Re: [OT] Friday the 13th
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 01:11:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Days beginning (near) daybreak, and years beginning on a seasonal
> boundary and having 13 each 28 day months are also good ideas that
> won't get implemented. Too much inertia.
How would "days beginning (near) daybreak" cope with extreme latitudes?
Vary the lengths of hours so that the day starts at (what we currently
call) 1am in the summer and at 3pm in the winter? Or when you get above
the arctic circle, where the sun may not rise/set for multiple 24-hour
periods?
No, I think the much better idea would be to ditch timezones and put the
whole world on UTC. Get rid of DST and 12-hour clocks, too, while
you're at it. There is absolutely no real benefit to having the clock
say "7am" when you wake up and "11pm" when you go to sleep instead of
(assuming UTC-6) waking up at 1:00 (which, remember, represents the same
actual time as is currently called "7am" in that timezone), working
3-12, and going to bed at 19:00.
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Dave Sherohman
NomadNet, Inc.
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