Hi John: Your insertion I take it that you just are happy with the existing *confusion* to keep the calendar intact and feel no need for corrections to be implimented! I am not seeking a change for change sake BUT for improvistion to need expressed by United Nations, that fizzled in 1955-56 i.e. to have A World Calendar for All Ages. Our getting glued to 'second and metre' as they are is understandable but what's wrong if a better and more accurate proposal surfaces! Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:21632] Re: Proposal For World Calendar >Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:34:11 -0400 > >2002-08-10 > >As long as we all live on planet earth and our cycles are tied to the >earth's cycles, there is no need to reform the calendar at this time. >There >is no simple way to simplify the calendar without deviating from the time >it >takes for the earth to make one revolution on its axis or for it to go >around the sun. As well as to account for the phases of the moon. Our >calendar as awkward as it is, seems to fit these three weirdly related >events rather well. > >Someday, if man ventures deep into space and earth based days, weeks, >months >and years don't work out well, be rest assured, someone will come up with a >new calendar for use in space. Until that time comes, forget this nonsense >of changing the calendar. For the time being, we are stuck with it. > >John > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, 2002-08-09 19:53 >Subject: [USMA:21618] Re: Proposal For World Calendar > > > > As in my several other postings, I remain in favour of the existing >scheme > > of keeping the 24hr day x100 decimal minutes, and each decimal minute of >100 > > decimal seconds; NO CHANGE in the *quadrant of 90-degree but the degree > > itself gets divided into 100x100 sub-divisions like the 'hour' to make >the > > task of HOUR-ANGLE unchanged. Thre shall be *no change* in the 7-day >week >or > > sabbath cycle but ALL YEARS can have 52-weeks during FIVE(5) years and >all > > years DIVISIBLE by SIX(6) shall have the added *FULL WEEK* of one >sabbath > > cycle as 53rd week (to be called LEAP WEEK OF THE YEAR) in the year of >its > > occurance. In a span of 896-years cycle, ONLY TEN(10) inter-calary LEAP > > WEEKS shall be needing further adjustment at intervals of every >90-years, > > according to the *Leap Week Rule*. This make the proposed calendar 'a >ZERO > > defect' which shall accumulate an error of ONE day over along period of > > 88645 years (as against the present Grgorian 3320-years) or so. > > Added to *THIS* no other hassals of changes the existing NORMS of time >or > > other counting sysyetms! What other adorable *surest, cheapest and more > > co-herent* sysyetm could we THINK! > > I would gladly want to ADD more inputs if these help improve the >SI-metric > > system! And, welcome *criticism for improvemnt sake, if there could be >any*! > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
