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What problem does it solve that UTC doesn't? Its time unit (1 beat := 1000th of a (mean solar) day) doesn't have any nice relation to the units of time with wh
by parenthesis 18y ago
What problem does it solve that UTC doesn't?
Its time unit (1 beat := 1000th of a (mean solar) day) doesn't have any nice relation to the units of time with which people are already very familiar (seconds, minutes, hours).
- Kejistan 18y agoWhat problem does a meter solve that a foot doesn't? Easy conversions between different sized measures of distance. 1000 beats in a day is easier to keep track of than 1440 minutes. Just because its not easily converted to from the units you're used to doesn't make it "bad" (2.54cm to 1 inch?).
- lucasoman 18y agoMeters by themselves don't solve anything. But the whole metric system makes a lot of sense; everything is a power of ten, a cubic centimeter equals a milliliter, which makes length=>volume conversion trivial, etc. From infancy, seconds, minutes and hours are ingrained in our minds. 60 is also a beautiful number, being divisible by 2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20,30. Given a time, like 10:42AM, a person can conjure feelings, instincts and memories about that time. Using a system based on 1000 "beats" would make time measurement meaningless for a very long time. Outside of the Internet, most "normal" people communicate predominately with people in their own area and timezone, making the benefit of no timezones moot.
- Semiapies 18y agoFurther, the metric system offered universality between conflicting measures. However, people around the world already use the single measuring system of hours, minutes, and seconds (that last being a SI unit), and UTC is a global standard.
- mechanical_fish 18y agoJust because its not easily converted to from the units you're used to doesn't make it "bad" You have clearly never met an American machinist. ;)
- joe_bleau 18y agoEver try and cut metric threads on an engine (non-CNC) lathe? Hope you didn't disengage the half-nut...