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A time scheme in which sunrise is always at same time (skewing the clock by a few seconds or minutes every day at three a.m.) is likely a boon to human health. Smart watches and Alexa/Siri take care of time zone calculations. The fact that two dimensional time zones skew a bit more at the poles is a silly reason to dismiss the idea. The poles are weird for a bunch of other reasons and no time works there.
all hail the kiloday.
If the USA can’t convert to metric, despite passing laws to that affect, my belief that the world will adopt a new calendar system is less than non-existent.
Why were a bunch of new Christmas songs written 60 years ago and barely a song a decade has been added to the repertoire since? George Michael is dead, and Mariah Carey seemed touch and go for a while, and those are pretty much the last two people to create a successful Christmas song (and the less said about Do They Know It's Christmas, the better)
A time scheme in which sunrise is always at same time (skewing the clock by a few seconds or minutes every day at three a.m.) is likely a boon to human health. Smart watches and Alexa/Siri take care of time zone calculations. The fact that two dimensional time zones skew a bit more at the poles is a silly reason to dismiss the idea. The poles are weird for a bunch of other reasons and no time works there.
> I shouldn't need to adjust my wristwatch every few miles
> many clocks do not have line-of-sight to GPS satellites
> you can't put a GPS chip in a mechanical clock
> clocks on planes would literally run backwards
There is a reason most timezone offset by hours. It is very convinient for everyone to agree on the time when ignoring the most significant digits. Otherwise, you end up having meetings start at 17 past the hour, and be much harder to mentally calculate the offset.
You would also need to know the location of the other party much more presicily. At the moment, I know how to offset my schedule when planning a meeting with a customer in Texas.
A time scheme in which sunrise is always at same time (skewing the clock by a few seconds or minutes every day at three a.m.) is likely a boon to human health. Smart watches and Alexa/Siri take care of time zone calculations. The fact that two dimensional time zones skew a bit more at the poles is a silly reason to dismiss the idea. The poles are weird for a bunch of other reasons and no time works there.
> coordinating geographically dispersed events would become nearly impossible > I shouldn't need to adjust my wristwatch every few miles > many clocks do not have line-of-sight to GPS satellites > you can't put a GPS chip in a mechanical clock > clocks on planes would literally run backwards There is a reason most timezone offset by hours. It is very convinient for everyone to agree on the time when ignoring the most…
This was done away with by the railroads because it made scheduling a complete nightmare.
The first use of "Standard Time" was by the Great Western Railway in the UK. Even in a relatively small country like the UK - only about 100 miles wide in most places - that was still enough to shift "local" noon by about 15 minutes.
If the USA can’t convert to metric, despite passing laws to that affect, my belief that the world will adopt a new calendar system is less than non-existent.
I hate to scapegoat, but there are a bunch of odd things the US does because boomers like things the way they've always been. Why were a bunch of new Christmas songs written 60 years ago and barely a song a decade has been added to the repertoire since? George Michael is dead, and Mariah Carey seemed touch and go for a while, and those are pretty much the last two people to create a successful Christmas song (and the…
1978+: Author's life + 70 years. 95 years if work-for-hire
1967-1977: 95 years
1924 - 1963: 28 years if never renewed. Maximum 95 years.
Pre-1924 - All copywrights have expired
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I hate to scapegoat, but there are a bunch of odd things the US does because boomers like things the way they've always been. Why were a bunch of new Christmas songs written 60 years ago and barely a song a decade has been added to the repertoire since? George Michael is dead, and Mariah Carey seemed touch and go for a while, and those are pretty much the last two people to create a successful Christmas song (and the…
US copyright terms: 1978+: Author's life + 70 years. 95 years if work-for-hire 1967-1977: 95 years 1924 - 1963: 28 years if never renewed. Maximum 95 years. Pre-1924 - All copywrights have expired
Pre-Mickey Mouse: Expired
Post-Mickey Mouse: Copyrighted for eternity.
What happens after we propagate to other planets?
Why should there be only one calendar?
Why can’t we have, say, a Social Calendar alongside a Astronomical Calendar?
We could have a sane, logical calendar with even and regular divisions for determining working days, holidays, financial calculations and political durations etc.
And there could be another calendar for the galactic rotation, orbital period, lunar cycle etc. that only people who need to care about such things would use (astronomers, farmers).