tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post274767801514826812..comments2024-03-23T06:42:28.774+08:00Comments on the view from fanling: a brief history of timeDennis Hodgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-40946416060752149992011-01-30T14:05:30.662+08:002011-01-30T14:05:30.662+08:00very interesting, time has always fascinated me!very interesting, time has always fascinated me!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119295506580920208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-43029419389962750882010-12-16T16:21:32.939+08:002010-12-16T16:21:32.939+08:00I don't wear a watch either Pat, except when c...I don't wear a watch either Pat, except when cycling (the stopwatch function). And I could claim to be one step ahead of you: I've never owned a mobile phone.Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-64513968319856345992010-12-16T13:43:06.441+08:002010-12-16T13:43:06.441+08:00Time is an amazing concept and subject. I'm ge...Time is an amazing concept and subject. I'm getting pretty old and I'm happy to report that time seems to have slowed down for me! <br />I haven't worn a watch for about 20 years. Now if I could just get rid of this damn cell phone...Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-61871338146104807052010-12-12T00:09:36.165+08:002010-12-12T00:09:36.165+08:00My definition of time is a mistaken idea of man w...My definition of time is a mistaken idea of man which has destroyed the beauties of creation.<br /><br />Either baxkwards or frontwards man is a slave to time.Online Preacher Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18269099988314761440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-42419892025727405472010-12-06T18:27:57.193+08:002010-12-06T18:27:57.193+08:00Saint Augustine defined time as being our awarenes...Saint Augustine defined time as being our awareness of the changes we see going on around us, so before the creation of the material universe time as we know it did not exist. Augustine's God was necessarily outside of time.shilmanhttp://petergshilstonsblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-71344120815858583602010-12-05T21:25:14.163+08:002010-12-05T21:25:14.163+08:00I sympathize Bruce. When I was a student, I had a ...I sympathize Bruce. When I was a student, I had a wristwatch that gained 20 minutes a <i>day</i>. I simply wound it back 20 minutes every morning, which was near enough for me then. Still near enough now.Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-63018349366617122762010-12-05T20:20:54.507+08:002010-12-05T20:20:54.507+08:00Then it is absolutely pointless for me to want to ...Then it is absolutely pointless for me to want to go back to having inaccurate clocks? Too bad, I really could use a bit of fuzzy time.<br /><br />I can no longer take seriously a track or swim event where the gold and silver are determined my a measurement too small for me to see or feel.<br /><br />I walk away calling it a draw.Bruce Coltinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861316663245952372noreply@blogger.com