Re: Crazy Clock

On 30 Oct 2005 12:14:11 -0800, meleeman@xxxxxxxxx wrote, quoted or
indirectly quoted someone who said :

>I need the code for a clock that will run on 100 seconds and 100
>minutes and 15 hours instead of the usual. it needs to have all
>fifteen hours on the face and 7:50 (6 on normal time) should be the
>halfway mark. the major numbers are 4, 7:50, 12, and 15.

This sounds like some prof's silly exercise making it difficult for
the student to cheat by finding a solution.

I would not want to interfere with your education.

Have a look at http://mindprod.com/webstarts/setclock.html
source code.

Also see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/timer.html

The key thing to know about clocks is you use your timer only to
control the frequency of update. You get track the actual time
separately. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/time.html
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