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Title: Time Measurement Question
Post by: CalLabSolutions on 05-09-2009 -- 11:31:31
I have looked at all the old episods and asked most the Geeks I know with not luck.

Does anyone know how much time there is in a Centon? 

Some believe it is synonimous with a minute, some with a second.


Title: Re: Time Measurement Question
Post by: metrologygeek on 05-09-2009 -- 16:51:01
Try this...

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Centon
Title: Re: Time Measurement Question
Post by: Hawaii596 on 05-11-2009 -- 13:43:01
I'm not at all a Battlestar Galactica afficianado, but according to BattleStarGalactica.com,

a CENTURON = a century
a YAHREN = a year
a QUATRON = a month or fortnight
a SECTON = a week
a CENTAR = an hour
a CENTON = a minute (in all but the first 2 episodes)
a MICRON = a second

In the first couple of episodes, a CENTON was used to describe a week.  Since it is fictitious Sci Fi, sounds like a script glitch that was changed.
Title: Re: Time Measurement Question
Post by: mdbuike on 05-11-2009 -- 14:10:58
After Arthur objects to drinking 3 pints of beer at lunchtime:

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

  http://www.hhgttgonline.com/html/quotes_ford1.html   



Mike