Re: When computer geeks start defining time


"Brian Tung" <brian@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Tim Killian wrote:
>> Now that time standards are divorced from any events in the sky, here
>> come the proposals to "rationalize" and/or metrify time units:
>>
>> http://zapatopi.net/metrictime/
>>
>> A soulless system for a gray, soulless world.
>
> Come on, this system is basically as old as coal. (Sorry.)
>
> Don't worry, I'm sure we will continue to use our soulful hours and
> minutes for eons to come (assuming there are any of us to use them).
>
> --
> Brian Tung <brian@xxxxxxx>
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Guys. Isn't this the same zapatopi.net that advertises the aluminum foil
deflector beanie (AFDB)? Yep, I think it is:

http://zapatopi.net/afdb/


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