Re: Internet Time ( Beats )

On May 8, 4:24=A0pm, Ken Pledger <ken.pled...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <f0uu14hnrtg15g5qj5jueugv4kl2p2i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> =A0Steve Giannoni <casagiann...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > .... The
> > Internet time as defined by Swatch is the same everywhere, which in of
> > itself is a GREAT leap forward....
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 Nobody has yet mentioned the biggest problem with any
universa=
l
> time system: the calendar. =A0

I mentioned it. What do you think "local" time means?

> When does a new day begin? =A0

12 hours after the Sun p***** it's Zenith (which varies
locally).

> Imagine the
> inconvenience of changing the date at (say) 2 p.m. every day.

Which is why midnight is convenient as most people are in bed
and don't notice it.

>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Ken Pledger.