme > International d'Unites! Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda. > *****The New Calendar Rhyme***** > Thirty days in July, September: > April, June, November, December; > All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone: > Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine; > Till leap year gives the whole week READY: > Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy! > > And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule! > ***** ***** ***** ***** > > >From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [USMA:25303] Re: Clocks and time units > >Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:55:43 -0800 > > > >Dear Carl, > > > >The issue of changing the time construct is evidently *academic* at this > >stage. However, one MUST address this from a technical point-of-view. > >It's with this spirit in mind that I'd like to comment on your points > >below, ok? > > > >On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:26:38 > > Carl Sorenson wrote: > >... > > >I support SI as it now stands and as it is practiced in metric countries. > > Units of time are already standardized worldwide, and minutes and hours > >are accepted for use with SI. > > > >True, however, it does not hide the fact that the use of our present time > >construct is horrible. This 60-60-24 babel is mediocre to say the least > >and is blatanly against the decimal nature of the SI system. > > > > > Lots of people have tried to introduce new units, and they always are > >ignored because 1) no one else understands them, > > > >This is debatable. For example, what is to 'understand' about the > >percentime construct, among other alternatives? Once one knows there are > >100 percentime hours in a day, and that time reckoning is *finally* purely > >decimal, what is difficult to understand? The rest would obviously only be > >a matter of becoming familiar with reckoning time in this new construct. > > > > > 2) the "improvement" is often marginal or simply non-existent, > > > >Again, highly debatable. If time was *truly* decimalized there would be > >tremendous advantages in its use. No more silly conversions between hours, > >minutes and seconds would be necessary. Runners, for instance, would have > >a much easier life keeping track of his progress during a race. > >Calculations would be extremely easy under a decimal scenario than with > >this 60-60-24 crap. > > > > > and therefore 3) almost no one thinks we need to change the system. > > > >The problem with changing the time construct is a one of convenience. > >However, I expect that once technology evolves to the point that changes of > >this magnitude become a matter of "flipping a button" even this change > >would be largely feasible and easy to implement. > > > > > In the U.S., lots of people think we need to adopt the metric system, > >the rest of the world uses the metric system, and it still is tough to get > >the conversion going... > > > >Granted. That's why I've been leaving this issue aside and considering it > >as "a work in progress" or belonging to R&D. So, it's safe to say that we > >all agree that this is unnecessary at the present time. > > > >Cordially, > > > >Marcus > > > > > >____________________________________________________________ > >Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! > >Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Still unmarried? http://www.msn.co.in/Matrimony/ Find a life partner > now
