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A Broken Digital Clock...

FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
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...shows no numbers, and is thus never right.

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  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    What if the broken digital clock exists outside of spacetime as we know it?
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    edited 2016-02-26 18:50:11
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Just because you broke spacetime doesn't mean it ceases to exist. :|
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    what if I break the clock such that it displays the correct time but if you get within a meter of it it arcs and zaps you
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    That's called Tumblr.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Question: Do we consider this a digital clock or not?

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  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    There must be a word for that sort of clock.

    Also, Fibonacci! :D
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    it's a digital clock, it's just that the display is mechanical rather than electronic.
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    No, I mean to differentiate a mechanical digital display from a liquid crystal digital display, in fewer words.
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    digital mechanical clock

    wikipedia has "A 1969 radio alarm clock (Sony Digimatic 8FC-59W) with an early mechanical-digital display" as a caption on something, for instance
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I've seen some mechanical clocks described as "flip clocks", but those are usually the kind with the numbers on little flaps, like so:

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    My clock isn't like that. It's similar in principle, but the numbers are on fixed panels, not hinged flaps, so I feel like "flip clock" isn't quite an accurate description. "Tumbler clock" maybe?
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
    edited 2016-02-26 21:13:38
    ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    I've typically seen those mechanical digital clocks called by whoever made their insides. The split-flap clocks were usually Copal, and the clocks that used wheels with numbers painted on them were Sankyo.
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    oh, and on this subject, there is such a thing as a digital sundial
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Incidentally, does anybody have an idea of how easy or difficult it would be to replace the neon bulb in that clock? I'd like to use it as my actual alarm clock at some point, but it's kinda useless if I can't get the display to light up like it's supposed to.
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
    ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    If the bulb is in a socket, you should just be able to get another one online. I'd have to see the bulb itself to know more.
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