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Isn't it Time for Metric Time?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-esperanto dept.

xenocytekron writes: "Sure, our time system is ok, but does it make sense? Is it easy? Think about it: 60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour, 25 hours to a day, all the way to 365 days to a year. Currently, all the world uses the Metric System except for the US. But what about Time? The solution is Metric Time, that is, a time system which uses Base-10 and Metric Standards. So what do you think: Is it Time, for Metric Time?"

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  1. 25 Hours in a day? by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    When did this happen? I have only been getting 24 and I sure could use an extra hour to sleep in.

  2. 25 Hours? by Jester998 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour, 25 hours to a day"

    Cool... Where do you live? I can use an extra hour of coding time every day... ;)

    1. Re:25 Hours? by thales · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Also, think of all the s/w that would have to be rewritten.... flight control systems, databases, operating systems, the list is endless! Yikes!"
      Yikes?... Try Who Hoo!!!
      Think of all the $$$$ that PHBs were shovelling at Geeks for software and consulting 3 or 4 years ago when they were scared to death of Y2k!! We could do it all over again. This is a GOLDMINE !

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  3. Relevant Simpsons quote... by I+Want+GNU! · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car
    gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!" --Abe Simpson (Homer's dad)

    1. Re:Relevant Simpsons quote... by PowerBook2k · · Score: 5, Funny

      I bet I've got a better one!

      "Not only are the trains now running on time, they're running on metric time! Remember this moment, people: 80 past 2 on April 47th!" --Principal Skinner
      (Episode "They Saved Lisa's Brain")
      [the one where Lisa joins Mensa]

    2. Re:Relevant Simpsons quote... by Plutor · · Score: 3, Funny

      According to Go Metric, that's equal to 0.001984131 miles per gallon. I wonder what kind of car Abraham Simpson drives.

  4. Maybe... by adam613 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...if we could convince the article's web server that there were 25 hours a day, it would have an extra hour of CPU time and it wouldn't get slashdotted until AFTER some responses were posted.

  5. Re:Gone already?!? by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 5, Funny

    The link appears to be slashdotted.. 2 minutes after the story was posted.

    Don't you mean 0.12 kiloseconds?

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  6. Damn Nerds! by ImaLamer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do nerds have to screw up everything for everyone else?

    I just don't get it. VCR programming now this.

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  7. Re:40 rods to the hogshead by Requiem · · Score: 4, Funny

    But still more than a Ford Explorer.

  8. 365 days to a year by gafferted · · Score: 5, Funny
    The poster complains: 365 days to a year

    I think that perhaps, he underestimates the difficulty involved in slowing the planet down to 100 revolutions per orbit.

    Andrew

    1. Re:365 days to a year by cybercuzco · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think that perhaps, he underestimates the difficulty involved in slowing the planet down to 100 revolutions per orbit. Well we'll just speed it up to 1000 revolutions per orbit then smartguy :-p

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