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Bugmaster comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 15, chapter 84 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: FAWS 11 April 2012 03:39AM

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Comment author: Bugmaster 11 April 2012 04:55:47PM 0 points [-]

Fortunately, magic is widely available. That said, it should be possible to build such a clock using perfectly mundane means; after all, Discworld denizens do have perfectly ordinary mechanical clocks, AFAIK.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 April 2012 05:20:09PM 1 point [-]

It would have to have its own tick completely muffled while just producing the fake tick. Perhaps the accurate time is produced by a clock on the other side of the wall.

Comment author: Bugmaster 11 April 2012 06:57:02PM 0 points [-]

Assuming, of course, that the clock does keep accurate time :-)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 April 2012 10:07:54PM 2 points [-]

While it does keep completely accurate time overall

Pratchett quote a few posts upstream.