But. . .but. . .time zones are so old fashioned. What we need is a time that we can use on Mars and Earth and the moon.Horizon wrote:*facepalm*
Alright, let's try this again... Let's say there's a hypothetical planet called Cumulus, with a rotation cycle of 30 hours. Then the Cumulan time zone involves 30 hours.
Universal time
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walker_boh_65
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Poppycocks
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What we need is a grandfather clock which can count the tick of the universe.
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Gargantuan_Penguin
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What I was asking about was the ability to say it's (x) o clock here so it is also (x) o clock on mars. or wherever. which also means if you are in the eastern hemisphere of mars it is (x) o clock and the same if you are on the western hemisphere.
the whole point was something that made timezones obsolete. Ignoring, of course, relativity, black holes, time lords, or whatever else might f with time.
the whole point was something that made timezones obsolete. Ignoring, of course, relativity, black holes, time lords, or whatever else might f with time.
And HOW!
Re: Universal time
The auditors put you up to this, didn't they?Poppycocks wrote:What we need is a grandfather clock which can count the tick of the universe.
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Calcifire3691
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*grabs many stacks of glass*Poppycocks wrote:What we need is a grandfather clock which can count the tick of the universe.
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this idea will far apart on long rotation small radius bodies like the moon given is 28 ish day rotation and 24 hours in a day, so 672 ish time zones now the moon has a circumference of 10,921 km at the equator so each time zone at the equator would be 16 ish km across which makes any large colonies spand a few time time zones if they are not directly on the equator. this will only get worse with orbital bodies like IO if you are basing this on solar days. This is not practical on larger scales.Horizon wrote:*facepalm*
Alright, let's try this again... Let's say there's a hypothetical planet called Cumulus, with a rotation cycle of 30 hours. Then the Cumulan time zone involves 30 hours.
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Poppycocks
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Who? No? No! Of course not! I don't know what you're talking about...Urian wrote:The auditors put you up to this, didn't they?Poppycocks wrote:What we need is a grandfather clock which can count the tick of the universe.