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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...

Nutty - Apr 21, 2005 12:43:45 pm PDT #7778 of 10001

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Isn't a stopped digital clock usually off?

Yes, or flashing 12:00 endlessly, not that I have experience with that sort of thing.

Is Hil (and the collected peanut gallery, but Hil is the one with, like, the Formally Recognized Math here) telling me I can't count?

Okay, that's not actually news.

-t - Apr 21, 2005 12:47:10 pm PDT #7779 of 10001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have formally recognized math. A B.S., so appropriate to these discussions.

Are the clock radios that had flippy things that, um, flipped every minute considered digital? 'Cuz those can stop.

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