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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. Please... by sjbe · · Score: 1, Troll

    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.

  2. Paved roads? by cbr372 · · Score: 1, Troll

    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?

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    Cedric Balthazar Rotherwood
    Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform +
    System Admin. for Solaris
  3. If you by cbr372 · · Score: 1, Troll

    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.

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    Cedric Balthazar Rotherwood
    Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform +
    System Admin. for Solaris