http://www.timeanddate.com/time/internettime.html
See advantages and disadvantages ...
( got careless with other "PS" posting )
On Tue, 6 May 2008 10:42:38 -0700 (PDT), Mensanator
<mensanator@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On May 6, 11:13 am, Steve Giannoni <casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 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]
> 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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