Words of wisdom

[laladonny]

If you know someone as honest as the day is long, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to lend them money in the wintertime.

[brightncheerful]

i think you'll fight that regardless of the seasonal duration of the light in the northern hemisphere, a day is still 24 hours.

This i hasten to ad feels a lot longer when your puppy wants to go out into the garden at all hours of the night just for the fun of it.

[kiloran]

i think you'll fight that regardless of the seasonal duration of the light in the northern hemisphere, a day is still 24 hours.

[pedant mode]
Not often 24 hours. Today's prediction: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.9998269 seconds
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/earth-rotation.html
[/pedant mode]

--kiloran

[Mike4]

i think you'll fight that regardless of the seasonal duration of the light in the northern hemisphere, a day is still 24 hours.

[pedant mode]
Not often 24 hours. Today's prediction: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.9998269 seconds
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/earth-rotation.html
[/pedant mode]

--kiloran

What an AMAZING coincidence, that the Earth rotates only ever so slightly faster than once a day.

[kiloran]

i think you'll fight that regardless of the seasonal duration of the light in the northern hemisphere, a day is still 24 hours.

[pedant mode]
Not often 24 hours. Today's prediction: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.9998269 seconds
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/earth-rotation.html
[/pedant mode]

--kiloran

What an AMAZING coincidence, that the Earth rotates only ever so slightly faster than once a day.

Ah but 6 months ago, a day was 24 hours, 0 minutes, 0.0003262 seconds.

24hrs is an average(ish)

--kiloran

[pje16]

i think you'll fight that regardless of the seasonal duration of the light in the northern hemisphere, a day is still 24 hours.

[pedant mode]
Not often 24 hours. Today's prediction: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.9998269 seconds
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/earth-rotation.html
[/pedant mode]

--kiloran

What an AMAZING coincidence, that the Earth rotates only ever so slightly faster than once a day.

Love this post as
the next time after a few beers, when I feel dizzy I can blame the Earth

[csearle]

I just ask myself whether kiloran works to seven decimal places in everything he (one presumes) does? C.

[kiloran]

I just ask myself whether kiloran works to seven decimal places in everything he (one presumes) does? C.

Only when working in pedant mode. Normally, 5 decimal places are quite sufficient.

--kiloran (Mr.)

[csearle]

--kiloran (Mr.)

I seem to recall we have visited this subject before but I'd just like to warn you again that if you decrement yourself much more mister you will get stuck to something because of some force of polarity and may never be able to, to quote Freddy, break free, C.

[DrFfybes]

[pedant mode]
Not often 24 hours. Today's prediction: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.9998269 seconds
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/earth-rotation.html
[/pedant mode]

--kiloran

What an AMAZING coincidence, that the Earth rotates only ever so slightly faster than once a day.

Ah but 6 months ago, a day was 24 hours, 0 minutes, 0.0003262 seconds.

24hrs is an average(ish)

--kiloran

I wouldn't want the job of resetting the clocks each morning at the Royal Observatory canteen.

[XFool]

[pedant mode]
Not often 24 hours. Today's prediction: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.9998269 seconds
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/earth-rotation.html
[/pedant mode]

What an AMAZING coincidence, that the Earth rotates only ever so slightly faster than once a day.

Ah but 6 months ago, a day was 24 hours, 0 minutes, 0.0003262 seconds.

24hrs is an average(ish)

What is really AMAZING is to find out that the Earth can do averages.

[csearle]

What is really AMAZING is to find out that the Earth can do averages.

It would be pretty mean if it wouldn't do averages. C.

[jfgw]

What an AMAZING coincidence, that the Earth rotates only ever so slightly faster than once a day.

Actually, it's about once every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.0905 seconds, so noticeably faster.

I am not being pedantic — it's only four decimal places.


Julian F. G. W.