Comments on: Want: Part III http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:22:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Extraordinary Clocks and Watches | Gulali Blog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/comment-page-2/#comment-181604 Extraordinary Clocks and Watches | Gulali Blog Thu, 07 May 2009 09:58:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/#comment-181604 [...] (images via 1, 2, 3, 4) [...] [...] (images via 1, 2, 3, 4) [...]

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]]> By: j m rowland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/comment-page-2/#comment-135004 j m rowland Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:06:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/#comment-135004 9 9 obscured by reflected light glare FAIL! BAD geek, BAD geek! No cheeto for you! 9
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obscured by reflected light glare
FAIL!
BAD geek, BAD geek!
No cheeto for you!

]]> By: Talk Like A Physicist » Blog Archive » Ultimate clock for a physicist. - you gotta have this : Physics, math and Pi clocks http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/comment-page-2/#comment-121578 Talk Like A Physicist » Blog Archive » Ultimate clock for a physicist. - you gotta have this : Physics, math and Pi clocks Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:54:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/#comment-121578 [...] 9 clock Via Astropixie and Bad Astronomy and Triple Nine [...] [...] 9 clock Via Astropixie and Bad Astronomy and Triple Nine [...]

]]> By: Me http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/comment-page-2/#comment-62487 Me Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:39:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/#comment-62487 Here is a gadget that uses this clock: http://scripts.tropicalpcsolutions.com/html/gadgets/9clock.html Here is a gadget that uses this clock:

http://scripts.tropicalpcsolutions.com/html/gadgets/9clock.html

]]> By: printzen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/comment-page-2/#comment-62486 printzen Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:51:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/#comment-62486 A better representation of the number 7 using three nines is: 9/.9 - sqrt(9) = 7 exactly. This avoids any need for discussion about whether .9 recurring is or is not equivalent to 1 (at least in reference to the "3 nines clock") A better representation of the number 7 using three nines is: 9/.9 – sqrt(9) = 7 exactly. This avoids any need for discussion about whether .9 recurring is or is not equivalent to 1 (at least in reference to the “3 nines clock”)

]]> By: Nadia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/comment-page-2/#comment-62485 Nadia Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:26:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/04/want-part-iii/#comment-62485 Awesome. Awesome.

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