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In reply to the discussion: Three minutes ago this happened [View all]Kid Berwyn
(14,876 posts)39. Unique Time
Socrates:
"Let us, then, say that this is the gift of Memory, the mother of the Muses, and that whenever we wish to remember anything we see or hear or think of in our own minds, we hold this wax under the perceptions and thoughts and imprint them upon it, just as we make impressions from seal rings; and whatever is imprinted we remember and know as long as its image lasts, but whatever is rubbed out or [191e] cannot be imprinted we forget and do not know.
https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3538
Thank you for sharing, malaise!
"Let us, then, say that this is the gift of Memory, the mother of the Muses, and that whenever we wish to remember anything we see or hear or think of in our own minds, we hold this wax under the perceptions and thoughts and imprint them upon it, just as we make impressions from seal rings; and whatever is imprinted we remember and know as long as its image lasts, but whatever is rubbed out or [191e] cannot be imprinted we forget and do not know.
https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3538
Thank you for sharing, malaise!
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Will never happen, military time resets at 24, there's never been 30 hours in a day.
KS Toronado
Oct 2020
#41
You could be right. Or how about 40 hr days, we'd only have to work 1 day a week.
KS Toronado
Oct 2020
#55
Military time is a 24 hour clock but we worked on a 24 hour clock but ZULU time
marie999
Oct 2020
#28