Widget baseClock_v100

[Tom Glod]

thanks hh for that explanation.....I literally had no idea that people did
this ...... fascinating!

Some days ....I feel like a total newb..... ;)

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 2:15 PM hh via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> > Tom G. wrote:
> > Its interesting....What is the problem this invention solves? is there a
> > use case for using such a time format?  What did you use it for?
>
> This is a "must-do" for a mathematician. To use such solutions for an
> open problem is in general the job of engineers.
>
> I use as desktop the base 15 clock that shows the number of full quarters
> in the first digit and the numbers filling the next quarter in the second
> digit. Quarters of an hour are my "fuzzy" measure of time.
>
> But -- a lot of 'Geeks' use other number base-coded decimals (not only
> for dateAndTime display). And the Mayas and Aztecs used number base 20.
>
> Now try to read, say for simplicity a hex-clock using "A,B,C,D,E,F"
> for 10,11,12,13,14,15". For example the MAC address clock here:
> http://hyperhh.de/html5/MACaddressTime-8.0.2X.html
> (click to start).
>
> And compare to my format.
> Most kids of age 10 and older can read, with a few minutes of exercise,
> hex numbers with my format every second.
>
>
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