OK, my fault: better googling around before replying. There are mechanical 24-hour wristwatches too.
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Magnus Danielson < [email protected]> wrote: > On 11/12/2011 01:08 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: > >> Yes for 12-hour display but here in Europe we usually have 24-hour >> displays. Of course analog clocks are always 12-hour. >> > > Since I am in Europe I described a 24 hour display, that why both 0, 1 and > 2 on the first digit was needed. Of these the 0 requires 12 guys, 1 > requires 8 guys and 2 require 11 guys, so there is no savement in removing > 2 from the first digit. > > A further reducement of additional guys would be 1 each for the third and > fifth digit, since 8 never needs to be represented. Still allowing full > 24-hour representation including leap seconds (i.e. 24:59:60). > > Cheers, > Magnus > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Magnus Danielson< >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 11/12/2011 10:46 AM, Robin Kimberley wrote: >>> >>> http://lovedbdb.com/nudemenClock/index2.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I found this one rather amusing. Click on the clock anywhere to change >>>> from >>>> analogue to digital. >>>> >>>> >>> When switching you find one guy walking on and off the field. However, >>> that the analogue clock take 93 guys is obvious, but I fail to see that >>> 94 >>> guys is needed for the digital clock, since the maxium guys used for a >>> digit is 13 and not 15, and the first digit can only have the numbers 0, >>> 1 >>> and 2 so only 12 guys would be needed there. Hence, instead of one guy >>> coming in we could send 13 guys of to drink beer when switching to >>> digital >>> display. Hence, digital is more effective. >>> >>> Cheers. >>> Magnus >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
