The Internet from a global perspective
has eliminated the significance of geographical location
in existence. Further more a new global community
of technology and information has evolved i.e. the
"Internet Community" or "Internet Globe".
Hence comes Jaffa.Net's invention of the i-time to
reflect this geographical insignificance on the Internet
Globe and provide a means of synchronizing the watches
and events of this Internet Community.
The i-time is measured with the "@i-pulse"
as a new unit replacing the conventional "second"
unit. The "@i-pulse" is not just a unit
of measurement, on the contrary it is considered to
be a core unit of the internet technology since the
"@i-pulse" was developed from Internet foundations
such as: the Internet average bandwidth, the average
processor speed, the average network performance,
and some other factors in relation with the speed
of light.
Jaffa.Net provided a conversion formula from the conventional
time in any location on earth to the unified global
i-time and vice versa. The formula is reflected
in a factor of conversion between the conventional
"second" to the "@i-pulse". The
Internet time, as a name has been used in many different
occasions to indicate the speed at which people should
act to and envision events related to Internet technology,
the time-to-market for instance in the Internet era
is different than the time-to-market in the traditional
pre-Internet world. Jaffa.Net's i-time reflects this
concept. Based on the "@i-pulse" to "second"
factor, the duration of the "@i-pulse" is
shorter than the duration of the conventional "second".
Therefore, the i-time watch clicks faster than the
regular watch. In the i-time Applet, you see that
the global i-time is ticking faster than (ahead of)
the conventional Gregorian time.
In i-time all the de-facto calendar naming conventions
were maintained. The days in i-time are the same as
the corresponding days in the conventional calendar
with an i added at the beginning, therefore, the days
in the i-time are: "iSunday", "iMonday",
etc., the months are "iJanuary", "iFebreuary",
etc., the dates are also prefixed by an i. For example,
the new year of the i-time calendar is iJanuary 1
of every iyear.( i2000 for instance)
The i-time displayed in the Applet is based on the
factor (@i-pulse/second) calculated by Jaffa.Net's
i-time equation. The epoch started on January 1st,
2000 at 00:00:00 according to Jerusalem mean time.
Note that at the epoch, the i-time and the conventional
time were equal. For more details on i-time, go to
i-time's FAQ.
Hope to see you at the second Internet New Year Anniversary
to be conducted live on the Internet.
If you need more technical information on the i-time,
or if you have any feedback, please contact the i-time
team
@ Jaffa.Net i-time@i-jaffa.net.
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