Re: Timekeeping

Carlos Thompson wrote:

> 1 s (one second) [...]
> 1 ks (one kilosecond) which is 16 minutes 40 seconds of our nomenclature.
> 1 Ms (megasecond) which is 11 days 13 hours 46 minutes and 40 seconds.
> 1 Gs (gigasecond) which is more than 31 years.
This is the timescale used in Joan Vinge's _Heaven Chronicles<, which
are set in an asteroid belt.  On asteroids, neither the period of
rotation (day) nor revolution (year) is of much interest, as it
differs markedly from one asteroid to another.

If you have to wait more than a kilosec to meet someone, you
get annoyed (the settlers are Anglo-American!).

A megasec is a reasonable amount of time to get a simple project
done at one's job.

A marriage or other relationship that lasts a gigasec is doing well
indeed.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)