The secret of time has been conquered

[Gordon Steadman]

I'm sure this site must have been discussed before but I was introduced to it just last week.

If ever there was a place that stretches incredulity to the limits this is the one. I particularly like the reasoning behind the er...clever little clock.

30 day money back guarantee though so it must all be good - maybe thats a joke as well.

http://machinadynamica.com/index.html

[Joe]

It's a piss-take, though some of their offerings are no more bizarre than those offered by 'genuine' sites.

[Gordon Steadman]

It's a piss-take, though some of their offerings are no more bizarre than those offered by 'genuine' sites.

I wonder what happens if you try and buy something.:eek:

[Gordon Steadman]

I wonder what happens if you try and buy something.:eek:

I just clicked on a button and it took me straight to PayPal!! I declined to go further.

[walpurgis]

I just clicked on a button and it took me straight to PayPal!! I declined to go further.

All smells of 'snake oil' to me!

[Gordon Steadman]

All smells of 'snake oil' to me!
Rather inventive though. I wonder if anything would arrive if I were actually foolish enough to send a payment:mental:

Some of things, like sticking little widgets on wall and ceilings have appeared elsewhere of course. I like some of the names though, very technical sounding 'dark matter' and the like.

I find it hard to believe that there are people out there who would have a laugh at the er....'enthusiast's' expense:eyebrows:

[Accudazed]

I'm sure this site must have been discussed before but I was introduced to it just last week.

If ever there was a place that stretches incredulity to the limits this is the one. I particularly like the reasoning behind the er...clever little clock.

30 day money back guarantee though so it must all be good - maybe thats a joke as well.

http://machinadynamica.com/index.html

I saw your post title and got all excited! This is not as mad a question as it seems, but, what exactly is 'time'? No, seriously! I suppose there are physicists on the AoS so perhaps they can help.

It's a tough - nay impossible(!) - question to answer though. Any ideas?

Cheers, Steve

[walpurgis]

Time can't be properly quantified as one specific thing, but I suppose from our point of view it is the human perception of the passing of events.

[nat8808]

Come on! It's an obvious hoax site - the prices are far too low for any real foo!

Seriously though, if it wasn't for the hairdryer "Ion Gun" for de-ionising your CDs being so daft, some of the others could probably pull in some genuine audiofool punters!


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[nat8808]

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[Gordon Steadman]

Cryo baby cryo, is yer mama hyo.... I'm surprised they didn't hide the name on the hairdryer as it was a slight give away:)

I still wonder what would have arrived if I let the PayPal payment through:scratch:

[Joe]

Cryo baby cryo, is yer mama hyo.... I'm surprised they didn't hide the name on the hairdryer as it was a slight give away:)

I still wonder what would have arrived if I let the PayPal payment through:scratch:

You'd have been allowed to review the product on AoS!

[Gordon Steadman]

You'd have been allowed to review the product on AoS!
:lol:

Maybe I should!!

[Barry]

I saw your post title and got all excited! This is not as mad a question as it seems, but, what exactly is 'time'? No, seriously! I suppose there are physicists on the AoS so perhaps they can help.

It's a tough - nay impossible(!) - question to answer though. Any ideas?

Cheers, Steve

Time is Nature's way of preventing everything happening at once.

[Gordon Steadman]

Time is Nature's way of preventing everything happening at once.
:clapclapclap:

[walpurgis]

Time is Nature's way of preventing everything happening at once.

How do you know it isn't?

I don't think there's a way to be sure everything isn't happening at once. We just assume that's the case, but our perception may be wrong.

[Gordon Steadman]

How do you know it isn't?

I don't think there's a way to be sure everything isn't happening at once. We just assume that's the case, but our perception may be wrong.
Oh good grief, I introduce a fun subject and they get all serious and philosophical with it:rolleyes:

[walpurgis]

Oh good grief, I introduce a fun subject and they get all serious and philosophical with it:rolleyes:

I'll start getting very deep if you like! :)

[Andrei]

I'll start getting very deep if you like! :)
Please leave your bedroom comments at home.

[walpurgis]

Please leave your bedroom comments at home.

Knew I could rely on you Andrei ;)

[Barry]

How do you know it isn't?

I don't think there's a way to be sure everything isn't happening at once. We just assume that's the case, but our perception may be wrong.

But if everything had already happened, there would be nothing left to happen. There would be nothing to change and thus the concept of time would cease to apply.

[walpurgis]

But if everything had already happened, there would be nothing left to happen. There would be nothing to change and thus the concept of time would cease to apply.

'Happening' was the word Barry. Not "happened". Anyway, we can't even tell if things are happening or unhappening, we just put labels on how we see it. In fact, does time even have a direction to proceed towards? 'At once' is just how we see immediate things, there is no universal time yardstick. All we can do is compare how we sense event durations and that gives us things like minutes and hours etc.. :)

[Andrei]

Knew I could rely on you Andrei ;)
No problem Geoff, any time. I see it as my role to lift comments out of the gutter ... and deposit them securely into the septic tank.

[walpurgis]

No problem Geoff, any time. I see it as my role to lift comments out of the gutter ... and deposit them securely into the septic tank.

Trust me, I'd noticed. :D

[lurcher]

there is no universal time yardstick. All we can do is compare how we sense event durations and that gives us things like minutes and hours etc.

Well, no, entropy gives us a direction we can use to table the time axis. we could describe past and future to a alien race by invoking cause and effect. The present may be a harder thing to explain, that’s a lot more subjective. Likewise a universal duration could be arrived at by referring to constants. The frequency of the He band in a nearby star for example would give such a reference. Of course there is no such thing as a universal now.

[Andrei]

Well, no, entropy gives us a direction we can use to table the time axis. we could describe past and future to a alien race by invoking cause and effect. The present may be a harder thing to explain, that’s a lot more subjective. Likewise a universal duration could be arrived at by referring to constants. The frequency of the He band in a nearby star for example would give such a reference. Of course there is no such thing as a universal now.
Sheesh, we are getting deep. Very difficult for some of us who dwell in the shallows.
PS I have the Longdog audiophile power supply for my 1200 - absolutely fabulous!

[walpurgis]

Of course there is no such thing as a universal now.

Not any more there isn't. "Now", is now a 'was'! ;)

[Barry]

There is alway a "now"; it's just that my "now" may not be the same as your "now".

Don't blame me - blame Einstein for pointing it out!

[Gordon Steadman]

There is alway a "now"; it's just that my "now" may not be the same as your "now".

Don't blame me - blame Einstein for pointing it out!
There are those, allegedly, who think that Einstein was wrong!! Sadly, all the evidence says they are wrong so there goes another now:( Can't be many left:eek:

[walpurgis]

There is alway a "now"; it's just that my "now" may not be the same as your "now".

The moment you wrote that it became a 'was'. :)

The point I was making is that everything we perceive as 'now' has actually already happened and is past.