I'm waiting for when we all begin using stardates :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 3:00 PM Subject: [time-nuts] metric timekeeping
> Hi Chuck, > The French tried that about 1794-1795 (normal calendar year dates). Each > month (still 12 months/year) was to have 3 ten day weeks. > Each day was to be 10 hours of 100 minutes of 100 seconds. > > I have discovered there is often more to systems of units than conversion > of units. For example, in electromagnetics, B and H are different things > in > SI: T (v-s/m^2) and A/m. However they are the same (magnitude and units) > in > gaussian cgs units, at least in free space. > -Dave D. > You wrote, > Life will always be a blended system, unless you decide you want a metric > day, > metric week, metric year... I don't think that nature will accommodate you > very > well. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > time-nuts@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts