Ivan Leon
Software Developer
Beyond The Time
Everyone wants its own Calendar...
Some calendars (only 40 of them being used today)
An EPOCH!
a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics
Gregorian Calendar
Before Christ: BC
After Christ: AD (Anno Domini, or The Year of The Lord)
Juche Era Calendar
Before Kim Il-Sung: there's no before Juche Era
After Kim Il-Sung: Juche 1, Juche 2, etc.
Different types of Day
Solar Day
Based on the position of the sun, represented in 24 hours.
Sidereal Day
Based on the position of stars. It is 4 minutes shorter than the solar day (23hs56min).
Used mainly by Astronomers.
+/- 1,674 km/hr
The precision of a Second, based on Cesium 133, measured by Atomic Clocks.
Cesium-133 and its 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation (microwaves frequency), are used for the precise definition of a Secondas the definition of a Second.
Counting Existence and the Desire of Existing More...
Telomeres are the caps at the end of each strand of DNA that protect our chromosomes, like the plastic tips at the end of shoelaces.
In an interview from 2015 with Larry King (picture), he asks Neil deGrasse Tyson...
"What if we could live forever?"
"It is the knowledge that I am going to die that creates the focus that I bring to being alive. The urgency of accomplishment. The need to express love — now, not later."
"If we live forever, why even get out of bed in the morning? Because we always have tomorrow. That's not the type of life I want to lead."
Cannot imagine a world where these people lived a bit more...
But for sure, would be a bless if any of these people lived a bit longer...
By Ivan Leon