| David Irving on Wed, 5 Sep 2001 23:42:45 +0200 (CEST) |
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| [Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> What is @XXX? [Re: Stop the G8: Online DemonstrationScheduled] |
scotartt wrote: > naturally 360 is a good number for time; it dives by 2, 3, 6, 9, 12 > etc. 365 days in a year, 360 degrees in a circle, 24 hours, an accidental > but nonetheless excellent match. who needs base 10 for everything? another > micro-fascism to add to the pile. Late response, I know. Actually the ~360 days/yr, 24 hrs/day, 60 min/hr|degree, 60 sec/min is _not_ accidental (well, all right, ~360 days/yr is fortuitous) - the Babylonians used base-60 numbers for most of their calculations, especially fractional stuff, and we got it from them via the Greeks. That said, I completely agree that a decimal time system is stupid. (but if it succeeds a _great_ way to sell a shitload of watches to the gullible). Regards, David _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold