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A man with one clock always knows what time it is. A man with two clocks is never sure. We have no data on a man with 106 clocks.
by LeoPanthera 4y ago
A man with one clock always knows what time it is. A man with two clocks is never sure.
We have no data on a man with 106 clocks.
- Arrath 4y agoIf even a portion of them chime the hour: the man is insane.
- nimbius 4y agoMe: patiently explaining how I, a 106 clocks enthusiast, havent stolen any clocks, to the authorities at my door to no avail as the roaring cacophany of time clangs bangs and bongs behind me. My deafened cat: groaning in agony My wristwatch: absent you fool please set in and let me educate you a poor plebian on the 106 clocks lifestyle....
- mauvehaus 4y agoIt's become a bit of a running gag with my wife to count the clocks in her parents' house when we visit and see if we come up with the same number. We rarely do, either because we have different interpretations as to whether a half-assembled clock counts or not or because we overlook one of many. We've yet to break into three figures, but we've gotten most of the way there. Midnight and noon are intense. Her father has them all set a bit off from each other to enjoy each chiming in turn.
- Waterluvian 4y agoI really… really really really really want to spend a day with your parents. Once.
- angled 4y agoGetting dangerously off topic, but I recently bought a GPS-syncing wall clock. Now it matches our computers! And everything else. No more concerns.
- CamperBob2 4y agoA man with 106 clocks can be sqrt(106) times more confident in knowing what time it is.
- KRAKRISMOTT 4y agoWhy sqrt? The ensemble is 1-P(Wrong time probability for a single clock)^106
- thefifthsetpin 4y agoEvery clock is wrong; they're just wrong by different amounts.
- Waterluvian 4y agoSurely one clock is right. Kind of like how the kilogram used to be always right.
- CamperBob2 4y agoYou'd need to steal a lot more than 106 clocks to control the UTC timescale, (un)fortunately. Only then could you say that your clock is "right" -- and only a month in arrears (https://www.bipm.org/en/time-ftp/circular-t https://www.bipm.org/en/time-ftp/circular-t).
- dylan604 4y agoUnless you're Doctor Emmet Brown. Also, Mr Pedantic is curious of your definition of a clock. If you are limiting it to just analog clocks with manual only adjustments sure, it might be hard to keep them in sync. But I'm willing to think that all of those reading this thread have clocks in sync
- samplatt 4y agoYou would be _amazed_ how many issues you can get with so-called synchronized time. Ship on-board NTP servers are currently a thing of my team's nightmares.
- dtgriscom 4y agoI've heard the rule to never bring two chronographs to sea for navigation. If they agree, then you might as well have stuck with one. If they disagree, then you'll just wonder which one is "right" (if either).
- kadoban 4y agoIf one breaks, you can pull the spare from the drawer at least.
- Waterluvian 4y agoHe stole 106 clocks?! Frankly, I’m amazed he found the time.
- john_the_writer 4y agoI was about to type this :)
- 1letterunixname 4y ago[flagged]
- kazinator 4y agoA man with 106 clocks can calculate the mean value, and give an estimate with a high confidence within two standard deviations of that.
- euroderf 4y agoThe wisdom of crowds of watches.