Gavin wrote (regarding decimal days and redefining the second):
Your
resistance to my proposal is really no different than the resistance
of the USA
public to the current SI metric system.
Oh, but it is very different. SI is a simpler system than Ye Olde
English units. Your proposal for redefining the second in terms of your
decimal day requires the wholesale disruption of that good system with
no improvement in the problem areas you cite; at least no improvement
that cannot be accomplished more simply and WITHOUT changing the
defrinition and the size of the second.
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
