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Topic	i hate the am/pm system
uwnim 03/29/21 12:05:35 PM #31:	Blightzkrieg posted... The time system in general is fucked up Why is it divided into 24, 60 and 60 60 is a good number. It is evenly divisible by a lot of other numbers so it is easy to break into smaller chunks. Hours came from a culture that used base 12 numbers. unfortunately for us, the shitty base 10 numerals system ended up winning out for most everything else so we have only 2 and 5 as clean divisors. -_- --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] <cite>uwnim posted [p:952240966] in i hate the... [t:79373708]...</cite> <quote>Blightzkrieg posted... </cite> <quote>The time system in general is fucked up Why is it divided into 24, 60 and 60</quote>60 is a good number. It is evenly divisible by a lot of other numbers so it is easy to break into smaller chunks. Hours came from a culture that used base 12 numbers. unfortunately for us, the shitty base 10 numerals system ended up winning out for most everything else so we have only 2 and 5 as clean divisors. -_- --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica]</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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