On May 6, 11:13=A0am, Steve Giannoni <casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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. ) ....
Infinite cost for no benefit. Do we need any other reason?
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> On Mon, 5 May 2008 21:44:38 -0700 (PDT), Mensanator
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> <mensana...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On May 5, 6:06?pm, Steve Giannoni <casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Yes, the Sun sets at a different Internet time in different places.
So
> >> what ?! ...
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> >So people don't want to live on Internet time, they want
> >local time. This idea has less that 0% chance of being accepted.
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> >> You might want the program as a matter of interest.
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> >I'll pass.
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> >> On Mon, 5 May 2008 14:44:31 -0700 (PDT), Mensanator
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> >> <mensana...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >On May 5, 4:22?pm, Steve Giannoni <casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> >> >> The Swatch Co.of Biel (Sp?) Switzerland has proposed a new time
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> >> >> where the day is divided into a thousand equal periods or "Beats".
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> >> >That'll fly.
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> >> >> The
> >> >> Internet time as defined by Swatch is the same everywhere, which
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> >> >> itself is a GREAT leap forward.
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> >> >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"?
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> >> >> E-mail for a copy of my program for
> >> >> computing Internet time from your computer's time.
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> >> >Why the **** would I want that?
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> >> >> casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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