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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts) Wed Feb 27, 2013, 03:49 PM Feb 2013

A broken clock is still right twice a day UNLESS....

....it is one of those digital clocks where if the power goes out, it reverts back to a blinking "12:00" but then continues to progress forward by the minute (12:01, 12:02, etc.) after power is restored.

Am I right about that? I think I am.

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A broken clock is still right twice a day UNLESS.... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 OP

OR if it is a 24 hour clock...which when stopped, is correct once each day. HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #1

Or it's a clock with only the minute hand MrScorpio Feb 2013 #2

Assuming the power didn't go out before 12:00 Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #3

Message auto-removed SpleenPain Feb 2013 #4

Except the expression isn't "broken clock" but "stopped clock." harmonicon Feb 2013 #5

HereSince1628

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1. OR if it is a 24 hour clock...which when stopped, is correct once each day.

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Wed Feb 27, 2013, 03:52 PM

Feb 2013

MrScorpio

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2. Or it's a clock with only the minute hand

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Wed Feb 27, 2013, 03:56 PM

Feb 2013

Then it's right 24 times a day

Sekhmets Daughter

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3. Assuming the power didn't go out before 12:00

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 04:10 PM

Feb 2013

and come back at 12:00...I think you would be correct.

But, that clock is not broken...it just needs to be reset.

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harmonicon

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5. Except the expression isn't "broken clock" but "stopped clock."

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 09:17 PM

Feb 2013

I could as easily say a clock isn't right twice a day if it's set to the wrong time, or a clock isn't right twice a day if I break the hands off it.

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