Re: The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems fromconlangs)

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From: "Nik Taylor" <yonjuuni@...>
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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems
fromconlangs)


> "Mark J. Reed" wrote:
> > I mean, as long as my boss and I agree on what time I'm supposed to
> > show up for a meeting (which is admittedly an open question if it's
> > at half [past] the hour :) ), does it really matter if we call it
> > 2:30 PM EDT, 1330 EST, or 1830 UTC?   Who cares if the sun is at
> > high noon at 0600 in the summer and 0700 in the winter instead of
> > at 1200 year round?  Clock time is just an arbitrary label and it's
> > past time we got rid of its archaic chaining to the position
> > of the sun in the local sky.
>
> Now, that's a bit much, in my opinion.  :-)  Daylight savings is silly,
> I agree, but time zones, in one form or another, are essential.  I
> suppose you could have the same "time" everywhere, but that would be
> even more inconvenient than time zones.  For example, in some places,
> normal working hours would be 9-17, in others they'd be 4-12, in still
> others they'd be 20-04, so that halfway thru your day you have to change
> the date!  As long as people live on the surface of the Earth, they're
> going to be awake at different times in different parts.  :-)
>
> Tho, I have a similar view about the calendar.  Get rid of leap years,
> and just have a 365-day year every year, and don't worry about the slow
> procession of the seasons.
Shall I tell you my idea for calender reform?

You have 13 months, of 28 days each.  Every 28 years, you have a leap-month,
and every 112 years you have two.  There.

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