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>"metric-style" time So is that 1 day = 10 hours = 100 minutes = 100 seconds or some other combination? Ah - I've now found a good website explaining it all: http://zapatopi.net/metrictime.htmlSo it could be the method mentioned above or it could be in pure decimal fractions of a day - deciday, centiday, milliday, microday (they need a name for the next one down - any suggestions?, this is a word list, not a maths list after all)To translate my original time: 03:15:40 With method 1: 03 would become - 1.25, 15 would become 25, and 40 would become 66.6666667 (ish) giving us 1.25:15:66.6666667I can see it catching on - especially with talking clocks. With method 2: 3 hours = 0.125 day 15 minutes = 0.0104167 more or less 40 seconds = 0.0004629 give or take a bit Giving us 0.0004629approx in Chicago at the time I made my post in Edinburgh - I'll remember that time forever!
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Come on, people, this challenge is tremendous fun!
Brandon---P-L-E-A-S-E??? You might not be able to top your
nairadeceba response, but you surely could have a ball here!
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Bob was a hammers and tongs dealer and Mickey had a tuck shop. Bob's your uncle? Well your uncle decided to take the Mickey of business by throwing spanners in his works. Spanners were Mickey's merchandise . When Mickey came to know he decided he would get Bob's knickers in a twist and give him cold comfort. So he went to Bob's house and said, "Come out you ladybird, and keep you pecker up, so I can bog the standard of your kisser." Mickey then squeezed Bob till his pips squeaked and threw him over the moon. Bob came down and was spread thin on the ground. Mickey decided plain sailing was better than prison. So he splashed out and was sailing close to the wind when all the world and his wife attended Bob's funeral. Bob's wake was cheap but cheerful.
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Aesop tells a fantastic fable about a sweet old agony aunt who carefully gathers morsels of food for the coming cold season. Nestled in bog standard caverns of spongy moss and peat, the aunt stored kettles and cauldrons of lentils and limas.
Soon, the summer sun set on the moss tundra, and the winter moon took over the night sky. The agony aunt, however, spent her days stirring her soups with care. Even in her sleep, she rode that big dipper round and round those cherished kernels of food.
Late one morning, as the sun hit its zenith in the cold blue sky, a ladybird appeared on her sphagnum step. "I watched you from afar this summer, dear aunt, and I know you are full of beans. I come to you for help."
"Enter, dear friend. Please, have some lentils." The agony aunt took a bowl from the shelf. "Why is it you have no food this winter?"
The ladybird opened her spotted wings, revealing a barren and empty side. "You see, dear aunt, I spent all summer looking for brown sugar and molasses. Unfortunately, everywhere I looked, there was a spanner in the works. You see, I cannot hunt for toffee. So here I am, seeking comfort in your bog."
"Keep you pecker up, dear friend," the aunt consoled, inwardly wondering if her new friend had instead sailed too close to the wind. She filled the ladybird's bowl to the brim. "Here, I've got the cure for your sunken side. Take this meal. You'll feel better soon enough. Suck it and see."
The ladybird devoured the delicious meal. The agony aunt had helped another famished soul.
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Here's some info from the Swatch website:
"By dividing the 24 hours of the day into 1,000 "beats", Swatch has created a time that transcends time zones. Each beat is equivalent to 1 minute 26.4 seconds and @000 is the same as midnight in Switzerland (guess where this was made!)"
I assume that it was meant as a convenient way to link up with people around the world at the same time. For example, as I type this (at 11.24 pm Australian Eastern Summer Time) Swatch time is 600 everywhere in the world).
I haven't used it for this purpose yet -- has anybody?
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<I haven't used it for this purpose yet -- has anybody?>
No, and we shouldn't encourage them. I sincerely hope and expect that it will be about as popular as Esperanto. (With apologies to any members of the World Esperanto Association who happen to be on this board.) Seriously, its just a stupid marketing person's idea that the right people at Swatch must have mistakenly taken seriously. Its enough to make you join S11.
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What's S11, please?
Also, could it have been a marketing person's stupid idea?
John, just noticed you're a journeyman. Congratulations!
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<Also, could it have been a marketing person's stupid idea?>
...Just engaging in a bit of anastrophe... ;0)
S11 is the anti-globaalisation "group" pledged to disrupt the World Economic Forum that just took place in Melbourne, a la Seattle and Davos. It derives its name from September 11, when it was all meant to happen. The police in Melbourne managed to run over a protester in their car.
