On April 1 -- either 1961 or 1962 -- a technical memorandum was written at Bell Labs that advocated a decimalized time system. This would be done by altering the earth's orbit and spin rates so that there would be 500 days in a year. (A 1000:1 ratio was considered, but discarded as being impractical). Each newday was to be divided into 20 newhours, so that there would be 10 kilo newhours in one newyear. This was to be accomplished by mounting great numbers of missiles along the equator, and firing them in a precise pattern. The memorandum concluded with a cost estimate stated in kGNP (kilo gross national products). Nothing further came of the proposal.
If they haven't experienced that pleasure yet, they soon will. Wait until they crack down on the proctologists, though. Is there anything like a Richter Scale for screams?
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Yeah, now I know why I could never find the footnote.
-- rog
On April 1 -- either 1961 or 1962 -- a technical memorandum was written at Bell Labs that advocated a decimalized time system. This would be done by altering the earth's orbit and spin rates so that there would be 500 days in a year. (A 1000:1 ratio was considered, but discarded as being impractical). Each newday was to be divided into 20 newhours, so that there would be 10 kilo newhours in one newyear. This was to be accomplished by mounting great numbers of missiles along the equator, and firing them in a precise pattern. The memorandum concluded with a cost estimate stated in kGNP (kilo gross national products). Nothing further came of the proposal.
Conversely, just because they can't doesn't mean that they won't. Or am I the only person in the whole universe who still gets spam? -- rof
If they haven't experienced that pleasure yet, they soon will. Wait until they crack down on the proctologists, though. Is there anything like a Richter Scale for screams?
Keep it. Use it as a drinking buddy or a reminder of lost innocence. Or both.
Try telling that to the thousands of people in eastern North Carolina who lost their homes to the floods that followed Floyd several years ago. -- cmg