Comments on: UMT? http://armchairdissident.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/umt/ Musings from a UK skeptic who's tired of shouting ineffectually at his TV Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:20:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Shebang http://armchairdissident.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/umt/#comment-183 Shebang Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:47:42 +0000 http://armchairdissident.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-183 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Shebang. Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Shebang.

]]> By: Dileep Sathe http://armchairdissident.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/umt/#comment-172 Dileep Sathe Wed, 14 May 2008 17:32:00 +0000 http://armchairdissident.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-172 As a physics teacher, I do not agree with the new proposal of Muslims and in favour of GMT for following scientific / geographical reasons. First, earth is SPHERICAL and not circular. So NO town - Mecca or Greenwich or any other - can be at the centre that is about 6400 Km below the surface of earth. One can prove this point, by using school physics. Second, we are concerned with the rotation of earth, not with magnetism. As GMT is the present standard, the present IDL [International Date Line] passes mostly through Pacific ocean. But if Mecca is taken as a standard, the new IDL will pass through western Canada causing confusion among Canadians and Americans, particularly. Therefore I am opposing the Mecca time. Lastly, though GMT was introduced by British, it has no concern with the British colonialism. As a physics teacher, I do not agree with the new proposal of Muslims and in favour of GMT for following scientific / geographical reasons. First, earth is SPHERICAL and not circular. So NO town – Mecca or Greenwich or any other – can be at the centre that is about 6400 Km below the surface of earth. One can prove this point, by using school physics. Second, we are concerned with the rotation of earth, not with magnetism. As GMT is the present standard, the present IDL [International Date Line] passes mostly through Pacific ocean. But if Mecca is taken as a standard, the new IDL will pass through western Canada causing confusion among Canadians and Americans, particularly. Therefore I am opposing the Mecca time. Lastly, though GMT was introduced by British, it has no concern with the British colonialism.

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