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From: Adrian on 24 Jul 2010 08:28 "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Is there any reason why the month is divided into seven days rather than > any other? Umm, Nick... > Still, it's better to have only one odd month, rather than a fairly > random sequence of 30- and 31-day months. & a 28/29.
From: Mortimer on 24 Jul 2010 08:37 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:8b04jhF2nrU4(a)mid.individual.net... > "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > >> Is there any reason why the month is divided into seven days rather than >> any other? > > Umm, Nick... > >> Still, it's better to have only one odd month, rather than a fairly >> random sequence of 30- and 31-day months. > > & a 28/29. Yes, and the 28/29 one.
From: Nick Finnigan on 24 Jul 2010 10:46 Mortimer wrote: > > Is there any reason why the month is divided into seven days rather than > any other? eh? And is there any reason why a day is divided into 24 hours > each of 60 minutes each of 60 seconds - apart from this being the way > that it was done historically? 24 hours: Astrolologically, yes and possibly even astronomically. A multiple of 6 is really useful for a shift system.
From: Mortimer on 24 Jul 2010 11:38 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:i2euco$j8j$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Mortimer wrote: >> >> Is there any reason why the month is divided into seven days rather than >> any other? > > eh? I meant "divided into four weeks each of seven days". >> And is there any reason why a day is divided into 24 hours each of 60 >> minutes each of 60 seconds - apart from this being the way that it was >> done historically? > > 24 hours: Astrolologically, yes and possibly even astronomically. > A multiple of 6 is really useful for a shift system.
From: Adrian on 24 Jul 2010 11:41
"Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> Is there any reason why the month is divided into seven days rather >>> than any other? >> eh? > I meant "divided into four weeks each of seven days". Furry muff. Except, of course, a month isn't divided into four weeks each of seven days. |