The only reason(s) it might not be accepted is the endless engineering
and other references keyed to the existing units ( eg - kilowatt hour,
ampere, watt, etc. ) ....
On Mon, 5 May 2008 21:44:38 -0700 (PDT), Mensanator
<mensanator@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On May 5, 6:06?pm, Steve Giannoni <casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Yes, the Sun sets at a different Internet time in different places. So
>> what ?! ...
>
>So people don't want to live on Internet time, they want
>local time. This idea has less that 0% chance of being accepted.
>
>>
>> You might want the program as a matter of interest.
>
>I'll pass.
>
>>
>> On Mon, 5 May 2008 14:44:31 -0700 (PDT), Mensanator
>>
>>
>>
>> <mensana...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >On May 5, 4:22?pm, Steve Giannoni <casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> The Swatch Co.of Biel (Sp?) Switzerland has proposed a new time
system
>> >> where the day is divided into a thousand equal periods or "Beats".
>>
>> >That'll fly.
>>
>> >> The
>> >> Internet time as defined by Swatch is the same everywhere, which in
of
>> >> itself is a GREAT leap forward.
>>
>> >When you can make the sun set at the same time everywhere, then
>> >you'll have something. What's the difference between saying
>> >"there's a six hour local time difference between Chicago & London"
>> >and saying "the sun sets at xxxx in London but at yyyy in Chicago"?
>>
>> >> E-mail for a copy of my program for
>> >> computing Internet time from your computer's time.
>>
>> >Why the **** would I want that?
>>
>> >> casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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