Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Not in the future

Othneliarex is not in the future. He is in the same time as us. But he is referring to the time-zone phenomenon, which is experienced by tourists, traveling businesspeople and...well...anyone else who does not fit into that category. The reason for this is: if it was the same time everywhere on earth, then...well...say it is 9:00am in this imaginary world. And let's imagine that it is light in Sri Lanka. In New York, on the side of the earth that is in shadow, it is dark. And still 9:00am. That is the basic theory behind time zones. Which is why Othneliarex's clock shows what...5:30? and my clock shows 4:30. Or would have, if this was all happening at that time, but it is actually 2:37 here.

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