On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Hans Havermann<pxp@rogers.com> wrote:
"Now, how many ticks are there between 8 o'clock at night and 5 o'clock in the morning? Le'me see. There's 60 minutes to an hour. That's 60 times 60 is uh, 3600 ticks to an hour, and 9 hours from 8 to 5 o'clock: that'll be 6 times 8 is 48, move the 7 where the 0 was and multiply the 0 by 8 times 3, and put the 0 over where the 7 was and that comes to 32400 ticks."
Arthur Q. Bryan in "Tickety Tock"
Um, shouldn't it be 32399 ticks? I wasn't familiar with Arthur Q. Bryan or "Tickety Tock". Thanks for alerting me. For anyone else here who doesn't know about them, go to http://www.kiddierecords.com. (Particularly recommended for those with young children.) -- Jeannine Mosely