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Procrastinators Clock - blusubaru - 02-17-2007
http://davidseah.com/archives/2007/01/17/a-chindogu-clock-for-procrastinators
Re: Procrastinators Clock - ztirffritz - 02-17-2007
I'll click the link tomorrow...
Re: Procrastinators Clock - Harbourmaster - 02-17-2007
"Enter the Procrastinator’s Clock. It’s guaranteed to be up to 15 minutes fast. However, it also speeds up and slows down in an unpredictable manner so you can’t be sure how fast it really is. Furthermore, the clock is guaranteed to not be slow, assuming your computer clock is sync’d with NTP; many computers running Windows and Mac OS X with persistent Internet connections already are.
So why go through all this trouble to make a clock that’s sometimes fast and sometimes not? FEAR, UNCERTAINTY and DOUBT, my friends! If you use this clock to keep appointments and deadlines, and you really care about being on time, you have to assume that the clock might actually be telling the correct time though it’s likely to actually be up to 15 minutes fast. Yikes! All that anxiety should give you a good kick in the pants to get moving, because you can’t really trust the clock to be anything but on time, even though it probably is fast."
Re: Procrastinators Clock - OWC Jamie - 02-17-2007
Should not a procrastinator's clock avoid ticking altogether, or at least continually drag it's hands ?
Re: Procrastinators Clock - lafinfil - 02-17-2007
[quote ztirffritz]I'll click the link tomorrow...
I was going to post that but then I figured someone else would
Re: Procrastinators Clock - RAMd®d - 02-17-2007
ztir and 'fil-- you guys crack me up!