tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post4515220752933655287..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Come On Apple - Get Up To Date!Alan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-32934369819569642872021-05-02T04:52:43.226+01:002021-05-02T04:52:43.226+01:00I don’t know if you’re still in this blog, Alan;
B...I don’t know if you’re still in this blog, Alan;<br />But I wanted to show you a dial I made for a more precise decimal time keeping with a normal 12h clock mechanism: https://imgur.com/gallery/1Mcr0oo<br /><br />That way anyone can have decimal time with normal 12h clocks.Joridiyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17753675041875202127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-30158489572856628102015-08-04T13:34:14.792+01:002015-08-04T13:34:14.792+01:00Well, Alan. Whatever next? completely flummoxed, I...Well, Alan. Whatever next? completely flummoxed, I was moved to read a Wiki article about decimal time and came away not much the wiser. Interesting to learn that China used decimal time until it changed to old-fashioned 60 minutes etc introduced by the Jesuits.<br />I'm not sure it would help me to change systems as I have enough trouble telling the time as it is. Left-handed you see; I frequently set my watch back to front.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-32713131374202165722015-08-03T18:27:11.410+01:002015-08-03T18:27:11.410+01:00Now many other things have been decimalized, Why n...Now many other things have been decimalized, Why not time? I like your idea. It's time has come.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-68799863015634152792015-08-03T14:05:21.466+01:002015-08-03T14:05:21.466+01:00It is fairly easy therefore to convert from my dec...It is fairly easy therefore to convert from my decimal time to your swatch time : I decimal minute = 1 beat (this comment written at 586 beats on 3 August 2015)Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-13632600222708547102015-08-03T14:00:03.265+01:002015-08-03T14:00:03.265+01:00Fascinating. But I liked the Wikipedia description...Fascinating. But I liked the Wikipedia description of the "Swatch Internet Time" which divides the the day into 1000 "beats". time = 373 <br />http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Swatch_Internet_TimeMike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-80231349237428800202015-08-03T13:25:08.274+01:002015-08-03T13:25:08.274+01:00It becomes quite addictive after a time (this comm...It becomes quite addictive after a time (this comment written at 55.903)Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-29032591732875235342015-08-03T13:24:15.050+01:002015-08-03T13:24:15.050+01:00Unusual time systems make life much more interesti...Unusual time systems make life much more interesting. (this comment written at 55.836)Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-10213944584414746142015-08-03T13:16:53.167+01:002015-08-03T13:16:53.167+01:00There actually is such a thing, and you have a clo...There actually is such a thing, and you have a clock to prove it. It must be like learning a foreign language.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-59828649824523955022015-08-03T12:05:07.631+01:002015-08-03T12:05:07.631+01:00Well you learn something every day. I also learnt ...Well you learn something every day. I also learnt today that Ethiopia have an unusual time system. When the sun rises is 1:00diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.com