Non-motoring > Unusual Clock	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: VxFan	Replies: 40

Mon 14 May 12 13:57   Unusual Clock - VxFan

clock.msurma.net/ Needs flash, so won't work on the iPhone. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 14:01   Unusual Clock - Dog

How amazing! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 14:05   Unusual Clock - diddy1234

It certainly is interesting. I wonder how busy it gets just before the start of a new hour ! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 14:17   Unusual Clock - crocks

It is rather addictive. I'll have to come back in forty minutes to find out. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 15:02   Unusual Clock - Dog

Not very accurate is it :) Musta bin about twenty of em doing the change from 14.59 to 15.00pm Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 15:04   Unusual Clock - diddy1234

yeh there were a few of them. Anyone noticed the person going to the porta loo in the back ground ? I have not seen them leave yet. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 21:07   Unusual Clock - VxFan

>> Anyone noticed the person going to the porta loo in the back ground ? >> I have not seen them leave yet. Perhaps he misunderstood when one of them said they needed a number 2. Reply to this message | Report message       2

Wed 16 May 12 08:56   Unusual Clock - Duncan

>> Anyone noticed the person going to the porta loo in the back ground ? >> >> I have not seen them leave yet. >> A bloke went into the loo at 08.51 and came out at 08.53. What with that and counting the words in someone's post, I think I must try to get out more! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 15:04   Unusual Clock - crocks

Oh dear. I missed it. Only another 55 minutes to wait! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 15:11   Unusual Clock - devonite

Me thinks it twud be fun if it had a Second hand! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 15:14   Unusual Clock - diddy1234

more info here www.standard-time.com/index2_en.php '70 workers are building a wooden 4 x 12 m "digital" time display in real time: a work that involves 1611 changes within 24 hour period.' Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 15:33   Unusual Clock - FocalPoint

"...won't work on the iPhone." There is an app, available in App Store for $3.99. App...arently. I don't do iWotsits. Last edited by: FocalPoint on Mon 14 May 12 at 15:34 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 21:17   Unusual Clock - Zero

midnight will be hectic. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 22:03   Unusual Clock - helicopter

Just watched them change 21:59 to 22;00 , fifteen of them rushed in with three ladders ... 20 seconds slow finishing the change ..... Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 22:20   Unusual Clock - Dog

This is a Cornish clock, I know its Cornish because it doesn't have a clock-face so you can't tell the time! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotehele_clock Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 22:53   Unusual Clock - Roger.

Why? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 23:08   Unusual Clock - bathtub tom

A bit like the astronomical clock in the centre of Prague. A local told me it was best to stand and watch the faces of the underwhelmed! ;>) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 23:14   Unusual Clock - Armel Coussine

There's a good clock in Wells cathedral. On the hour, or some hours anyway, these tin knights on horses rush round in an arc prodding each other out of the saddle with lances. I think. There are quarterjacks too, more sober. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 14 May 12 23:23   Unusual Clock - Dog

>>Why?<< According to wiki, it just had a bell that rang on the hour, or thereabouts. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 00:18   Unusual Clock - Fullchat

Did I just spend 6 minutes of my life watching that ? :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 01:00   Unusual Clock - VxFan

They'd have saved themselves half a day if it was a 12 hour clock and not a 24 hour one. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 09:17   Unusual Clock - FocalPoint

"They'd have saved themselves half a day if it was a 12 hour clock and not a 24 hour one." Maths is not my strong subject, but surely there would still need to be the same number of changes? Maybe you wouldn't need to do complex shapes like 23:00 (11:00 is simpler), but it's still one change every minute. Last edited by: FocalPoint on Tue 15 May 12 at 09:18 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 09:24   Unusual Clock - bathtub tom

FP. Your profile doesn't say if you're blonde. ;>) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 10:00   Unusual Clock - FocalPoint

You mean there isn't really a team of men rushing about every minute? It's not pre-recorded, is it? I'm SO disappointed. [Sighs] Last edited by: FocalPoint on Tue 15 May 12 at 10:01 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 10:39   Unusual Clock - VxFan

>> FP. Your profile doesn't say if you're blonde. >> ;>) Someone understood what I meant then. (no, not about FP being blonde) Record 12 hours worth of time changes, then repeat the same footage, with a changing backdrop to simulate day/night time. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 10:51   Unusual Clock - Focusless

I was a bit disappointed to (eventually) realise it was just a recording, although I guess it does something clever(?) so that the playback starts at the correct point corresponding to the current time. So if the playback pauses for some reason (connection issues), it 'loses' time. Not very practical is it :) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 09:54   Unusual Clock - L'escargot

Well, I've seen it in daylight. Now I need to see it when it's dark. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 15 May 12 11:20   Unusual Clock - Bagpuss

It's available as an iPhone App, apparently, called Standard Time. It was filmed in the Berlin Skulpturpark in May 2010. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 May 12 08:57   Unusual Clock - Duncan

>> It's available as an iPhone App, apparently, called Standard Time. It was filmed in the >> Berlin Skulpturpark in May 2010. >> My browser says it is in Polish and offers to translate it? Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 May 12 09:45   Unusual Clock - L'escargot

Some of the bits of wood are starting to sag ~ presumably because of wear in the holes resulting from the large number of times the bolts have been fitted in and out the holes. ;-) Last edited by: L'escargot on Wed 16 May 12 at 09:46 Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 May 12 09:55   Unusual Clock - Dog

You're getting to be like Duncan, L'es. :} Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 May 12 09:58   Unusual Clock - L'escargot

At the moment it's eight minutes slow. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 May 12 10:05   Unusual Clock - Focusless

>> At the moment it's eight minutes slow. As mentioned above, it's just a recording - if the playback 'pauses' then that time is lost. Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 16 May 12 10:13   Unusual Clock - L'escargot

>> >> At the moment it's eight minutes slow. >> >> As mentioned above, it's just a recording - if the playback 'pauses' then that time >> is lost. >> Us gastropods are slow on the uptake. :-D Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 24 May 12 22:34   Unusual Clock - Ted

Here's another unusual clock.....click on the clock face and see what happens. lovedbdb.com/nudemenClock/index2.html Ted Last edited by: Ted on Thu 24 May 12 at 22:34 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 25 May 12 08:55   Unusual Clock - Old Navy

And another. tinyurl.com/d45a9tg Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 25 May 12 09:33   Unusual Clock - L'escargot

And another. tinyurl.com/d4ggqsf Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 25 May 12 10:47   Unusual Clock - Mr. Ecs

No, snail. It's rubbish. Is that you in there? Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 25 May 12 12:42   Unusual Clock - L'escargot

>> No, snail. It's rubbish. Is that you in there? >> I just said "And another". I didn't say it wasn't rubbish. :-D Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 25 May 12 16:02   Unusual Clock - Mr. Ecs

Yes but the thread started with a clever item added to by others. Just thought you were posting similar, obviously not. Come on....is that you being filmed in that box ;-)) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 25 May 12 20:19   Unusual Clock - L'escargot

>> ........... is that you being filmed in that box >> ;-)) >> If you'd like to think it is, then yes. :-D Reply to this message | Report message