View Poll Results: Will we ever get a Metric Time System?

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  • Yes, sooner or later

    4 10.81%
  • Maybe in a long time from now

    3 8.11%
  • No, never, because it's not possible.

    11 29.73%
  • No, because no one wants it.

    19 51.35%
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Thread: Will We Ever Have Metric Time?

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    The time here is now 21 h 44.

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    Quote Originally Posted by manker
    Seven on and Three off appeals tho' - extra 5 and a half days off a year
    we could have 2 days off, work a few days, 1 day off, work last few days, then back to 2 days off again...might make the week easier.

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    emotional time should be prioritized for grants, unless they are painfull.

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    I think the French tried a Metric Calendar after the French Revolution.
    It didn't work out very well, But I guess that if we put our minds to it, it might work...
    On the other hand, why bother? I don't think it would be much more efficient than what we have now, and the change is VERY drastic...

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    A second would be like 8.64 of our seconds we have now...
    Or if 1000 seconds per minute we could have 0.864 of our seconds now is our new seconds in metric time.

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    We already have.
    One of the coolest watches I've ever seen was a Breguet that had dual dials- one standard and one "Republican (metric) time".
    A real piece of horological heaven.
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    I got given a binary clock for christmas wtf

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