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[Gawdzilla Sama]

DAFUQ. The clock isn't telling you anything, it is STOPPED. It's your presumption that make you think it's telling you the right time just because of a serendipitous conjunction of the time and your checking the clock.

 

[DaveC426913]

The clock isn't telling you anything, it is STOPPED.

One doesn't actually know a clock is stopped without a bit of deliberate effort. One looks at the clock and reads the time off it. That takes less than a second.

There are two times a day when that can happen (with a 2-hour clock) and it will give the correct time.

I'm not making this up. I assume you are aware of the adage "Even a broken clock is right twice a day". Go yell at literature.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

That's weak. The clock is NOT telling you the time, ever, if it's not running. Just a coincidental conjunction of your interest, the current time, and the accidental position of the hands.

 

[DaveC426913]

That's weak. The clock is NOT telling you the time, ever, if it's not running

Twice a day it is reading the correct time. That is irrefutable, no matter how much it bothers you.

. Just a coincidental conjunction of your interest, the current time, and the accidental position of the hands.

The adage is new to you, yes?

It's an adage that stood the test of time because it seems paradoxical.

 

[geordief]

Yeah but that's not the point. The point is looking at the clock and it telling the right time.

The point is that the broken clock has a silver lining (twice a day -maybe more on the Space Station)

 

[exchemist]

I will give you that

It could follow the contours like a halo?

Yes it could, but I’m not sure “lining” would then be the correct description. However I suppose you may be right to suggest that a bright halo, perhaps around a gap within the cloud, could be what the originator of the metaphor had in mind. It’s a curious expression.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Twice a day it is reading the correct time. That is irrefutable, no matter how much it bothers you.


The adage is new to you, yes?

It's an adage that stood the test of time because it seems paradoxical.

Just pointing out that the concept is faulty. Okay to take it out and play with it, just don't stick it in other people's faces.

 

[(Q)]

Eating clocks is very time consuming.