>>What do you mean by "my hours are only 2 to 3 ks long." what is ks?
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>Kiloseconds. What else? The computer counts in fractions of seconds, Minutes, hours are based on odd hexagesimalsystem. Length of day, month and year are more an estimate.
>And it sounds much better then
My hour is 45 minutes long, the normal hour length in educational jobs here. :)
Been there, done that for five years. Never wished to return.
>I recommend
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge about this and, for us Fox -Dinosaurs, the part about software-archeology.
Ah! I knew it's in one of those that I've read more than twice... and of course forgot its inventory. Keeping the plot in mind is complicated enough.