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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.

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JohnSweden - Apr 21, 2005 12:47:32 pm PDT #7781 of 10001

I can't even.

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

I have an old favourite digital alarm clock which still "works" but the time it tells is off by a random number of hours and minutes. I didn't even know they did that.

Nutty - Apr 21, 2005 12:50:24 pm PDT #7782 of 10001

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

A B.S., so appropriate to these discussions.

Took a long look at this and said, IBS? That is a degree now? Then I figured it out. Clearly, having some lexical problems in addition to the basic calculia problems. Next up? Apraxia!

Burrell - Apr 21, 2005 12:51:57 pm PDT #7783 of 10001

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oy! Frances has a fever today. And there's so much going on around the house, she is having a hard time staying down for her nap. Mommy worn out.

PS--I have nothing to add to the stopped clock discussion except that Scalia uses the same line (about it being right twice a day) to describe those rare (in his view) instances when a Justice should not follow his version of strict constructionism.

shrift - Apr 21, 2005 12:51:58 pm PDT #7784 of 10001

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Anyone mind if I destroy the universe right now? I mean, y'all are talking math, so the mathy Buffistas will all die happy, and the unmathy Buffistas will be so glad the math is over, so I should just go ahead and make with the Earth-shattering kaboom, yes?

-t - Apr 21, 2005 12:52:43 pm PDT #7785 of 10001

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

I'm actually curious about the 23:59 answer, if you care to explain the reasoning.

I don't have IBS, so far as I know. And I think I'd have reason to know.

(etask: If the universe ends now, do I get to take my vacation next week?)

Jessica - Apr 21, 2005 12:54:09 pm PDT #7786 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm actually curious abotu the 23:59 answer, if you care to explain the reasoning.

If it was a fast clock instead of a slow one, this would be the answer, wouldn't it?

[eta: No, no it wouldn't. t kicks brain

Gus - Apr 21, 2005 12:54:18 pm PDT #7787 of 10001

Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

t looks up Apraxia

t Oh, it's like spelling millennium wrong, out loud.

DXMachina - Apr 21, 2005 12:54:44 pm PDT #7788 of 10001

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

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.

I was gonna say...

aurelia - Apr 21, 2005 12:55:04 pm PDT #7789 of 10001

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

It's noon. The clock says it's 12:00.

23:59 hours later, it's 11:59 and the clock says it's 12:00. How is that right?

If you only go 12 hours later, there will be 30 seconds of the clock showing the correct time.

-t - Apr 21, 2005 12:55:54 pm PDT #7790 of 10001

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

Sorry to hear about the fever and the wearing out, Burrell. That must be a special kind of exhausting at this point.

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