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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-07-29 08:14 [#01945375]
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we would have 28 days in each month. not 30 days have semptember, april, june and november all the rest have 31, except february.
28 days is 4 even weeks which means the date numbers and the days would always have a special relation. with four even weeks it would loop evenly. (assuming the months start on sunday) if you see 1/1/2006 you know it will be sunday as 1,8,15 and 22 will always occour on sunday. 2,9,16 and 23 on monday etc. This would be a great help as you could easily learn to recognise a day of the week with the common way of writing the date which was previously impossible.
i always know the day, but never the date, so with this i can easily work out the date, also, know when the month starts and ends without silly rhymes.
the seasons in the 12 month calender aren't even accurate. each season goes for a different length of time. also, In australia, the least hours of daylight (or least exposure to the sun due to tilt of the earth) occours on June 21st (astologically meaning the middle of winter), however, according to our gregorian calander, this is less than 1/3 of the way through winter.
the only downfall of 13 months is that would would not divide into 4 seasons evenly. although if the seasons were fitted into a 13 month system it would be just as accurate.
also there are 12.4 lunar orbits a year, which is closer fitting to 12 month calender than 13 months very narrowly.
so apart from the last two points which seem paper thin, and are quite useless to me, i think 13 month years would be a positive move.
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hanal
from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-29 08:39 [#01945383]
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i understand what your saying,but if we change the year into 13 months the earth will spin off its axis and crash into a tree
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isnieZot
from pooptown (Belgium) on 2006-07-29 08:43 [#01945385]
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true
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Dannn_
from United Kingdom on 2006-07-29 08:44 [#01945386]
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this is brilliant, implement immediately
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-07-29 08:49 [#01945389]
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i don't think it would be hard to get used to, very easy for me.
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dave_g
from United Kingdom on 2006-07-29 09:01 [#01945395]
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This is a good idea, but it is bad because 13 is a prime number, so dividing the year into quaters, etc is not elegant. 12 is very good, since it has factors of 1,2,3,4,6,12. 13 only has 1 and 13.
Also events would always be on the same day, so some poor souls would always have their birthday on a Monday, while others would always be able to party hard as it would fall on a Friday.
It's a nice idea, but it won't happen. Why not split day into 10 'hours', 100 'minutes' per 'hour' and 100 'seconds' per minute, etc
It works how it is, ok it's not the best way, but that's the way life is, gives you Friday the 13th, leap years, all sorts of things which make life more intersting.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2006-07-29 10:21 [#01945417]
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this would be great.. IF YOU'RE MISTER SPOCK!!
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DirtyPriest
from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2006-07-29 10:32 [#01945420]
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Women would have their period more often
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2006-07-29 10:38 [#01945422]
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lol and we do NOT want that!
no lets just stick with the imperfect calendar we have. it keeps things interesting.
i really ate horder.
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Dannn_
from United Kingdom on 2006-07-29 10:50 [#01945425]
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yeah this is a rubbish idea, veto
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roygbivcore
from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2006-07-29 10:51 [#01945426]
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i have a cell phone. one of the things it does is when you open it up it says both the time and the date, so i don't need to change the entire month system so it would be easier to know what day it was.
oh also the same thing is on my laptop
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xceque
on 2006-07-29 10:59 [#01945429]
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2006-07-29 11:01 [#01945430]
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What do you call the extra day?
What about 12 months of 30 days and 6 extra days, every other month, or all at the end of the year during the holidays.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2006-07-29 12:13 [#01945458]
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or save them up and you can use them at the end of your life.
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i_x_ten
from arsemuncher on 2006-07-29 12:52 [#01945478]
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-07-29 17:50 [#01945584]
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ha, under my system fridays would always be on the 13th.
i would love to see a metric time system, but unlike the calender, i'm quite comfortable with with it, and getting used to a 10 hour day. or more probably 20 hours (10 morning, 10 evening) would be a hassle.
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mortsto-x
from Trondheim/Bodø (Norway) on 2006-07-29 17:57 [#01945586]
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Can you instead find out how we can have peace on earth? Thanks in advance
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2006-07-29 17:59 [#01945588]
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haha! @ this thread.
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-07-29 18:06 [#01945592]
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no, it is impossible, but i don't feel like going into why.
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-29 21:17 [#01945628]
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That sounds much better, but humans always tend to built up from what was previously. The current system is too ingrained in the culture. It's better but couldn't catch on, much like standardizing systems of measurement and such. or how about recreating english language so that no single word has 2 meanings (saw = saw in half, or past tense of see). Everything would be hyper logic more easily understandable by machines maybe. maybe 26 letters isn't the best. and maybe 10 base decimal system isn't the best.
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-30 03:57 [#01945698]
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you can also have 10 months with alternating 36 and 37 days. and shove an extra leap day on every 4 years of course so we can all get pissed.
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Combo
from Sex on 2006-07-30 04:10 [#01945700]
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I would be paid more often. =]
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