Journeyman - my COD says its a reliable but not outstanding worker - don't know if I should be flattered.
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We are nearing the closing date for this competition so get ready to put together your last minute entries!
Please send all votes to my AWAD e-mail with the name of the person you choose in the subject line. I have had some good suggestions for prizes but you may wish to suggest soem more. I will keep the voting open until Sunday 12 noon GMT to even up the time zones and access to computers.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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It being the following time (at least at the time I started writing this message!)
Honolulu 2:00 AM, Anchorage * 4:00 AM, Los Angeles * 5:00 AM, Vancouver * 5:00 AM, San Francisco * 5:00 AM, Seattle * 5:00 AM, Phoenix 5:00 AM, Managua 6:00 AM, Denver * 6:00 AM, Edmonton * 6:00 AM, Lima 7:00 AM, Bogota 7:00 AM, Winnipeg * 7:00 AM, Chicago * 7:00 AM, New Orleans * 7:00 AM, Mexico City * 7:00 AM, Houston * 7:00 AM, Montreal * 8:00 AM, New York * 8:00 AM, Boston * 8:00 AM, Washington DC * 8:00 AM, Toronto * 8:00 AM, Ottawa * 8:00 AM, Havana * 8:00 AM, Caracas 8:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro 9:00 AM, St. John's * 9:30 AM, Casablanca 12:00 PM, Reykjavik 12:00 PM, London * 1:00 PM, Lisbon * 1:00 PM, Dublin * 1:00 PM, Johannesburg 2:00 PM, Paris * 2:00 PM, Madrid * 2:00 PM, Oslo * 2:00 PM, Stockholm * 2:00 PM, Barcelona * 2:00 PM, Berlin * 2:00 PM, Belgrade * 2:00 PM, Amsterdam * 2:00 PM, Zagreb * 2:00 PM, Zürich * 2:00 PM, Warsaw * 2:00 PM, Vienna * 2:00 PM, Geneva * 2:00 PM, Frankfurt(Ger) * 2:00 PM, Copenhagen * 2:00 PM, Harare 2:00 PM, Rome * 2:00 PM, Prague * 2:00 PM, Budapest * 2:00 PM, Cape Town 2:00 PM, Riyadh 3:00 PM, Nairobi 3:00 PM, Sofia * 3:00 PM, Cairo * 3:00 PM, Bucharest * 3:00 PM, Beirut * 3:00 PM, Jerusalem * 3:00 PM, Istanbul * 3:00 PM, Helsinki * 3:00 PM, Amman * 3:00 PM, Aden 3:00 PM, Addis Ababa 3:00 PM, Athens * 3:00 PM, Antananarivo 3:00 PM, Ankara * 3:00 PM, Khartoum 3:00 PM, Kuwait City 3:00 PM, Minsk * 3:00 PM, Tehran 3:30 PM, Baghdad * 4:00 PM, Moscow * 4:00 PM, Kabul 4:30 PM, Tashkent 5:00 PM, Islamabad 5:00 PM, Calcutta 5:30 PM, New Delhi 5:30 PM, Mumbai 5:30 PM, Kathmandu 5:45 PM, Dhaka 6:00 PM, Rangoon 6:30 PM, Bangkok 7:00 PM, Jakarta 7:00 PM, Hanoi 7:00 PM, Perth 8:00 PM, Beijing 8:00 PM, Taipei 8:00 PM, Hong Kong 8:00 PM, Singapore 8:00 PM, Shanghai 8:00 PM, Manila 8:00 PM, Kuala Lumpur 8:00 PM, Seoul 9:00 PM, Tokyo 9:00 PM, Adelaide 9:30 PM, Darwin 9:30 PM, Brisbane 10:00 PM, Vladivostok * 00:00 PM, Canberra * 00:00 PM, Sydney * 00:00 PM, Melbourne * 00:00 PM, Wellington +12:00 AM, Suva +12:00 AM, Chatham Island +12:45 AM, Kamchatka * +1:00 AM, Anadyr * +1:00 AM, Kiritimati +2:00 AM *=daylight saving time
I declare this competition closed for entries.
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