lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square413linkfedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down18
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minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·2 years agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 years agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agoAt this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoTwo wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’m really picky when it comes to clocks. They need to be ±1 minute. If they aren’t it really starts to bother me.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoMy grandfather clock is correct* about once a week when I wind and correct it *It must be correct as it’s very slightly fast (less so than can be fixed with a quarter turn off the pendulum screw) and I set it slightly in the past
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIf you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
minus-squareyousirname@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoDepends how fast is going backwards
minus-squareshrugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoAlso depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
minus-squareWhiteTiger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThat’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYeah a broken LED clock isn’t often right!
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThis only works with 1-dimensional time though.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoLuckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoA clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s right the 4 times the hands overlap at 12 and 6.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
Two wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
I’m really picky when it comes to clocks. They need to be ±1 minute. If they aren’t it really starts to bother me.
My grandfather clock is correct* about once a week when I wind and correct it
*It must be correct as it’s very slightly fast (less so than can be fixed with a quarter turn off the pendulum screw) and I set it slightly in the past
If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
Depends how fast is going backwards
Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
Yeah a broken LED clock isn’t often right!
This only works with 1-dimensional time though.
As opposed to what?
2 dimensional time?
Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
A clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.
It’s right the 4 times the hands overlap at 12 and 6.