02-10-2018, 03:57 PM
Thinking of units of measurement; km/hr is a mixed metaphor. Using miles and hours is a good example of a fully arbitrary display of rate. It's also suggestive of Imperial units or avoirdupois, political anathema, no? Why not divide the clock into a decimal system as well? Then we'd really be onto something, a neutral way to give a speeding ticket.
We could have 100 time units per day, each split into 100 units and so on.
25 km per 0.01 days would be just over 100 km/hr. Could be simplified by calling it 25,000 metres/centidiems which would be 25,000 metres per 1/100th of a day, vernacular being,
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"No, Officer."
"You were doing 50k!"
Translates to 50,000 metres per centidiem, about 200 km/hr.
pdedse can check my math, lol.
It would only take a couple hundred years for the schools to adopt the new system.
We could have 100 time units per day, each split into 100 units and so on.
25 km per 0.01 days would be just over 100 km/hr. Could be simplified by calling it 25,000 metres/centidiems which would be 25,000 metres per 1/100th of a day, vernacular being,
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"No, Officer."
"You were doing 50k!"
Translates to 50,000 metres per centidiem, about 200 km/hr.
pdedse can check my math, lol.
It would only take a couple hundred years for the schools to adopt the new system.