> On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > > The point of my argument, and perhaps we're arguing past each other, is > that it's likely that the Dragaeran colonists either maintained the Terran > second/minute/hour and instituted a lunar system, [snip] >Obviously > the former system wouldn't work after the loss of technology, and in fact > isn't present by the Paarfiad, That's an overly strong statement. Just because neither Paarfi nor Vlad has mentioned that, for instance "the last hour of the day only has 53 minutes and 27.23 seconds", that doesn't mean that it isn't so. Such a fact would be part of standard background knowledge and hence not worth mentioning unless it became a plot point for some reason. Alexx Alexx Kay Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers alexx at world.std.com http://world.std.com/~alexx "...it turns out that my inward self ended up just having to go on a little fifteen-year (minus a week) stroll through... what's the phrase from Lennon's "Mind Games"? Through "Absolute Elsewhere." At that point my portrayal and my actual self remerged into a mostly blissful union, and (God willing) I look forward to them... us... ME living happily ever after. ("Heehee -- 'Them,' he says." "All right, all right, that's enough.")" -- Dave Sim in correspondence with Alan Moore about _From Hell_