Quadibloc:

Unfortunately, they referred to the length of the day as "Earth's daily
rotation period", which will only serve to prolong the confusion exemplified by a
participant in this newsgroup.

I don't think that referring to the length of the day as 24 hours is a
grave or important error. It is, after all, the statutory length of the
day in civil time, which is the standard I use to set my wris****ch and
the standard that my favorite airline uses. The average resident of
planet Earth has a very good knowledge of the length of the day that
serves for all practical purposes.

What is mystifying to me is your obsession with whoever it is in this
group you disagree with. You have spent years taking that person's bait
and trying to set that person straight, all to no avail. How do you
know that that person believes what he says, and is not just playing
you for a slavering dog?

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I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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