Non-IT News Thread
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You want to get into radical, then get rid of this stupid 24 hour day thing that mostly came from the Egyptians and the 60 minute concept that came from the Babylonians.
Move to a proper base 10 time system.
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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like a solar calendar... based on where the earth is in rotation to the Sun. What else could make more sense?
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Current Stardate is 71583.1 based on http://trekguide.com/Stardates.htm. But I think we need to get our regional Star Trek expert in here @PenguinWrangler to make sure that is correct.
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@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like the solar calendar.
months should be 28 days because of the lunar cycle.
in a perfect scenario years are strictly based on orbiting the sun once and should be unrelated to months directly. but that gets confusing so something needs to account for the difference. -
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like a solar calendar... based on where the earth is in rotation to the Sun. What else could make more sense?
Well, since the earth is flat and all (I am being totally sarcastic here. Please don't take me seriously at all) then why don't we just erect some kind of building that would turn the earth into a sundial?
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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like a solar calendar... based on where the earth is in rotation to the Sun. What else could make more sense?
Well, since the earth is flat and all (I am being totally sarcastic here. Please don't take me seriously at all) then why don't we just erect some kind of building that would turn the earth into a sundial?
so much win in this...
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like a solar calendar... based on where the earth is in rotation to the Sun. What else could make more sense?
Well, since the earth is flat and all (I am being totally sarcastic here. Please don't take me seriously at all) then why don't we just erect some kind of building that would turn the earth into a sundial?
so much win in this...
We're already part of the way there with the Washington Monument. Just need to make it taller.
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like the solar calendar.
months should be 28 days because of the lunar cycle.
in a perfect scenario years are strictly based on orbiting the sun once and should be unrelated to months directly. but that gets confusing so something needs to account for the difference.No the Moon rotating around the earth is completely unrelated to the Earth rotating around the Sun.
A year is one complete rotation around the Sun. Months can be split up according to the effects that has on the Earth, such as seasons. Where the moon is doesn't make sense... it has no real effect on earth, maybe the oceans tides at best.
Each lunation is approximately 29 1⁄2 days (29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 3 seconds, or 29.530588 days). Those really don't have anything at all to do with earth rotating around the Sun. So of course it won't go evenly into a "year".
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like a solar calendar... based on where the earth is in rotation to the Sun. What else could make more sense?
Well, since the earth is flat and all (I am being totally sarcastic here. Please don't take me seriously at all) then why don't we just erect some kind of building that would turn the earth into a sundial?
so much win in this...
We could just use the President's ego... that should be big enough.
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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like a solar calendar... based on where the earth is in rotation to the Sun. What else could make more sense?
Well, since the earth is flat and all (I am being totally sarcastic here. Please don't take me seriously at all) then why don't we just erect some kind of building that would turn the earth into a sundial?
That would have to be one really big erection (project).
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
Lets go one step farther, get rid of the Gregorian calendar and go by Stardates, like in Star Trek.
Gods the Gregorian calendar is stupid as fuck.
We should be using something that makes sense... like a solar calendar... based on where the earth is in rotation to the Sun. What else could make more sense?
Well, since the earth is flat and all (I am being totally sarcastic here. Please don't take me seriously at all) then why don't we just erect some kind of building that would turn the earth into a sundial?
That would have to be one really big erection (project).
We'd get a visit from Curtis's aliens... Gods, don't let him program the sundial.
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@danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/12/news/companies/remington-bankruptcy-plans
Oh no, their factory is in the town next to where my wife grew up... Ilion, NY. I've walked past it from her parents house before. We have friends who have worked there. That could be a huge impact on an impoverished region.
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Mexico earthquake: Strong tremor hits Oaxaca state
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Keep an eye on Starman driving the Tesla around the sun.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
My third cousin....
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-missing-driver-20180219-story.html
Yikes!
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
My third cousin....
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-missing-driver-20180219-story.html
Yikes!
Nearly two weeks missing. Was just found at a hospital...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/uber-lyft-driver-missing-week-called-911-family/story?id=53202010
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
My third cousin....
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-missing-driver-20180219-story.html
Yikes!
Nearly two weeks missing. Was just found at a hospital...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/uber-lyft-driver-missing-week-called-911-family/story?id=53202010
Glad they found him in one piece!
