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NerdHick
 Post subject: Metric Time
PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:11 am 
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Who's using metric time? I read an article here in the states (farming paper) that said its going to be taking over the 24 hour clock as we know it.

I have seems some watches that seem to have 1-100 metric seconds? example Skyland...

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 Post subject: Re: Metric Time
PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:18 am 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time

It's never going to happen.

Look how hard it is to get people to use litres, kilometres, celsius, etc.

Now try changing the way that time controls everything about our lives - never in a million years (or metric equivalent).
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 Post subject: Re: Metric Time
PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:23 am 
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I agree, it'll never happen...

Is the Skyland 1-100 a step in that direction or something else?
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 Post subject: Re: Metric Time
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I always thought that metric time was just a joke on The Simpsons....

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 Post subject: Re: Metric Time
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The 100ths of an hour dials aren't too uncommon - vaguely useful I guess, but nothing to do with metric time.
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 Post subject: Re: Metric Time
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It is useful for quickly calculating production figures.
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 Post subject: Re: Metric Time
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Well, let's see.... As I write this it is approximately 70560 UTC on 4-22-2010. Wow, that's going to be easy!

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:poke: ewatchnut wrote:
Well, let's see.... As I write this it is approximately 70560 UTC on 4-22-2010. Wow, that's going to be easy!



LMAO!!! :michaelangelo:

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 Post subject: Re: Metric Time
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I'll be ready to switch to metric time as soon as we've colonized another planet...maybe.
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