Isn't it Time for Metric Time?

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?"

Comments

Re:Funny topic,

[laymil]

Pfft. We aren't talking about the UK. We're talking about the US. When the good ol' US of A goes and does something, we do it all the way. Its the same with sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Even if the UK does it first, we do it better baby! Especially today or something.

hehe. the preceding comment can be taken any way you like, since it wasn't meant in any specific way.

Re:25 Hours in a day?

[Alan Partridge]

no, no you seem to be mistaken. The British DO drive on the right side of the road, as do the Japanese and various other fabulously rich cultures. It's the French, Americans and other cheekily anti-British cultures that are doing it wrong. Oh well, probably explain why Americans are such crappy drivers, they're steering with their left hands while forcing cheeseburgers into their faces with their right. Tence the propensity for Drive-Thrus in the USA.

Re:25 Hours?

[sinserve]

Who moded this crap up? Click on his user ID, this guy posted only 20 comments
and has a hanful of karma, still he wants to moderate.

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Please...

[sjbe]

Paying to have thousands upon thousands of miles of road remarked with new signs would be prohibitively expensive.

Pul-leeze. "Prohibitively expensive"? The US is the richest country in the world. Going by GNP there isn't even a close second. There is very little question the US could afford to do it. Would it be expensive? Sure. But it could easily be done. The only reason we don't is because we have a bunch of troglodytes running who (correctly) realize that even though converting to SI has advantages, the current system actually does work fine. Don't get me wrong, I'd love for the US to go metric but it isn't going to happen anytime soon. There is no compelling polital need or will to do so.

3rd world countries.

[cbr372]

I live a 3rd world country, namely South Africa. Could you please tell me, without resorting to childish name-calling or hyperbole, what 1st world countries have that 3rd world countries don't?

Re:3rd world countries.

[letxa2000]

Why do you feel it's a better place to live than anywhere else in the world? Have you been anywhere else in the world?

I have. I'm an American and currently live in a third world country. I definitely prefer the United States.

Someone else: Oh yeah, that pretty much rules out the rest of the fucking world.
You: Maybe you should visit the rest of the world before saying this.

I've traveled the world and lived in non-U.S. countries. The man is right. The United States is the best I've seen so far.

More money - true, but also higher debts and more volatile markets.

You asked what 1st world countries have that 3rd world countries don't. He answered "more money." He is right. Whether or not our economy has other features, as you mentioned, has nothing to do with the topic at hand and isn't what you asked.

That said I would disagree that our markets are any more volatile. The whole world is generally linked now and a bad day in Asia usually leads to a similar day in the U.S., and vice versa. No-one really cares about South Africa, though, so a bad day there doesn't really affect anyone else. :)

Bigger guns - well, that may be true, but it's yet to be seen how effective they really are, and what this has to do with the topic at hand

Of course it has to do with the topic at hand. It's something the 1st world has (bigger guns) that the 3rd world doesn't.

As for effectiveness, shall I list the names of the countries that we have smashed? You may argue the morality or justification of smashing those countries but you certainly can't argue the effectiveness of the guns.

You haven't mentioned a single thing so far. Sorry

Hello? He mentioned "money" and "bigger guns." You acknowledged both. And now you say he hasn't mentioned a single thing so far?

Actual rights - what "actual rights" do you have in the U.S that I don't have here?

From what I've seen of 3rd world countries, most citizens of those countries supposedly have the same rights as we do in the U.S. So many 3rd world countries have modeled their constitutions after ours. The main difference, though, is in whether those "rights" can be freely excercised in reality. This varies from country to country and may not apply to yours.

I have no idea of the situation in South Africa. If you have everything you want and need there, stay there. We'll continue living in the U.S. and everyone will be happy, ok?

If 1st world=3rd world to you and when you visit the U.S. and look past our greatness to see our failure, well, you are either a pessimist or a person with a bone to pick. Arguing with either is futile.

Re:3rd world countries.

[Out4Blood]

Ok serious answer...

Membership in the UN Security Council
Membership in the G7

And I could restate all the statistics already mentioned to absolutes, rather than relatives - which seems to be your underlying problem. Either you have it, or you don't. (e.g., life expectancy >= 65, per capita income >= $20,000, etc.)

Now stop trolling.

Paved roads?

[cbr372]

Interesting, when I drove to work this morning I could have sworn I was driving on paved roads. If you can't provide a real argument, why bother posting a reply?

If you

[cbr372]

had have said "not as many paved roads", perhaps you might have had some kind of point... not much of a strong one, but a valid one nonetheless. Implying that there are no paved roads in South Africa is kind of stupid though, since about 60% *are* paved, i.e all urban and suburban areas.

Re qualifications, I also have a degree in Ecology, but that's hardly relevant since I've moved into the computing industry. Talking about relevance, what does this have to do with the current thread anyway? Seems that the age old theory that when people run out of fact-based arguments, they turn to personal insults. This seems to be the case here.

Have a nice day.

Go read a fucking book

[firegate]

Metric measurement is for weenies who are too dumb to divide by anything other than 10..