I'm all for changing something if the new thing is better than the old
thing, as metric clearly is compared to U.S. Customary measures.
With time, I see no advantage to changing from the current system to
kiloseconds. If humans one day colonize other planets in the solar system
(which all have different lengths of day), then such an Earth-independent
timekeeping notation might be better for all people everywhere to use. --
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda D. Bergeron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:42 AM
Subject: [USMA:36086] Re: How's metric faring at the winter Olympics?
I am afraid I must disagree. Right now we measure long periods of time
within a day as hours. Since there are 24 hours in a day, we have a number
well within rule for figures being kept between 1 and 1 000. The kilosecond
is well within this rule too, since it's value for an entire day is 86.4
ks.
Linda
----Original Message Follows----
From: "James J. Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36081] Re: How's metric faring at the winter Olympics?
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:28:24 -0900
I understand your point perfectly. Measuring time in kiloseconds is
analogous to measuring distances between cities in millimeters.
When the numbers of units become cumbersome to visualize, it's better to
use larger units. -- Jason
----- Original Message ----- From: "m.f.moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:32 PM
Subject: [USMA:36080] Re: How's metric faring at the winter Olympics?
Don't misunderstand me. I understand SI reasonably well. I was one of the
major supporters in my company in the mid-70s when it seemed that the US
was
going to make the conversion. I was on my company's team to define the
issues
and impact on my particular engineering group.
Clock and calendar time are very deeply imbedded in our world-wide
culture. I
see no particular advantage in "forcing" SI into those areas. Can you tell
me
how much time is passed if I say the travel time from LA to SF is about 20
ks?
Marion Moon
------ Original Message ------
Received: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:51:46 PM PST
From: Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36079] Re: How's metric faring at the winter Olympics?
On 2006 Feb 20 , at 10:58 PM, m.f.moon wrote:
I agree, Harry, I don't understand ks stuff either.
Kiloseconds are pure SI. You don't understand SI?
I'm surprised.
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Forida, USA
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