TFA fatally misunderstands what clocks actually measure. They measure the amount of time that has elapsed. When we say "it's quarter after noon" what we reall

TFA fatally misunderstands what clocks actually measure. They measure the amount of time that has elapsed. When we say "it's quarter after noon" what we really mean is that 12 hours and 15 minutes have elapsed since 00:00. The reason clocks don't round up is because that's simply wrong. A minute hasn't elapsed at xx:xx:36, it has only elapsed after :59 tl;dr The author of TFA doesn't actually understand what clocks measure.