[geeks] Now for something completely geek

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Thu Aug 24 22:03:23 CDT 2006


>From: Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us>
>Date: 2006/08/24 Thu AM 08:13:52 CDT
>To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Now for something completely geek

>" From: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
>" 
>" der Mouse wrote:
>" >> (DST is a dinosaur that needs to die NOW.)
>" > 
>" > Agreed.
>" > 
>" > Actually, I've been sort of tending towards a similar position about
>" > timezones in general.  We've decoupled the clock from local solar time
>" > to a significant extent already; I see no particular reason - besides
>" > inertia, of course - why we shouldn't complete the job.
>" > 
>" > Leap seconds could go away at the same time.
>" 
>" I've been saying for some time that it's time for a uniform global
>" timezone.  So local dawn is at 1347?  You'll get used to it....
>
>why not decimal time while you're at it?  100 sec/min, 100 min/hr,
>10 hr/day.  1 new sec = 0.864 old sec.

Octal.

Lionel



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