cookie_monster Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Is there any scientific basis for this suggestion or is science a word that is being used very loosely? BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Muslim call to adopt Mecca time
Gatt Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 (edited) Anyone got images of Pinky and The Brain in their head's now Edited April 21, 2008 by Gatt typo
Joanne Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 yet another religion forcing their beliefs on others... *sigh*
Michael Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Some people have too much time on their hands. It amazes me that this bothers people. This quotes proves it's all to do with power: He said the English had imposed GMT on the rest of the world by force when Britain was a big colonial power, and it was about time that changed. I feel so powerful now!
contink Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 I'd say someone took a leaf from that complete loon in Venezuala.. Chavez changed their timezone by half an hour because he didn't want to share a timezone with the imperialist yankee scum.. Don't you find yourself just thinking... on a forum, the idiots who proposed this would just be labelled "troll".... Talk about bait and switch...
cookie_monster Posted April 22, 2008 Author Posted April 22, 2008 It just seems to say "English had imposed GMT on the rest of the world and now we wish to do the same" It was about unifying the system not really about power (well maybe a bit) but ff we carry on and change it then someone else will be unhappy we could change the system every week It's one of the most ridiculous ideas this year.
dhicks Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Anyone got images of Pinky and The Brain in their head's now Nope - Mc Hammer. "Stop. Mecca time!"... -- David Hicks
dhicks Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 If its anything like Hammer Time I'm all for it. Woa! We both had exactly the same thought at the same time! -- David Hicks
sparkeh Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Woa! We both had exactly the same thought at the same time! -- David Hicks We are the chosen ones of The Hammer.
SYNACK Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 (edited) There are already other time keeping methods in use UTC for example which seems to be used for astronomical stuff as it is more precise. Most people use GMT based time though and I think that it would be stupid and divisive to demand a change just because they feel like it. I think it comes back to the same old story of another pack of religious nuts looking to chip us back to the stone age bit by bit until they are happy and can feel secure milling their grain by hand and butcher their neighbors their 'gods' will. Sorry if my view is a bit hard line but I get sick of these extreme religious nuts using their views as an excuse to subjugate others to their will. Oh and another thing, they obviously have not taken into account that the earths magnetic field changes over time. I guess that ownes on their little theory then. Edited April 22, 2008 by SYNACK
Guest Guest Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Most people use GMT based time though and I think that it would be stupid and divisive to demand a change just because they feel like it. I think it comes back to the same old story of another pack of religious nuts looking to chip us back to the stone age bit by bit until they are happy and can feel secure milling their grain by hand and butcher their neighbors their 'gods' will. Sorry if my view is a bit hard line but I get sick of these extreme religious nuts using their views as an excuse to subjugate others to their will. Oh and another thing, they obviously have not taken into account that the earths magnetic field changes over time. I guess that ownes on their little theory then. Yep. I have no problem with people playing with "god" in their own home, but when they come out telling others what to do because they had a "vision" (read; sniffed too much glue the night before) they can feck right off. Have a nice day :-)
Scotmk Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 British did not force this upon anyone. "British mariners kept at least one timepiece on GMT in order to calculate their longitude from the Greenwich meridian" when on the seas discovering places. Other countries adopted this at there own free will. just like people do now with other things they like.
mark80 Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 The watch is said to rotate anti-clockwise and is supposed to help Muslims determine the direction of Mecca from any point on Earth. So hes invented a compass then? Bwhahaaaahahaha Found this too The Masjid al Haram (Sacred Mosque) is for Muslims the holiest mosque on Earth. Both the mosque and the city itself are strictly off limits to non-Muslims. How about that for segregation? Can you imagine telling muslims they were not allowed to visit a place just because they were non Christian?
localzuk Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 All my machines run on UTC Everything is based on UTC now isn't it? Only a few companies still refer to GMT for timezones. The scientific community most certainly use UTC - and via this, GPS uses it. It doesn't matter that they are pretty much the same thing (well, they could be out by upto 0.9s as GMT GMT could be referring to UTC or UT1).
cookie_monster Posted April 22, 2008 Author Posted April 22, 2008 Just had a nosey on Wiki (yes i know) English speakers and French speakers each wanted the initials of their respective languages' terms to be used internationally: "CUT" for "coordinated universal time" and "TUC" for "temps universel coordonné". This resulted in the final compromise of using "UTC All i can say is bloody typical :-)
Midget Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 He said the English had imposed GMT on the rest of the world by force when Britain was a big colonial power, and it was about time that changed. Nonsense. GMT is simply the correct time, at all times. Even the Zulus used it, apparently. 1
cookie_monster Posted April 22, 2008 Author Posted April 22, 2008 Well UTC or UT is simply the correct time, at all times GMT isn't really used anymore officially not since 1971 i think (although they are almost exactly the same time).
cookie_monster Posted April 23, 2008 Author Posted April 23, 2008 Sorry one eye on the footy at the time :-)
StewartKnight Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 I use Chuck Norris Time If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds till." After you ask, "Two seconds to what?" he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
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