thejohnnyq Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 The real question is 'if i turn my clock back from 2am to 1am, when do I stop, I mean when does it become 2:01'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted November 7, 2010 Global Moderator Share Posted November 7, 2010 Don't forget to change your clocks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Time is an illusion :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted November 7, 2010 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2010 Time is a human invention. So question is invalid. The units of time (hours, minutes, seconds, etc.) are a human invention, but time itself is a fundamental aspect of the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 It's bacon o'clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeboyrocketshoulders Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Its time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubblex Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 If the earth turn around self is integer times corresponding the time around sun. It will no need to set "leap year" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 whatever it is , its convention :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldur82 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 The units of time (hours, minutes, seconds, etc.) are a human invention, but time itself is a fundamental aspect of the universe. Time is a completely human invention, there's nothing fundamental about it. What people think of as a 'fundamental aspect of the universe' is actually entropy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 The units of time (hours, minutes, seconds, etc.) are a human invention, but time itself is a fundamental aspect of the universe. True. But the original question is still invalid, because putting a specific label on the amount of time passed since event x is always introducing an artificial, meaningless element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Topham Hatt Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 To make up for this lost time, we of course have added the idea of a "leap year" in which every 4 years we add an extra day. But if you do the math, that "leap year" does not fully account for every last second & as time continues to add... Those seconds become minutes, hours, days.... And of course, what about all the years before the calender included a "leap year".... Err - do you not know why we have a leap year? We say there are 365 days in the year and by this we mean that it takes the earth 365 days to make its annual trip around the sun. Actually, though, it takes the earth 365-1/4 days to make this trip. This means that every year we gain one-fourth of a day and every four years we gain one full day. If we did nothing about this, our calendar would move backward one full day every four years relative to our seasons. To keep this from happening, we capture the extra day every four years and put it into our smallest month, February. Something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 ^ I wonder what year & daily time Humans would use, if perhaps Mars was colonized ... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Stardate 64317.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COKid Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 It's Howdy Doody Time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted November 7, 2010 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2010 The de facto calender is the Gregorian calender. As of this post, the current time is 5:10pm Sunday (EST). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDX Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Does it really matters what time it really is, or in what year are we on? Life goes on, without any hitch on my side. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Time is a completely human invention, there's nothing fundamental about it. What people think of as a 'fundamental aspect of the universe' is actually entropy OK, I'd like to see you get rid of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taliseian Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 As I was walking down the street one day A man came up to me and asked me what The time was that was on my watch, yeah...And I said (I don't) Does anybody really know what time it is (Care) Does anybody really care (about time) If so I can't imagine why (Oh no, no) We've all got time enough to cry And I was walking down the street one day A pretty lady looked at me And said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead...And I said (I don't) Does anybody really know what time it is (Care) Does anybody really care (about time) If so I can't imagine why (Oh no, no) We've all got time enough to cry And I was walking down the street one day Being pushed and shoved by people trying to Beat the clock, oh, no I just don't know I don't know, and I said, yes I said (Background:) People runnin' everywhere Don't know where to go Don't know where I am Can't see past the next step Don't have time to think past the last mile Have no time to look around Just run around, run around and think why (I don't) Does anybody really know what time it is (Care) Does anybody really care (about time) If so I can't imagine why (Oh no, no) We've all got time enough to die Everybody's working (I don't) I don't care (About time) About time (Oh no, no) I don't care T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelyapple Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 according to new earth time clock - 354º45'00" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted November 7, 2010 Member Share Posted November 7, 2010 As a species we invented time. If we choose to change it around, move it, reverse it or whatever it's our doing as this has no effect on anyone/thing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 As a species we invented time. No, we didn't. We invented the measurement units only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 As a species we invented time. If we choose to change it around, move it, reverse it or whatever it's our doing as this has no effect on anyone/thing else. Sure, we defined arbitrary lengths of time and made up words for those lengths of time, but there's nothing we can do to affect time itself. We can't stop it, slow it down, speed it up, reverse it, etc. It's a property of the universe and can't be changed. Our universe would be pretty much useless without time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 but there's nothing we can do to affect time itself. We can't stop it, slow it down, speed it up, reverse it, etc. It's a property of the universe and can't be changed. That's not entirely true. Time can be influenced by traveling at high speeds and near heavy objects. It's not a constant that's everywhere the same. In fact our GPS satellites are suffering from this effect and the onboard computers are designed to compensate for that very effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 That's not entirely true. Time can be influenced by traveling at high speeds and near heavy objects. It's not a constant that's everywhere the same. In fact our GPS satellites are suffering from this effect and the onboard computers are designed to compensate for that very effect. but that is just a property of time itself - i.e. it will go slower for things moving faster, but we cant slow it down even more or not slow it down as much if something is travelling at a constant speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 but that is just a property of time itself - i.e. it will go slower for things moving faster, but we cant slow it down even more or not slow it down as much if something is travelling at a constant speed Exactly. It's like 2+2 is 4, but 2+3 is 5. Change the variables, and you change the outcome. Even when your variables are arbitrary (for example, I say 2+3 is 7 because when I say 3 I really mean the value 5), you can't change the underlying rules behind those arbitrary values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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