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by jemfinch 2839 days ago
The length of the minute and second are arbitrary.
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wongarsu 2839 days ago
You mean not every civilization chooses to make their unit of time multiples of 9,192,631,770 cesium-133 oscillations? /s
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OccamsLaser 2839 days ago
Plus, if they don't use Tau by convention, they aren't even worth discovering in the first place.
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GeorgeTirebiter 2839 days ago
Now you've come full circle. You'll next be suggesting we use IBM 360 computers. http://ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/trends/z-os/complete_360/
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ChillyWater 2839 days ago
Dream-killer. :P
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