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A trivia thread might be kinda cool. I will throw out one thats not so much trivia as it is mathmatical.
If an analog clock (the kind with hands) loses one second for every minute that goes by, it loses an additional minute for every hour that goes by, and loses an hour for every second that goes by, and you set it correctly at noon today, what will the clock read at noon tomorrow?
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A more interesting clock question is this, which also assumes a clock with hands. Which clock is more accurate, one that keeps perfect time but is one minute behind the actual time or one that doesn't run at all?
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quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Good thread, CJ.
That clock will read wrong, obviously.
A more interesting clock question is this, which also assumes a clock with hands. Which clock is more accurate, one that keeps perfect time but is one minute behind the actual time or one that doesn't run at all?
The one that doesn't run at all. It's correct twice a day.
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quote:Originally posted by Pagan: Thanks for the headache Jim!
you are very welcome!
no answer in one day so heres the answer The correct answer was 11:12. If the clock loses one second for every minute that goes by, then the clock will show 59 seconds have gone by at the end of every minute. This means that after 60 minutes of real time, the clock will show that 3,540 seconds have gone by, or 59 minutes. Except that in addition to losing one second every minute, it loses an additional minute every hour, meaning that each hour of real time shows as 58 minutes on the minute hand of the clock. This means that after 24 hours, the clock will have lost 48 minutes.
Now, since the clock loses one hour every second, the hour hand must be spinning backward very quickly! But, after 24 hours, or 1,440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds, the clock will have lost 86,400 hours. Since it will be in the same place it began if this amount is a multiple of 12 (it is, since 7,200 * 12 = 86,400), the hour hand will be up at the 12, except that since THE CLOCK loses the aforementioned amounts of time (not just each individual hand), the hour hand will actually have lagged back four minute marks to be between the 11 and the 12. The minute hand will be at two minute marks past the 2, and the second hand will be straight up at the 12, having lost an even 60 seconds every 60 minutes, and having passed through 59 cycles of 60 every 60 minutes. Therefore, the clock will read 11:12 (and if it read AM or PM, it actually would read AM, since the parity changes 3,600 times - an even number - leaving the AM or PM value unchanged).
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clap was the one i saw.. had to watch over and over LOL.. i think it was the third or fourth time that i refused to clap my hands cuz i fgured out it didn't matter... got in trouble for being the prik i was
guess i've always had a hard time with "suspension of disbelief"
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Tex, yesterday the BCIT lawsuit was dispensed of, the guys looking for lawyers fees got none, but they did get their record expunged, BCIT traded toady as high as .15 and closed at .05, but not all brokers are gonna let us trade it look like...
got phone calls into ST and Empire you have alotof reading to catch up on... time to git on the phone and raise some hell witcher broker
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quote:Originally posted by jordanreed: but, we have already established that you dont tell the truth...so we are obligated to disbelieve you once again. ..
remember? your cred is shot.
Do you really believe the Munchkin Man could have made something like this up?
If so, you are giving the Munchkin Man credit for more imagination than he actually has.
Munchkin Man
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yes..i do believe. ..You love to lie to make yourself feel worthwhile...its your gig. same reason you speak in 3rd person..you think it makes you stand out...whereas it actually makes you look like a fool.
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Mr. Man, I now see why you can't pay your rent.
'cause you, and your "That was Pretty Boy Floyd and his gang!" a$$ is smokin' way too much weed.
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quote:Originally posted by jordanreed: yes..i do believe. ..You love to lie to make yourself feel worthwhile...its your gig. same reason you speak in 3rd person..you think it makes you stand out...whereas it actually makes you look like a fool.
The Munchkin Man thinks you are jealous of the Munchkin Man.
Munchkin Man
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