For Those of You Who Still Use Analog Watches...

[BuckyThreadkiller]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

Jewish Standard Time, eh Hesh?

What's that? Noon is two-for-one sixes?

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by BuckyThreadkiller

What's that? Noon is two-for-one sixes?

WTF....did you open more Maker's Mark or something?

[xXBUDXx]

I was told ther wouldn't be any math involved.

[Joecooool]

Speaking of analog watches, I picked up one of these today. Swiss made with the look of a Bell and Ross for less than 1/10th the price.

[snide]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

Harry, you want to explain to me WTF that watch is about?


...rraL

I think it's about time...

[Flatbush Harry]

Originally Posted by snide

I think it's about time...

It's a watch whose time points (the o 's) are based on some number defined near the time point. For example, the first time point, shown by the Greek letter gamma, is the Euler-Mascheroni constant, equal to approximately 0.5772 (remember these are irrational numbers that cannot be exactly calculated), the second time point is depicted as Phi, the "Golden Ratio", which is approximately 1.61, the third is the natural logarithm of 10, which is approximately 2.30, and so on.

So the watch, which is available for $20, is a goof for math geeks and shows times of 0.58, 1.61 and 2.30 rather than 1, 2 and 3, and so on for the other time points (left as exercises for the student). When I saw it, it concussed me on the olecranon, er, hit my funny bone, so I posted it.

To be clear, it is Arabic standard Time (since all times are irrational numbers...heh, heh...).

and

Hesh

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by NeedSpeed

Don't you mean it's minutes fast?

He said it was 5 minutes fast.


The square root of 25 is either +5 or -5, which would leave an ambiguity as to whether or not the clock was 5 minutes fast or slow.

[Flatbush Harry]

Originally Posted by Sea Six

He said it was 5 minutes fast.


The square root of 25 is either +5 or -5, which would leave an ambiguity as to whether or not the clock was 5 minutes fast or slow.

Perzacktly...but that implies it is exactly five minutess fast or slow, rather than approximately, as defined by an irrational number.

For example, Charlie Sheen is approximately nuts, defined as irrational.


Har3.14159ishry

[truckindj]

im totally lost

[LMJ]

Analog watches are just like manual transmissions. A thing of the past.
LJ

[lspencer534]

I've clicked on this thread 5 times, and I want all of them back.