Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Zefram
Pierpaolo Bernardi wrote: >The URL Rob Seaman posted shows the correct time, for me. It's a dynamic redirect. redirects to , which redirects to a URL of the form "http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/HHhMMm.png";, where "HH" a

Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Richard B. Langley
O.K. Got it now. Thanks. Will perhaps be useful for those without a global map in their heads. ;-) -- Richard On Wednesday, February 26, 2014,57, at 10:54 AM, Rob Seaman wrote: > Hi Richard, > > The URL in the original email is for embedding. The original page (with that > URL embedded) is: >

Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Rob Seaman
Hi Richard, The URL in the original email is for embedding. The original page (with that URL embedded) is: http://xkcd.com/1335/ and should auto-update (every 15m it looks like) in most browsers. Hover over the image to see the popup with instructions. Rob -- On Feb 26, 2014, at 7:

Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <150c183e-95d4-4db4-a2ad-8c21e16c6...@unb.ca>, "Richard B. Langley" writes: >Doesn't work for me. Perhaps I don't have the right URL for the = >real-time display? What is it then? I don't know how ofte it actually changes, but it has been spot on the three times I've looked at it toda

Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Pierpaolo Bernardi
The URL Rob Seaman posted shows the correct time, for me. On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Richard B. Langley wrote: > Doesn't work for me. Perhaps I don't have the right URL for the real-time > display? What is it then? > > On Wednesday, February 26, 2014,57, at 10:35 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wro

Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Richard B. Langley
Doesn't work for me. Perhaps I don't have the right URL for the real-time display? What is it then? On Wednesday, February 26, 2014,57, at 10:35 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message , "Richard B. > Langley" > writes: > >> Guess this is meant to be used with the image printed out and then

Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message , "Richard B. Langley" writes: >Guess this is meant to be used with the image printed out and then >the map and time zones circle cut out and then pinned at [...] No, it's intended to be used on-line, where it is supposedly always in the right configuration. -- Poul-Henning Kamp

Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Richard B. Langley
Guess this is meant to be used with the image printed out and then the map and time zones circle cut out and then pinned at the centre to an underlying piece of cardboard say so that it can spin to line up any time zone with the time indicated on the outer ring. Sort of like a time-zone circular

Re: [LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Kevin Birth
Dagnabbit, all the globalization theory that my social science friends teach suggests the world is flat and that time doesn't matter—you mean they're wrong? The projection from the South Pole is a nice touch! Cheers, Kevin Kevin K. Birth, Professor Department of Anthropology Queens College, Ci

[LEAPSECS] xkcd clock

2014-02-26 Thread Rob Seaman
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