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Stephen Hawking unveils the most morbid, amazing $1.8m clock you'll ever see
http://www.engadget. ^
Posted on 09/20/2008 11:35:10 PM PDT by Justice Department
The bizarre Corpus Clock visually explains that it relies on grasshopper escapement to function, and to let you know that time can never be regained once lost, that beast on top actually gobbles down time every 60th second. Oh, and every hour, on the hour, the sound of a "chain dropping into a wooden coffin" is played to really pound home the "time is a destroyer" concept. Thanks for the reminder, Dr. Grim.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: clocks
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To: Justice Department
Interesting.
The lights are lit all the time. They use the gears to hide the lights that are not current.
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posted on
09/21/2008 6:44:23 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Justice Department
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posted on
09/21/2008 6:54:26 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
("And how can this be? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach! " - Barack Obama)
To: Pikachu_Dad
Personally, I think it is a fascinating clock.
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posted on
09/21/2008 6:54:40 PM PDT
by
kimchi lover
(Just another non-racist not voting for Obama)
To: Justice Department; Peanut Gallery; sionnsar
The bizarre Corpus Clock visually explains that it relies on grasshopper escapement to functionThere's some Geezer-Tech for ya'. Cool.
To: Justice Department
I think its cool !
Imagine if they built it 100 times larger and what it would sound like.
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posted on
09/21/2008 7:07:56 PM PDT
by
right way right
(Do not mistake religion for God.)
To: Westlander
I'll see your Hawking's chair and raise you an aircraft carrier:

Although that chair is impressive. Who would think of such a thing?
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posted on
09/21/2008 7:13:29 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
To: right way right
"Imagine if they built it 100 times larger and what it would sound like"
a 100 time louder, probably:-)
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posted on
09/21/2008 7:35:19 PM PDT
by
Justice Department
("Comedy is allied to justice." Aristophenes)
To: CodeToad
"I'll see your Hawking's chair and raise you an aircraft carrier:"

I'll see your battle ship and raise you a redneck wheel chair.
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posted on
09/21/2008 7:43:30 PM PDT
by
Justice Department
("Comedy is allied to justice." Aristophenes)
To: G Larry
If Satan designed a clock, what would it look like?
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posted on
09/21/2008 7:53:22 PM PDT
by
unspun
(Tell the truth about Obama to all you know.)
To: unspun
I gotta bump that Satanic “Barrack around the Clock”.
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posted on
09/21/2008 10:12:38 PM PDT
by
right way right
(Do not mistake religion for God.)
To: Justice Department
Yeah, yours is much more fun to ride on.
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posted on
09/22/2008 7:25:03 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
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