Hi We’ve gone around on this one a few times. The group seem to divide into two groups. One group suggests that anything other than perfect accuracy is not a TimeNut subject. The other group seems to come up with “that’s neat … do it this way”. Part of it seems to depend a bit on having read (and very much liked) Terry Pratchett’s writings.
Bob > On Nov 2, 2014, at 8:48 AM, Mike Baker <mp...@clanbaker.org> wrote: > > Time-Nutters-- > > I have been tempted to build a (hacked) wall clock > (after Lord Vetinari) that has an erratic second hand > that sometimes skips ticks and sometimes ticks > several times very rapidly but still keeps "correct" > time. I would love to put one of these up on a doctor's > patient waiting room wall just to see what people's > reactions are. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpqFU4SGe1Y > > I suppose this would not generate the same reaction > if it were done to a digital (numerical) clock. > Hmmmm--- maybe if a "tick" sound were added...? > Nah... Whoever heard of a digital clock that ticked... > > See: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpqFU4SGe1Y > > Mike Baker > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
