Topic: Idea: a clock made of like a hundred stopped clocks
Meta !Sober//iZs started this discussion 7 years ago #78,543
And the stopped clock closest to the correct time is lit up. A stopped clock is right twice a day so if you had enough of them, and knew which one was right, it would be the same as having one working clock.
Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #916,957
They'd be arranged in a 10x10 grid.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 21 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #916,959
@OP
You need to hang out with wacky art students more often. I feel like your ideas are wasted on the likes of us.
You need to hang out with wacky art students more often. I feel like your ideas are wasted on the likes of us.
Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 43 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #916,971
@previous (B)
They'd hate me for my right-libertarian politics :(
Actually instead of 10x10 the grid should be 12x12, each clock set 5 minutes apart (so one at 12:00, one at 12:05, etc, etc) so you'd always know the right time within 5 minutes (which is, I think, good enough for a decorative clock). Now the real question is: should the clocks be in order, starting from 12:00 in the top left, or random on the board? Should the clocks themselves be identical, or random?
You'd want to like hook up a Raspberry Pi with LEDs behind each clock dial, and then the stopped clock closest to the correct time lights up. You could use RGB LEDs so the color changes throughout the day (starting with bright blue in the morning, and then fading to yellow/red in the evening like that f.lux thing everyone likes).
They'd hate me for my right-libertarian politics :(
Actually instead of 10x10 the grid should be 12x12, each clock set 5 minutes apart (so one at 12:00, one at 12:05, etc, etc) so you'd always know the right time within 5 minutes (which is, I think, good enough for a decorative clock). Now the real question is: should the clocks be in order, starting from 12:00 in the top left, or random on the board? Should the clocks themselves be identical, or random?
You'd want to like hook up a Raspberry Pi with LEDs behind each clock dial, and then the stopped clock closest to the correct time lights up. You could use RGB LEDs so the color changes throughout the day (starting with bright blue in the morning, and then fading to yellow/red in the evening like that f.lux thing everyone likes).
Anonymous B replied with this 7 years ago, 41 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #916,973
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Most the wacky art students I ever knew were pretty apolitical. If you tried to get a political opinion out of them, then they would look at you like you just asked them to have a serious opinion about their favorite species of seaweed. It just wasn't a topic that they bothered with or had any interest in discussing.
I think a random ordering would be fun. I like the idea of a random ordering that changes each day, but changing the broken clock times each day starts getting weirdly complex for a decorative clock. I like the color idea to help distinguish AM from PM.
Most the wacky art students I ever knew were pretty apolitical. If you tried to get a political opinion out of them, then they would look at you like you just asked them to have a serious opinion about their favorite species of seaweed. It just wasn't a topic that they bothered with or had any interest in discussing.
I think a random ordering would be fun. I like the idea of a random ordering that changes each day, but changing the broken clock times each day starts getting weirdly complex for a decorative clock. I like the color idea to help distinguish AM from PM.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 18 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #916,975
You would need 720 clocks, to display every possible time of day(12 hour format). Changing color to indicate AM and PM is something you would have to do.
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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #917,062
None of the ideas presented make any sense if one is on a plane and wants to find out what time it is.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 33 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #917,069
I actually like this idea
Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 22 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #917,075
@917,061 (C)
Please give me an example of a location where it would be needed for a 720 clock artpiece to distinguish between am and pm
Please give me an example of a location where it would be needed for a 720 clock artpiece to distinguish between am and pm
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #917,076
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squeegee joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 5 hours later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #917,109
Youd need 1440 if you wanted minute accuracy. 720 if you reuse clocks for am and pm.
You dont even want to know how many youd need for second accuracy.
Just use your phone like a normal person.
You dont even want to know how many youd need for second accuracy.
Just use your phone like a normal person.
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Anonymous B replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #917,113
You could still get second accuracy with a 12x12 grid if you lit different clocks (say, with different colors) to indicate hours, minutes, and seconds. You could probably do it with a 10x10 grid depending how you lit the clocks and how you handle lighting the same clock to indicate two different measures. (e.g. both hours and seconds)
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 34 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #917,114
It's no good having 1440 clocks because you want them to be right twice a day. 720 broken clocks is ideal
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Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #917,119
@previous (J)
Ancient folks called them "watches."
Just a status symbol, these days. Some of them a p.cool tho, and have features like displaying moon phases.
Ancient folks called them "watches."
Just a status symbol, these days. Some of them a p.cool tho, and have features like displaying moon phases.
Anonymous H replied with this 7 years ago, 25 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #917,122
Truly Ancient folks relied on sun dials. Back then after sunset no one cared about the time.Anonymous B replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #917,124
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Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 5 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #917,199
Replacing your lover's Rolex with a 2048x2048 grid of broken egg timers.