NonY Profile Blog Joined June 2007 8355 Posts Last Edited: 2011-02-16 00:22:57 #1

Some old-ass clock



Look at that clock. Its face is divided by 12. You can't put more than 12 marks on a clock face or it gets way too crowded. Look at this shit:







Or this fucking horror:







I love the man who put his foot down and said he would not put more than 12 marks on a clock.



So what do you call the 13th hour of the day?



There are two popular solutions. 12h time, which starts back at 1 for the 13th hour, and differentiates the halves of the day with AM and PM. 24h time, which assigns two labels to each mark, calling them 13-24 the second time around.



Both of these are bullshit. 24h is of course worse. 24h acts like there are more than 12 marks. What a fucking scam. 12h is also bad since it requires an extra label. Either way, the clock face itself loses significance. To be exact, it loses half of its significance. Half of the time it's one thing and the other half it's another. I want the full fucking force of reading a clock face. Does no one else desire this?



When choosing between the 12h and 24h systems, did no one consider the sublime alternative I have in mind? I truly hope it was ignorance and not an extreme failure in judgment that caused such catastrophes to befall the world of time tellers.



Behold.



120 minutes in an hour. I would love to read such a clock. Full force. The time hits you as soon as you see it. And you know it isn't bullshitting. It means what it says. And I know what you're thinking: wouldn't reading the minutes be more difficult by cramming twice as many into the face? No! There's beauty here. 12 marks on the clock. 120 minutes. We fucking love things divisible by 10. Hand on the 1? 10 minutes. Near the 2? 20 minutes. Sweet serenity.



Look at that clock. Its face is divided by 12. You can't put more than 12 marks on a clock face or it gets way too crowded. Look at this shit:Or this fucking horror:I love the man who put his foot down and said he would not put more than 12 marks on a clock.So what do you call the 13th hour of the day?There are two popular solutions. 12h time, which starts back at 1 for the 13th hour, and differentiates the halves of the day with AM and PM. 24h time, which assigns two labels to each mark, calling them 13-24 the second time around.Both of these are bullshit. 24h is of course worse. 24h acts like there are more than 12 marks. What a fucking scam. 12h is also bad since it requires an extra label. Either way, the clock face itself loses significance. To be exact, it loses half of its significance. Half of the time it's one thing and the other half it's another. I want the full fucking force of reading a clock face. Does no one else desire this?When choosing between the 12h and 24h systems, did no one consider the sublime alternative I have in mind? I truly hope it was ignorance and not an extreme failure in judgment that caused such catastrophes to befall the world of time tellers.Behold.120 minutes in an hour. I would love to read such a clock. Full force. The time hits you as soon as you see it. And you know it isn't bullshitting. It means what it says. And I know what you're thinking: wouldn't reading the minutes be more difficult by cramming twice as many into the face? No! There's beauty here. 12 marks on the clock. 120 minutes. We fucking love things divisible by 10. Hand on the 1? 10 minutes. Near the 2? 20 minutes. Sweet serenity. "Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'