JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a wrong clock is just wrong.message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down18
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareA broken clock is right twice a day, but a wrong clock is just wrong.JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareFleur_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoA wrong clock is just in the wrong place
minus-squareReginaPhalange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoNope. Time differences are countable, not continuous. Wrong clock can be 12 minutes wrong - thus wrong in any timezone.
minus-squareFleur_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoDepends on what your error bounds for correct is. Technically there are very few clocks that are by definition “correct.” Every other clock is just close enough for a given region.
A wrong clock is just in the wrong place
Nope. Time differences are countable, not continuous. Wrong clock can be 12 minutes wrong - thus wrong in any timezone.
Depends on what your error bounds for correct is. Technically there are very few clocks that are by definition “correct.” Every other clock is just close enough for a given region.