Yes. Although it didn't come through, my comment was meant tongue-in-
cheek. What a mess it could be!
John
On July 14, 2011, at 12:19, Willy Leenders wrote:
What a horrible system for timekeeping!
It alienates us, further than standard time does, from our natural
time, solar time.
Op 14-jul-2011, om 20:55 heeft John Schilke het volgende geschreven:
Greetings!
As a matter of fact, this idea has been suggested in some detail,
including a patented New Zealand clock; there is even an iPhone
app for it. It is called New Earth Time, with midnight = 0º and
noon = 180º. See http://newearthtime.net.
Great idea!
John Schilke
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On 18/01/2011 20:03, Brent wrote: Hello;
If you think about it, hours, minutes and seconds are an
awkward system for using time.
My idea would be to switch to a 360 degree clock.
The earth is round and makes one complete revolution per
day, 360 degrees. So why not measure time based on what
angle of degree the earth happens to be at your location....
Makes more sense to me.
Did anyone ever tell time this way?
It seems like it would work nicely with sundials.
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