Geek clock

Sunday 7 June 2009 — This is over 15 years old. Be careful.

I really like this math geek clock:

Math geek clock

I find the labels intriguing. Two I didn’t understand, and had to look them up: 1 is Legendre’s constant and 4 uses a negative modular exponent. The only one I don’t like is 3, because it isn’t a number, it’s a numeral. It isn’t a value that evaluates to 3, it’s a character entity that displays “3”.

Comments

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Marc 10:38 PM on 7 Jun 2009
That's not the numeral "3", that's "3!" otherwise known as 3 factorial, which evaluates to 6...
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Marc 10:49 PM on 7 Jun 2009
Whoops, I missed which "3" you meant, my bad...
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Jon-Pierre Gentil 1:46 AM on 8 Jun 2009
What nerd clock wouldn't be complete without something that nerds could pick apart as some sort of inaccuracy or flaw? :)
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Kevin Reid 7:01 AM on 8 Jun 2009
Looks like sloppy LaTeX on the “(mod 7)”.
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ulrik 7:51 AM on 8 Jun 2009
@Kevin: yes!!, should be
2^{-1} \pmod 7
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Ned Batchelder 9:26 AM on 8 Jun 2009
Yes, the mod7 needs the space...
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Frank 12:06 PM on 8 Jun 2009
If you're not happy with this clock, here are two worthy substitutes:

pop quiz clock: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/ac3f/

triple 9 society clock: http://www.cafepress.com/triplenine.2445706
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kudla 8:29 PM on 10 Jun 2009
It's supposed to be a clock. My contention is, they should all be numerals.
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moreno 3:48 AM on 31 Mar 2012
I have a similar clock on my iPhone called Analog Geek Clock and I like it :)

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