To: fanfan; sionnsar; Monkey Face; Tax-chick; Darksheare
"... a wrist watch that can tell the time on any planet in the solar system." In the not too distant future, you'll be able to adjust your watch for Venus, Earth, Mars, or two dozen outer moons.
It is useful to know when the local sunrise occurs, after all.
Mars will have time zones, of course. Most others will just coordinate for a central meridian.
By the way, if you do visit Venus, try to go to one of the higher latitude sky-cities. It won't make any difference about the temperature, but the angles of sunlight will be more pleasing.
(And don't fall for the old "Wanna go skydiving?" chestnut. It's just a joke.)
1,410 posted on
08/16/2007 5:42:07 PM PDT by
NicknamedBob
(The Ski Haus sign says, "See You Next Fall!" -- Orthopedics Clinic next door, the sign says "Ditto!")
To: NicknamedBob
Sign on Io shuttle door, “Don’t bother bringing marshmallows.”
1,413 posted on
08/16/2007 5:43:28 PM PDT by
Darksheare
(Woodchuck: a Dire Lemming rampager +9!)
To: NicknamedBob
In the not too distant future, you'll be able to adjust your watch for Venus, Earth, Mars, or two dozen outer moons. That's all? What about the sun?
It is useful to know when the local sunrise occurs, after all.
Hm. The stopped watch might be useful there too. Or maybe we just take the hands off the dial.
1,418 posted on
08/16/2007 5:46:24 PM PDT by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: NicknamedBob
I’ve always wanted to go skydiving.
;-)
1,419 posted on
08/16/2007 5:47:13 PM PDT by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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