I have a problem with digital clocks in that I have to translate it to the analog arrangement so that I have an accurate feel for what time it is. Otherwise I have to engage the math part of my brain and do some quick adding and subtracting to know if I need to be somewhere or if the show's about to start.
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Feb 17, 2010 8:42:56 am PST #8875 of 30001
brillig
Sophia Brooks - Feb 17, 2010 8:44:37 am PST #8876 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Connie- I thought I was the only one! I was trying to explain that for me, time is the hands on a clock, not the numbers, and no one understood me! I tend to translate 11:50 as "ten of eleven", which is also problematic.
Lee - Feb 17, 2010 8:53:51 am PST #8877 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
So this morning I got to work abut 8:15, but the building maintenance guy was standing in the lobby telling people the power was out upstairs, and the elevators weren't working, but after a couple of minutes, the elevators started working, so I went up to the 8th floor, but the power up there was still out--no lights, no computers, and no ventilation.
Turns out there was a plane crash that took out a utility tower, and started fires. 3 hours to fix it, minimum.
I'm home now.
tommyrot - Feb 17, 2010 8:57:12 am PST #8878 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Damn.
Was that the plane that crashed into somebody's house, killing three people (IIRC)?
Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2010 8:57:33 am PST #8879 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I just heard about that. Crazy.
That's the one, tommyrot. It crashed into a daycare center! But there was no one in there.
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2010 9:01:27 am PST #8880 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Glad you're back where there's air, Perkins.
Can you put the grill on top of the microwave?
Der. With the height of my cupboards, I totally can. One more thing for my Costco trip.
tommyrot - Feb 17, 2010 9:02:50 am PST #8881 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Damn, this clock is unavailable and they don't know when it will be in stock: [link]
Here's the first clock that leaves an impression of the time by raising and lowering specific metal pins. Perhaps you remember the classic pin toy that leaves an impression of your hand in pins. This uses the same idea to display time. A precision-engineered mechanism lifts and retracts selected pins to display hours and minutes. It produces a satisfying click sound with every number change-similar to the sound of "flipping" seen at old-fashioned train station arrival and departure boards.
But perhaps it fails the "noise at 3 AM" test....
Dana - Feb 17, 2010 9:03:09 am PST #8882 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, good. I'm glad I didn't make a stupid suggestion.
Calli - Feb 17, 2010 9:08:17 am PST #8883 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Was that the plane that crashed into somebody's house, killing three people (IIRC)?
The one with the Tesla execs? I just read about it. Took off in the fog and ran into some power lines.
Lee - Feb 17, 2010 9:09:57 am PST #8884 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Was that the plane that crashed into somebody's house, killing three people (IIRC)?
Ack! I'd heard it was only the pilot.
Horrible in any case, but more so now.
eta: SFgate's article [link]