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Days? What use are 'days' on Mars? A different approach to time is desirable, instead of being loosely related to celestial mechanics. How about: a shorter se
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Days? What use are 'days' on Mars?
A different approach to time is desirable, instead of being loosely related to celestial mechanics.
How about: a shorter second. 100,000 seconds in a 'day'. 1M seconds in a 'week'. and so on.
On a space station they sure wouldn't mind the difference. They'd talk about 'see you in a klik' meaning 1000 seconds, or 'thatll take about a megasec' meaning a week.
86400? Give me a break.
- Mindey 3y ago> How about: a shorter second. 100,000 seconds in a 'day'. 1M seconds in a 'week'. and so on. Yes, that's exactly what you get when dividing Unix secs by 86400 you get 100,000-second-long days, useful on Earth, for now. :) What would be a non-celestial day?
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoA day? Nothing. It doesn't exist. A hundred thousand seconds perhaps would be a useful measure; perhaps not.