In the late 60s I had an inexpensive wristwatch with a cheap leather or plastic wristband. I did not want the enhanced conductivity if a metal band when working with vacuum tube circuits.
Where I worked the only clock visible had been rigged to go backwards. But it did keep good time, which is more than I could say for my wristwatch. So I would check my watch, then get a vernier reading off the wall clock. Naturally I bought an Intel Microma when it became readily affordable. I learned about time from that..... I was riding on a bus to the airport, realizing I should have been on a previous bus. The only activity possible at the time was estimating the probability of making my flight. At that point I had a revelation - the bit about the big hand and the little hand and visualizing subtended angles. So I had to do the math. No big deal, I didn't have anything better to do sitting in that bus. Over the years I've developed mental short cuts so I don't mess the hands. One learns how to do it much as one learns bicycle riding, skiing, or Morse code. I have one of those bass ackwards clocks on the wall of my home office, complete with Tektronix IDD logo. For completeness, the numbers are labeled in binary. Some years ago the dyslexic daughter of a neighbor happened upon that clock and called out the time instantly. Most folks have to think about it for a while before they can read the time on that clock. -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R c...@omen.com www.omen.com Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
