Trope-a-Day: Fantastic Measurement System
Fantastic Measurement System: Well, yes. Both for money (the esteyn, to match base-12 Imperial mathematics, uses the 288-system: 12 selenis to the lumenis, 24 lumenis to the esteyn, and also goes down...
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Copied and pasted from the G+ comment thread on this trope-a-day, as I deem it worth repeating for other interested parties: Jasper Janssen: I assume there is lots of vocal arguing about why don’t you...
View ArticleTrope-a-Day: Microts
Microts: Ah, the wonders of time measurement. The Eldrae have a number of time measurement systems (well, when you’re an interstellar polity, you more or less have to, since local days and years vary...
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