[time-nuts] GPSDO for my rubber duckie

Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 3 11:28:38 UTC 2011


On 8/2/11 10:47 PM, David J Taylor wrote:
>> That said of all the systems I like the Mayan one best. They defined
>> the year as 360 days. Then after 360 days they stopped counting and
>> had a party while they waited for the priest to watch the sun and
>> declare the start of a new year. They got a week off.
>>
>> Chris Albertson
>> Redondo Beach, California
>
> With the exception of the counting, that almost happens in the UK,
> particularly Scotland, where it's about two weeks off rather than just a
> few days. I guess NTP or Big Ben would replace the priest now!
>

Didn't the Romans do the same thing.. 5 day intercalary period during 
which the Saturnalia occurred. And they had 10 day weeks,



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