Does any of this really matter? Quantifying time is an essentially arbitrary process. Just accept it and move on.
“Time is an abstract concept created by carbon-based lifeforms to monitor their ongoing decay.” -Thundercleese
Lois - 30 October 2012 12:55 AM
I agree, but since most of the US population is wedded to the 12-hour clock, I don’t see that happening soon. Americans havan’t even managed to get onto the Metric system, like most of the rest of the Western Hemisphere.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. The US, Myanmar, and Liberia are the three countries cited as being the only ones to have yet to adopt the metric system. But it’s not entirely accurate. Both Myanmar and Liberia actually use the metric system quite widely. And in the US it is used officially for government and military purposes, but is voluntary in trade, commerce, and everything else. It’s due mostly to cultural inertia (i.e. habit) that the public still resists its use. And in many (possibly most) countries the metric system is official, but is often used along side more traditional measurements. The British are an obvious example.
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Moved other post to here.
[ Edited: 30 October 2012 08:42 AM by Dead Monky ]
If they didn’t have sense enough to try again you wouldn’t want them as members anyway
Might be low frustration tolerance rather than lack of sense.
I’ll go in and try to add the {/quote} (with straight brackets) to fix the quotations on your post, Lois. The quotation procedure is a bit tricky until you get the hang of its quirks.
So what will 11:00 p.m. be? 11:00 day time? And 11:00 a.m. will be night time?
Makes no difference, 11:00 NT would be dark and 11:00 DT would be light. Very simple…...
Of course that does present a problem say @ 5:00 DT and 5:00 NT, either or both might be “dusk”. But then 5:00 DT might stand for “dinner time”.
I never get up at 5:00 NT, so I don’t bother…...
I like it. Keep all other times as they are with a.m. and p.m., but 12:00 DT is noon and 12:00 NT is midnight.
A simple solution to the problem if that’s what it really is, now welcome to DST!!! Fall back into confusion. Well, now at least you have more shopping hours. Good for the economy. And voting.
I like it. Keep all other times as they are with a.m. and p.m., but 12:00 DT is noon and 12:00 NT is midnight.
A simple solution to the problem if that’s what it really is, now welcome to DST!!! Fall back into confusion. Well, now at least you have more shopping hours. Good for the economy. And voting.
Bah, I try to be proactive so I went around resetting all of my clocks yesterday afternoon. That way, I figured, I wouldn’t have to worry about them. Then I turned the TV on at 8:00 to watch a program I like and saw the sign-off screen because it was still really 9:00.
Bah, I try to be proactive so I went around resetting all of my clocks yesterday afternoon. That way, I figured, I wouldn’t have to worry about them. Then I turned the TV on at 8:00 to watch a program I like and saw the sign-off screen because it was still really 9:00.
Sign off screen Occam? You mean you all still have test patterns out there? How retro!
Does any of this really matter? Quantifying time is an essentially arbitrary process. Just accept it and move on.
