Carleton, sir:
The reference to the ball in Times Square that I made was that everyone
knows what happens when the ball gets to the bottom of the pole: Happy New
Year, the new day/month/year, and that happens at 0000, not 0001 which is
why it goes 2359 to 0000 and not 2359 to 2400 to 0001.
Likewise, my propose way to continue count of years is planned to use,
divide by four(4)/skip Leap Day count in years {[2000-80](+/- 128)/128]} to
get Mean Year =365.2421875 days.
THIS count can easily be started/introduced 5*6=30-years after, Hindu Kali
Era on 3102 BC, February 17/18, to have the following years in BLOCKS of 128
years:
-3072 -2944 -2816 -2688 -2560 -2432 -2304 -2176 -2048 -1920
-1792 -1664 -1536 -1408
-1280 -1152 -1024 -896 -768 -640 -512 -384 -256 -128 BC/AD 0128 0256 0384
0512 0640 0768 0896 1024 1152 1280 1408 1536 1664 1792 1920 2048 2176
2304 2432 2560 2688 2816 2944 3072 3200 3328 3456 3584 3712 3840 3968
These years *may SKIP the Leap Day* if modification of Gregorian
div.4/skip100/count 400th years is planned to div.4/skip 128th years, as
suggested by me.
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij
(Thursday, Kali 5107-W27-04)/265+D-294 G.(Saturday, 2006 October
21H16:65(decimal) ET
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda
Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30
Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30
(365th day of Year is World Day)
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From: "Carleton MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Subject: [USMA:37400] FW: 24 hour clock the common way to go;
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:30:27 -0400
Believe it or not, this thread developed on a mailing list about the
electric trolley bus! The list is about all the ETB systems but emphasizes
Vancouver, BC (sfu.edu = Simon Fraser University).
What got it started (not shown below) was a reference to the driver
scheduling systems of some transit authorities using ending times beyond
2359, for shifts that start on one day and end on another. That is, a
shift
that began at 1900 and ended at 0330 would be shown as 1900-2730.
Apparently there is computer software that can do this. As with any thread
it can wander.
The reference to the ball in Times Square that I made was that everyone
knows what happens when the ball gets to the bottom of the pole: Happy New
Year, the new day/month/year, and that happens at 0000, not 0001 which is
why it goes 2359 to 0000 and not 2359 to 2400 to 0001.
Carleton
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Martin Wright
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 14:03
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 24 hour clock the common way to go;
Some of the earlier postings seem to imply that metric is superior to
imperial and that the Americans are somehow dumb for continuing to use
them.
This is illogical. They are simply *different* units of measurement. True
the maths is a bit easier with metric but that's about it. With computers,
calculators etc that advantage is not great.
Which reminds me of the advantage to mental agility that having to work
with
imperial measures and the old British currency (12 pence in a shilling, 20
shillings in a pound =240 pence) used to give a child. I remember as a 7
year old having to calculate (just pencil and paper) how much change I'd
get
out of £20 if I bought 3 items at £3 2sh 7d;one at 9sh3d and 7at11sh4d. oh
happy days in the 50s!
Martin Wight
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry D. <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: 24 hour clock the common way to go;
I suppose he is comparing the 24 hour clock to 'metric' time and the 12
hour
(AM/PM) clock to imperial time. People that still use 'imperial' time are
still (most likely) the ones to be using imperial weight / distance /
temperature etc.
Many people use a combination of whatever they like best and whatever suits
their purpose.
I like the 24 hour clock, pounds & ounces, inches, feet, miles, (but
kilometers when it concerns swimming), & Celcius (centigrade). For a lot
of
people it depends what they grew up with.
I like the 24 hour clock, but when giving information to people over the
phone, we have to convert it to AM/PM because most of our customers that
phone for schedule info are more familiar with that.
Donald Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 19 Oct 2006 at 11:58, Peter wrote:
> The 24 hour clock might not be used by Americans
> in Times Square, but then they still use miles,
> gallons
Masterpiece of non sequitur. How in the world did Carleton's reference to
the
Times Square ball lead to this?
Don Galt
Who uses the 24-hour clock in the US
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