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it's just that time itself now runs faster than it did when the clock was built

Ain't that the truth!

You could compensate for this by shortening the periodicity of the pendulum ?

We could but for that long before it was bequeathed to us, someone broke the adjustment -- looks like they stripped the thread trying to turn the rusted on nut with pliers or similar -- and 'fixed' it by braising the nut in place.

These days it's kept -- unwound; the ticks and tocks and whirs and clunks would give the dead a bad night -- purely for its sentimental and decorative value.

(And more of the former than the latter in my opinion, but it wasn't bequeathed from my side of the family, so I don't get much say in the matter :)

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

RIP Neil Armstrong

In reply to Re^3: Calculate clock ticks since a given date by BrowserUk
in thread Calculate clock ticks since a given date by kurgan

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