On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:30:01 -0800, Shawn Burns <s1burns at ucsd.edu> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Turkel [mailto:zizban at adelphia.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:15 AM > > To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> <dragaera at dragaera.info> > > Subject: Re: Time and longitude > > > > > > On Feb 15, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Jeff G. wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John Oliver" <oliver at astro.ufl.edu> > > > To: "Dragaera (E-mail)" <dragaera at dragaera.info> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:08 AM > > > Subject: Time and longitude > > > > > > > > >> When the Orb has been active, citizens "know" the time > > based on the > > >> master Imperial Clock. If Dragaera is a spherical planet, > > then local > > >> time (i.e. dawn, dusk) will vary with longitude around the planet. > > >> Thus > > >> a more eastern location might already be in daytime at the seventh > > >> hour of the morning (by the Orb), while a much more > > western location > > >> might still be in darkness. > > >> My question is: "Does this show up in the books?" > > >> -- > > >> John Oliver > > >> Associate Professor > > >> Associate Chair > > >> Department of Astronomy > > >> University of Florida > > >> Project AST at RHO http://astrho.astro.ufl.edu see the night sky at > > >> http://concam.net/rh/ > > >> > > > > > > Well, it's an assumption, but here goes. Drageareans are > > aware of the > > > difference in "time zones", I believe Lady Teldra mentions formula > > > developed > > > to ascertain the time in different locals. The Orb knows > > the location > > > of > > > every person linked to it. I would guess that it translates > > the local > > > time > > > for anyone that asks. So, no, it is not stated directly, > > but neither > > > is it > > > contradicted. > > > > > > Jeff G. > > > > > > > > > We don't really know much about the size of the planet or the > > continent > > Drageara is on, except for something like its "The same general shape > > as Europe but four times larger, of which the Empire covers about > > half". That's big so they must have timezones figured out by now. > > Timezones are necessary (read: > "convenient") when the light we get is from the sun, so that at different > times there is light vs. no light at the extremes; but what about with the > Overcast? Maybe it diffuses the light of the sun eough that there is little > noticeable difference at the same time in the east and west. So the farmer > in the west gets up at 6 on the Imperial clock and has only slightly less > light to work with than the farmer in the east who gets up at that same > time. Farmers are a bad example. They get up when it's light enough to work and quit when they can't see anymore, whether's that's 6:00 AM or 4:00 AM or 13:00 midnight. The other serious need for accurate timekeeping is naval navigation. Are Dragaerans serious sea-folk?