However, I'm debating whether I should scrap that and simply give them a digitalI shall go NO MORE than advocating that any *New SI Unit for time* we must consider its application NOT ONLY for day-to-day use, and make it simple, BUT also its application in astronomy for *Metrication/Decimalisation of Time of the Day (and now as I say HOUR) in relation to Arc-angle*. As I mentioned, Time count in Indus Civilisation had 10-hr x100m x100s (i.e. 100000 units - whatever they called) and their arc-angle was linked to Nautical distances as: ONE unit = 2 nautical kilometre; that is their INDUS METRE was TWICE the metre length used by us.
visor for the normal clock reading (or vice-versa). This will all be settled by
the cost aspect. If the watch manufacturer tells me it's awfully more expensive
to build my option, then I'll evidently have to review it.
Again, this does not provide the *easiest, surest and cheapest* proposal in today's context, the proposal I made 24-hr x100 decimal minutes x 100 decimal second (24,00,00 decimal seconds to day & night) needs NO CHANGES on the face of clock, NO CHANGE to 90-degree quadrant for astronomy/astrology predictions; NO CHANGES to 7-day weekly 'sabbath', using Leap Weeks over 834-year cycle.
Decimal Second (sd) shall be 0.36% of SI atomic second; and Metre New (m') shall be: 1/10^5th of ONE-degree, travesring THIS distance in 1/97059575.22th of decimal second.
Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20040106/10:80 (decimal) AM(IST)
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:28172] Re: New Calendar!!!... Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:16:58 -0800
? By the same token the same question applies to ifp. What's wrong with ifp? The answer is the exact same one vis-a-vis a new time framework! It requires conversions between units within the measurement framework.
But, for what it's worth, you said 'it seems awful lot complicated'. Therefore, I must answer to that to show you that it actually isn't! Again, please don't get fooled by appearances!!
My first observation is that you're right in one regard. This watch construction IS indeed more 'complicated' than my first choice (one single revolution per day, which would require only *2* needles - sometimes, depending on size, perhaps even ONE would do!!!...)! However, please understand that if I am to secure some cooperation of those who will work by it I'll have to provide them with a product they could feel comfortable with. That's why I chose the 3 needle approach and some *apparent* meli-melo visor.
However, I'm debating whether I should scrap that and simply give them a digital visor for the normal clock reading (or vice-versa). This will all be settled by the cost aspect. If the watch manufacturer tells me it's awfully more expensive to build my option, then I'll evidently have to review it.
As for the "advantages" of decimal time please allow me to just post ONE simple example:
Time you get in: 08:45 (a.m.)
Time you worked non-stop: 05:25
What time is it right now?
Answer: 45 + 25 = 70 (1st calculation)
70 - 60 = 1 hour with rest 10 minutes (2nd calculation)
08 + 05 = 13 (3rd calculation)
13 + 1 = 14 (4th calculation)
14 - 12 = 2 (5th calculation for those who can't "understand" (SIC) 24-hour clocks...)
Final answer: 02:10 p.m.
Now compare with a percentime watch,
Time you get in: 36.4 P (or 36.46 P) Time you worked non-stop: 22.6 P (or 22.57 P) what time is it right now? Answer: 36.4 + 22.6 = 59.0 P (ONE calculation) End of story!... ;-)
But if you were referring to the reading of the watch business, as I said before, it's hard to do that with words, sorry. Therefore, you'd have to bear with me and wait till I actually get the design draft, ok?
Thanks for your input though, Predrag.
Marcus
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