From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Sat May 01 2004 - 16:53:52 PDT
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 05:05:05PM -0400, Len Cole wrote:
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> For all the metric system's regularity, precise definition of units
> and ease of conversion between units of the same measurement, isn't it
> odd that time has not successfully been "metricized" !?
http://zapatopi.net/metrictime.html : decimal days
http://www.indwes.edu/Faculty/bcupp/things/metrictm.htm : 25 hour days
http://www.acay.com.au/~price/ : two 10-hour half-days
All conflicting and with varying levels of "compliance" with the
decimalization precepts upon which the metric system is based.
And the sig-monster deserves a cookie for this one, too.
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