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Because 1000 units in one day is simpler in concept than 24 units in one day. A hour has no solar equivalent, unlike a day or year. It is simpler, _less_ arbitr
by gry 18y ago
Because 1000 units in one day is simpler in concept than 24 units in one day. A hour has no solar equivalent, unlike a day or year. It is simpler, _less_ arbitrary and parallels most of the world's measurement system. It sends the time zone concept to /dev/null and makes changing clocks for daylight savings unnecessary (though to honor DST, it might be a PITA). The end result: it is explicit without any additional context.
- ryanwaggoner 18y agoThank you for proving my point. 99.9 people out of 100 would look at what you just wrote with a blank stare. This didn't work because there's no way to sell it to 99.9% of people. It might be more elegant and simpler mathematically, but you're fighting against centuries of inertia for little to no gain to the very people that would need to adopt this to make it work. I can't believe we're even talking about this :)
- gry 18y agoIts akin to the United States moving to the metric system or the internet to IPv6, methinks. Both are wonderful in theory, but the transition is painful. The only way I see it becoming pervasive is either a) another recession and a stimulus package going from a green economy to an internet time one (just sayin' ;) ) or b) slow, steady introduction, which would be generations in the making.