Poll: Can you tell time on a "regular" clock?
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I have friends that own binary clocks, and look down on people that have trouble reading them
but then I hang out with geeks, so w/e
I've never met anyone that doesn't have some kind of mental disorder or visual impairment that seriously cannot read a standard clock-face once they are explained, they aren't difficult or new
personally I prefer digital 12 for speed reading ( my watch is set that way )
http://watchesbytimepiece.com/article.php?id=57
^ that's my watch
digital 24 for logging purposes
( my pc, any apps or chat logging will be set this way )
I still have a windows gadget with a classic hands clock, more for style purposes than anything when I choose to
but then I hang out with geeks, so w/e
I've never met anyone that doesn't have some kind of mental disorder or visual impairment that seriously cannot read a standard clock-face once they are explained, they aren't difficult or new
personally I prefer digital 12 for speed reading ( my watch is set that way )
http://watchesbytimepiece.com/article.php?id=57
^ that's my watch
digital 24 for logging purposes
( my pc, any apps or chat logging will be set this way )
I still have a windows gadget with a classic hands clock, more for style purposes than anything when I choose to
I learned how to read an analog clock at a fairly young age (and was really proud of myself at the time for the "accomplishment") and still prefer using analog clocks around the house and have several analog wrist watches. At work, however, I use a digital watch set for military time, both for precision and because I prefer the stop watches on digital watches over analog watches. Plus digital watches are cheaper, usually.
I actually prefer "regular clocks" because seeing the hands helps give me a visual cue of just how close it is to being a particular time.
Yeah, I can. It actually has been a little difficult for me all my life, but now that I'm an adult, I can do it no problem. Just an extra second or so to get it right and make sure I'm not off an hour.
I'm way more prone to mistakes though if someone asks me the time, which is why I'm glad my cell phone uses digital (oddly enough, I actually have a phone that gives me a choice between the two).
I'm way more prone to mistakes though if someone asks me the time, which is why I'm glad my cell phone uses digital (oddly enough, I actually have a phone that gives me a choice between the two).
Course I can... it's one of those things that you got taught as a kiddywink, and I *know* they still do it because I have a hand in administering whiteboards at a teacher training college... Seems wierd that a person with a normally wired up brain couldn't handle it. I do sort of prefer the analogue version of such things as they're a lot easier and quicker to glance at and get a near instant mental impression of what it's roughly showing you just from the position of one or two large and simple elements, instead of having to properly focus on, read, and comprehend a set of numbers.
I only know one person who can't - at least, who admits they can't - and it's part of a suite of related dyslexic spectrum issues they have. There's an intrinsic disconnect behind the eyes that mean they're almost blind to what the clock face is showing them (I can sympathise, having issues in other areas with a similar basis). They can drive just fine, but have to have a car with a digital speed readout because dial-type speedos are incomprehensible to them, and they immediately downloaded a voice pack which replaced "left" and "right" with "passenger side" and "driver's side" on buying a satnav (another necessity as direction signs can be an issue - they're boned if a diversion is posted)...
I only know one person who can't - at least, who admits they can't - and it's part of a suite of related dyslexic spectrum issues they have. There's an intrinsic disconnect behind the eyes that mean they're almost blind to what the clock face is showing them (I can sympathise, having issues in other areas with a similar basis). They can drive just fine, but have to have a car with a digital speed readout because dial-type speedos are incomprehensible to them, and they immediately downloaded a voice pack which replaced "left" and "right" with "passenger side" and "driver's side" on buying a satnav (another necessity as direction signs can be an issue - they're boned if a diversion is posted)...
Yes, yes I can. They're much better than digital, especially when it comes to alarm clocks. My wife has a Helly Kitty analog alarm clock, bells and all, and it's chimes are nice to wake up to, as opposed to the ERN ERN ERN ERN ERN ERN ERN... of digital clocks. I still visibly cringe when I hear those it a TV show or movie.
I can read an analog clock, but it takes longer than a digital clock -- frankly, I'm shocked that so many people have a hard time reading a digital clock. The time on the alarm clock in front of me reads 10:03 PM at the time of writing. How is parsing that into "ten oh-three PM" harder than looking at the end points of two line segments and figuring out where they lie on a circle, and then parsing that into the time I just listed?
Incidentally, the only analog clocks in the house are watches, discounting a couple of old clocks whose battery died years ago and never got replaced. Why bother when the cable box, the microwave, the stove, the coffee maker, all of the computers, and all of the alarm clocks are digital clocks, let alone the cell phones, digital watches, mp3 players, and game systems? Analog clocks, much like cursive handwriting, are a vestige of an earlier time, and truly unnecessary in the modern age.
Incidentally, the only analog clocks in the house are watches, discounting a couple of old clocks whose battery died years ago and never got replaced. Why bother when the cable box, the microwave, the stove, the coffee maker, all of the computers, and all of the alarm clocks are digital clocks, let alone the cell phones, digital watches, mp3 players, and game systems? Analog clocks, much like cursive handwriting, are a vestige of an earlier time, and truly unnecessary in the modern age.
It is. It just takes a moment or two for me to work it out. I can read a standard clock straight off. I wasn't realy around or taught the digital system until I was quite alot older, and it hasn't really stuck. I keep my phone and my laptop on the 12h system too.
I work in a taxi office where all the clocks are analogue and we take bookings in the 24 hour format.
I have no problem reading analogue clocks and know the 24 hour clock no problem.
My boss can't read analogue and doesn't know the 24 hour clock.
Viva la nepotism!
I have no problem reading analogue clocks and know the 24 hour clock no problem.
My boss can't read analogue and doesn't know the 24 hour clock.
Viva la nepotism!
It took me a little while to grasp the concept...When I was about 5.
Considering every wall mounted clock in my house is analogue, I'd damn well better be able to tell the time on them, or I'm up shit creek without a paddle.
Considering every wall mounted clock in my house is analogue, I'd damn well better be able to tell the time on them, or I'm up shit creek without a paddle.
Knowing how to "drive stick" and ride a bike are already alien concepts to the obese over-population of the US so don't be surprised if your sarcasm comes back to haunt you.JacobShaftoe said:
100 years ago every schoolchild knew 2000 words in Latin.