I didn't know it either -- possibly because it isn't true. Bear in mind that the gatekeepers of new metric standards (the Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures--CGPM) are extremely conservative. Such a change would be unthinkable.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Daniel >Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 09:57 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: [USMA:33772] Re: sd & m' Re: Ryan Metric Date/Time > > >I didn't know that there is an attempt to redefine the SI base units based >on 1/10^5th of 1 degree for a new metre and the second to be redefined so >that there are 240 000 in one day. > >Who is doing this and why is it being done? I thought the SI were already >defined to be absolute and not based on all or part of the earth geometry. >Why would someone want to change the metre and second when what we have is >perfect? > >Who can I contact to voice my opposition to such a ludicrous idea? > >Dan > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Cc: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, 2005-07-30 12:17 >Subject: [USMA:33771] sd & m' Re: Ryan Metric Date/Time > > >> Ryan Provost: >>>>> RMD have 4 main units: Ryan Metric Years (RMY), Ryan Metric >>>>Seasons (RMD), cycles (cy) and grands (grd). >> Indeed some workable 'thought'. IMAGINE the chaos that THIS shall create >> and the cost of change-over. AND compare with what I suggest: >> Length Unit, New Metre (m') is: 1/10^5th of ONE degree (pi/180). Please >> see: >> http://www.the-light.com/cal/bbv_m-astrounits.doc and >> http://www.the-light.com/cal/bbv_index.html >> THIS when linked to *Decimal Second (sd) = 36% of SI-second* lead you to >> NO changes in the foramt of 24-hr x100md x10sd i.e. 240000 >decimal seconds >> (instead of 86400 SI-seconds) during the flow of a day's passage. The >> gregorian calendar need modification to the EXTENT of shifting just ONE >> day (July 31) and insert in the month February as (February 29) >during all >> years. Read my signature lines. >> The Leap Years can have the extra day at the end of June during >> *div.4/skip 128th-year* on modifying the GREGORIAN 'century leap rule'. >> After midnight today, I have shifted July 31 to February 29 during ALL >> years and KEPT December 31 (outside of year format) as a World Day in my >> VGRCalendar, that has been a topic of discussion with >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >> Should arguments favour adoption of *Leap Weeks* to replace Leap Days, I >> propose: >> http://www.the-light.com/cal/bbv_bonavian.doc or my 834-year cycle/148 >> Leap weeks. >> that I have 'advocated since 1973-.....'. >> It is THIS that I provide as the *Easiest, Simplest and the Cheapest* >> proposal practically to COST nothing or 'peanuts'. It is the WILL to >> implement and/or share that need be evoked; making 'METRIC >REFORM' really >> SI-metric based, since linked to New Metre (m'). >> Regards, >> Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> (Saturday - Kali5106-W15-06)/D-212 (2005 July 30H2176(decimal) IST >> Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda >> Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 >> Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 >> (365th day of Year is World Day) >> ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendar****** >> Telephone: +91-11-25590335 >> >> >>>From: "Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Reply-To: East Carolina University Calendar discussion List >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Subject: Re: Ryan Metric Date/Time >>>Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:17:29 -0400 >>> >>>So a Choi is either 14 minutes 14 seconds or 14 minutes 24 >seconds? Guess >>>I don't plan to convert to these units any time soon. >>> >>>Ryan Provost wrote: >>> >>>>To all Calendar people! >>>> Last year, I created and owned Ryan Metric Date (RMD) and Ryan Metric >>>> Time (RMT). >>>> In RMT, a base unit is a Choi (Ch) that is similar to 1/100 >of a day or >>>> 14 minutes and 14 seconds. I used SI prefixes for a Choi. >>>> MegaChoi = 10,000 days (about 27 years) >>>>kiloChoi = 10 days >>>>hectoChoi = 24 hours >>>>dekaChoi = 2 h 24 min >>>>Choi = 14 min 24 s >>>>deciChoi = 86.4 seconds >>>>centiChoi = 8.64 seconds >>>>milliChoi = 864 milliseconds >>>>microChoi = 0.864 milliseconds >>>> It is aligned to UTC. 00:00 UTC is 00.0 RMT. >>>> The suggested format is this: >>>>DC.dcm nnn RMT >>>> But the time string can be shortened: >>>>DC.dcm RMT >>>>DC.d RMT >>>> Key: >>>>D means dekaChois, C means Chois, d means deciChois, c means >centiChois, >>>>m means milliChois, and n means microChois >>>> RMD have 4 main units: Ryan Metric Years (RMY), Ryan Metric Seasons >>>> (RMD), cycles (cy) and grands (grd). >>>> 100 Chois RMT is 1 grand. >>>>10 grands equal 1 cycle >>>>100 grands equal 1 RMS >>>>1000 grands equal 1 RMY >>>> For units larger than 1000 grd (1 RMY): >>>>10 RMY is 1 RM Dekade (RMDa) (27.37 years) >>>>100 RMY is 1 RM Century (RMC) (273.7 years) >>>>1000 RMY is 1 RM Millennnium (prulal: Millennia) (RMM) (2737 years) >>>> There are also special units: >>>>250 grd is 1 Ryan Shortyear (RSY) >>>>300 grd is 1 Ryan Wink (RW) >>>>360 grd is 1 Ryan Year (RY) >>>>400 grd is 1 Ryan Super Year (RSPY) >>>>500 grd is 1 Ryan Long Year (RLY) >>>> The Epoch for RMD is Jan 1 2000 00:00:00 UTC as >>>>0.00 RMD 00.000 000 RMT >>>>(RSY 0, RW 0, RY 0, RSPY 0, RLY 0) >>>> Today is 20.36 RMD >>>>(RSY 8.144, RW 6.786, RY 5.655, RSPY 5.090, RLY 4.072) >>>> >>>>__________________________________________________ >>>>Do You Yahoo!? >>>>Tired of spam? 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