t hang on another 990-odd years, and they will be on the '00 -vs- '01 Millenium thing. It will rock.
Don't I get a cookie?
Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gus - Apr 21, 2005 12:38:15 pm PDT #7768 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2005 12:38:49 pm PDT #7769 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why do you say it matters analog/digital, Jessica?
-t, you may not be taking your next test when you'd planned, but you have the brain of a number wonk.
Hil R. - Apr 21, 2005 12:39:24 pm PDT #7770 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Figuring a regular analog clock, it'll gain 24 minutes per day. So then it'll take 30 days to gain 720 minutes (=12 hours.)
The problem with the 24 h 1 minute answer is that, figure it's now 12:00. In 24 hours, it will be 12:00 and the clock will say 12:01. In 24 hours 1 minute, it will be 12:01 and the clock will now say 12:02 (and some fraction of a second). The difference between the real time and the clock time starts out small, but keeps getting bigger, until it gets all the way around the clock, to the point where it looks right but is really 12 hours off.
Gudanov - Apr 21, 2005 12:39:34 pm PDT #7771 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Why do you say it matters analog/digital, Jessica?
AM/PM indicator I would guess
Jessica - Apr 21, 2005 12:39:46 pm PDT #7772 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Why do you say it matters analog/digital, Jessica?
Because most digital clocks display AM/PM along with the numbers. A stopped digital clock will be right only once a day.
Gus - Apr 21, 2005 12:42:03 pm PDT #7773 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
t Quick, someone point out it as an aphorism! There may be a fist fight. With mud wrestling!
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2005 12:42:13 pm PDT #7774 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A stopped digital clock will be right only once a day.
Isn't a stopped digital clock usually off?
Because most digital clocks display AM/PM along with the numbers.
I think among mine, it's half and half. My car and oven have no AM/PM, but my phone and satellite clock do. The rest are timers, so I don't count them.
-t - Apr 21, 2005 12:42:27 pm PDT #7775 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, ita.
t preens wonky brain
Jessica - Apr 21, 2005 12:43:22 pm PDT #7776 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Isn't a stopped digital clock usually off?
Well...fine. But in your example, it's not stopped, just slow. So it matters.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 21, 2005 12:43:37 pm PDT #7777 of 10001
What is even happening?
Isn't a stopped digital clock usually off?
It could be stuck. Or frozen in a time warp by some guy who knows his girlfriend is going to dump him, but also knows she's going to have pity sex with him first, and so he does this thing to stop time while they're having sex...