Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 20, 2010
Transcript:
Girl says, "If the metric system is so great, how come everybody measures time with the same 60/60/24 system?" Frazz says, "Good question." Frazz says, "Let me think about that kilosegment." Girl says, "How long is a? what? Kilosegment?" Frazz says, "When I'm finished thinking, we'll know."
Hat Guy Pip over 4 years ago
All I can find on kilosegments are phone bill stuff. You can be billed per kilosegment. Still doesn’t say how long it is. But it says a typical customer uses about half a kilosegment for every billing period
FrankTAW over 1 year ago
The correct metric unit of time is the second. Of course, 86.4 kiloseconds is not very convenient.