On 7/21/2015 6:25 PM, PsyPhi wrote:
Yes, it's merely an illusion of perception. The toggle switch on the left does *not* reverse the direction of the dekatron; rather it reverses the flow of time. As the observer travels backwards in time, the dekatron appears to spin backwards, and the "tick-tock" looks like "tock-tick". It's all relative.So said Einstein!!! So tell me,,,, what happens when the observer goes back in time, beyond the point when you built this, are they then lost forever?
I see!!! Did you ever think or try to audition for a part in "Back To The Future"??Time-reversal turned out to be a very useful feature. Last fall, my friends at the Glitch Loft (a video/music/art studio) threw a party entitled "A Glitch in Time". That's when I decided to build this nixie clock to bring to the party. Unfortunately, it took longer to finish than I expected, and wasn't ready to be exhibited then. But I kept working on it, and finally brought it to their next party (New Year's Eve). Then, by flipping that switch, I was able to go back and debut my device at the previous event retroactively! :-)
On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 7:47:47 PM UTC-4, Terry S wrote: Does it? Or is that just the way you perceive it? On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 4:38:26 PM UTC-5, I wrote: I don't know when I last laughed so hard, or had such a big smile on my face. I think that's just great. VERY creative. I really like when you reverse the decatron, it stops going 'tick-tock',,,,,,,and instead goes 'tock-tick'. LOL. Good for you, and many thanks, Ira. On 7/21/2015 1:35 PM, PsyPhi wrote:Hello everyone! I've been lurking on this list sporadically for a few months, and now that I have something specific to share/contribute I decided to join. I've been a "mad scientist" all my life, and have always been fond of tubes. After seeing several examples of nixie clocks on the web, I wanted to build one of my own. Using all tubes, of course. Soon I realized that the R&D was going to be much more fun than the actual implemention. Deriving a stable 1-Hz clock pulse from the 60-Hz power line (yeah, I'm in the US), dividing/counting pulses, driving the nixie tubes - all exciting challenges. But wait, after I get one digit working I have to make 5 more just like it to actually display the time? Too tedious for someone as ADHD as myself. So I settled on a one-digit design - no, still too tedious - how about just one bit? Display only zero and one, but precisely synchronized. Great; I can do that much. But the result would be kinda boring. If it doesn't tell time, it should at least go "tick-tock" like a respectable clock. So this is what I came up with: Time Machine on youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seaAFlPyKX8>-- You received this message because you are subscribed to theGoogle Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to neoni...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bf9789a8-56b1-42d3-80c4-326adfef223e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.--You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com <mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/18642808-0cdb-4b39-9994-0e3c891c3721%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/18642808-0cdb-4b39-9994-0e3c891c3721%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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