On 23 Jan 2012 at 7:24, Steve Allen wrote: > The same is true for most future events in any time scale. > The most evident example is the countdown for a launch.
Or the time left in a football or basketball game; it ticks downward in (presumably SI) seconds, but the clock starts and stops at various times, some unpredictable (like when somebody calls time out) and some more predictable (the clock in football always stops for the two minute warning, though if a play is in progress then it might actually go down to 1:58 or so). I find soccer rather more inscrutable, with a clock that counts upward without stopping, but then has an unpredictable-length added time tacked on by the officials which ends when they say it does, without precise advance warning. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/ _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
