[lug] Fwd: Pi Day is coming

[David L. Willson]

Great, now I have to go buy a new (very old) pocket-watch, so I can be even more superior and obscurier. Thanks a lot, Dr. Haemer. 

-- 
David L. Willson 
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This is a good time for a r3VOLution. 

----- Original Message -----

> David,

> The French Revolution implemented your suggestions. No, not just the
> ones about beheading, the other ones, too.

> FWIW, today is the 5th of Ventose.

> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:54 AM, David L. Willson <
> DLWillson at thegeek.nu > wrote:

> > Did you mean to say that time is all powers of 60? You probably
> > didn't, but I'll take this thin excuse to rant... It's decimal
> > fractions of a second, then 60 seconds, then 60 minutes, then 24
> > hours, then 7 or 30'ish days or 365.25 something days depending on
> > which mutually incompatible next-larger-unit you're moving to.
> 

> > The ratio of days to years probably can't be changed without
> > damaging
> > the climate, but the rest certainly could.
> 

> > Oh, and we could just stop it with the fakey time more than half
> > the
> > year, too.
> 

> > --
> 
> > David L. Willson
> 
> > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
> 
> > RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu
> 
> > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
> 

> > This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
> 

> > ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > > <snip> or *all* power of 60 (like we do with time for the
> 

> > > very reason you mention), or whatever. Instead no, sometimes is
> > > power
> 
> > > of two, sometimes is 60, sometimes is 12 or whatnots. There is so
> 
> > > much<snip>
> 

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