Re: measuring time

On Thursday 16 June 2005 17:12, Tim May wrote:
> # 1 wrote at 2005-06-16 19:42:09 (-0400)
>  > Did you already use other things for units of time to avoid the
>  > hour/minutes/second system?
>
> Is there any particular reason not to take the obvious route, and
> divide the day by numbers other than 24 / 60 / 60?
I first divided my Kēleñi day into halves, corresponding mostly to day and
night. Each half-day is divided into 6 periods of ~ 2 1/2 hours called
jahōλi, figuring that would be a natural amount of time - like morning,
mid-morning, early afternoon, afternoon, evening, etc. - the amount of time
one could devote to a particular task and get some useful work done before
needing a break. Each of these jahōλi is divided into 8 jūsri (~ 20 min.),
the amount of time needed to do small tasks - like shower, or eat breakfast,
or go chat with a neighbor. Each jūsri is divided into 12 jūsīñi (~ 1 1/2
min.) and each jūsīñi is divided into 64 jīlīñi, which I arbitrarily decided
were 1.5 earth-seconds long. These two smaller units are only used by those
uptight people who care about such things. A digital Kēleñi clock (if there
were such a thing) would cite jahōλi-jūsri-jūsīñi-jīlīñi and mention whether
it was day or night.

Leisurely,
-Sylvia

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