The purpose of this thread is to ask users if they know if time is continuous or if it advances in discrete steps.

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Kadarin

Originally posted by: Perknose
Penguins often seem continuous, but they are also quite discrete.

I hear they can also be pretty discreet when they want to be.

Win.

This thread delivers.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

This thread contains all kinds of win. Two thumbs up.

 

[marvdmartian]

You're not thinking 4th dimensionally, Marty!!

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: sdifox
depends on your instrument. If you 'ave Rolex, it's continous. If you 'ave Casio, it's discrete.

Really? I'd heard that Casio was rather flamboyant.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: l0cke
Penguins FTW!

:thumbsup:

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: Asparagus

Originally posted by: Juked07

Originally posted by: Arcadio
I'm not talking about the instruments used to measure time. I don't know if the posts about wristwatches are meant to be jokes.

I am talking about time itself. In a physical sense. Is there a "smallest unit of time"?

Planck Planck Planck

I actually got into an argument with a guy at work once over the pronunciation of "Planck". I said it was pronounced "plonk" while he was saying that the 'A' sound is long and it sounds like "plank". He got so mad at me he stormed out of the office - it was quite funny

Hey! I pronounced it with a long 'A' as well!

*storms out*

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: middlehead

Originally posted by: sdifox
depends on your instrument. If you 'ave Rolex, it's continous. If you 'ave Casio, it's discrete.

Really? I'd heard that Casio was rather flamboyant.

You are thinking about CasioTech. I am talking about the digital watch from Casio.

 

[Born2bwire]

Lik a surgeon, cutting for the very first time.

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: jjones

Originally posted by: joesmoke

Originally posted by: sjwaste
Depends on whether or not croutons exist...

fixed

This thread is now about penguin croutons.

Reps. A post doesn't get any better than that.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
I'm not talking about the instruments used to measure time. I don't know if the posts about wristwatches are meant to be jokes.

I am talking about time itself. In a physical sense. Is there a "smallest unit of time"?

Yes, there is. But it's immeasurable.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Arcadio
I'm not talking about the instruments used to measure time. I don't know if the posts about wristwatches are meant to be jokes.

I am talking about time itself. In a physical sense. Is there a "smallest unit of time"?

Yes, there is. But it's immeasurable.

Thats what she said.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Arcadio
I'm not talking about the instruments used to measure time. I don't know if the posts about wristwatches are meant to be jokes.

I am talking about time itself. In a physical sense. Is there a "smallest unit of time"?

Yes, there is. But it's immeasurable.

Thats what she said.

Guess I walked right into that...:laugh:

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Arcadio
I'm not talking about the instruments used to measure time. I don't know if the posts about wristwatches are meant to be jokes.

I am talking about time itself. In a physical sense. Is there a "smallest unit of time"?

Yes, there is. But it's immeasurable.

Thats what she said.

Guess I walked right into that...:laugh:

That's what she said.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Asparagus

Originally posted by: Juked07
Planck Planck Planck

I actually got into an argument with a guy at work once over the pronunciation of "Planck". I said it was pronounced "plonk" while he was saying that the 'A' sound is long and it sounds like "plank".

It's not pronounced "plonk", which rhymes with "bonk", but more like somewhere between "plohnk" and "plahnk."

No wonder he ran out of the room!

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: jjones

Originally posted by: joesmoke

Originally posted by: sjwaste
Depends on whether or not croutons exist...

fixed

This thread is now about penguin croutons.

Elite member status needed, stat!

 

[SSSnail]

I think these penguins are best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6g1vyyvZGQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rgYZMmXQ

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: sdifox
depends on your instrument. If you 'ave Rolex, it's continous. If you 'ave Casio, it's discrete.

Actually, a Rolex is still discrete. You would need the new Seiko Spring Drive for it to be continuous. A Rolex runs at eight beats per second, very smooth, but still discontinuous.

ZV

damn you, I was trying to mock, yet you made me the mocked.

 

[TallBill]

I am a banana!

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: TallBill
I am a banana!

I live in a giant bucket

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: Ns1
this thread is gay

this thread is now about penguins

aren't they so cute?

text

yes i <3 penguins

Penguins > *

 

[SpunkyJones]

Penguins rule.

 

[JTsyo]

should have posted this in the Highly Technical section if you meant it to be serious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronon

 

[StormRider]

Both time and space are discontinuous but we have a continuous notion of space and time. This is proof that we are living in a computer simulation. Think about it. How do we simulate a continuous system on a computer? Well, the continuous system might be described by a continuous differential equation but we on the computer it is a discrete version of the equation.

Think about how we would simulate humans living in a continuous world. We would have to make space and time discrete to model the continuous space and time because computers are discrete. In the real continuous world, the people there don't have quantum physics and stuff. But on our fake computer simulated world, we had to come up with this weird quantum stuff to explain our "discrete" space and time.

What I've told you must remain a secret. We can't let others know about this because it will cause a panic. Even though this world is really fake, from our fake perspective it's as real as real can be and having a mass of people in panic will cause misery that is real even though it is fake. I hope this makes sense.

 

[sdifox]

http://bp2.blogger.com/_7gc9Ap...0-h/super-penguins.jpg

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: Asparagus

I actually got into an argument with a guy at work once over the pronunciation of "Planck". I said it was pronounced "plonk" while he was saying that the 'A' sound is long and it sounds like "plank". He got so mad at me he stormed out of the office - it was quite funny

since we're in a technical thread:

short 'A' sound = rat
long 'A' sound = rate