> > Distances are a fixed, absolute scale but we have a > stretchy form of > > time. > > For instance, I have just arrived back from playing squash after > > waiting 15 > > minutes (on my watch) for a bus that the indicator board > told me was > > due in > > 5. > > Having been behind the wheel of said buses for six years before I > retired, I'd be willing to bet that as the bus pulled away the > indicator changed to 15 minutes before resetting for the next bus. > Such is our technology today. The central computer can only predict, > and corrects once a time check has passed. >
I much prefer the human involvement. I was once waiting on the railway station at Blackheath for my (late) train to work when the station announcer announced "The next train to Charing Cross will be arriving in the fulness of time". Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
