From: Michael S. Lorrey (mike@datamann.com)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 06:40:26 MST
Spike Jones wrote:
> Now that Im thinking, I recall having tried to invent a system
> years ago that used the speed of light defined as 1, then
> derive the other units to go with that, but it didnt work out
> too well. Ideas?
Yeah, divvy light speed up by a million or a billion units. Since light speed is
300,000 km per sec. we need a time standard too. Lets use some elemental vibration
rate that comes out to a relatively even million or billion cycles per year, or
something. A light year is our standard ruler, divvyed up into a billion parts.
Since Hydrogen is the most ubiquitous element in the universe, that would provide
an easy ruler to start from, to set a standard measure for mass, time, distance,
and volume. Absolute zero is another good constant I like.
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