Ora ilLegale clock tips to compensate for daylight savings time
By Darren Murph 
posted April 18th 2009 9:12AM
posted April 18th 2009 9:12AM
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posted April 18th 2009 9:12AM
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Very creative, true Genius!
The implications of ones cat accidentally knocking the clock forward or back an hour doesn't bare thinking about.
It's Daylight Saving. Not Savings. No S on the end there. FYI
I'm pretty sure it's 'bear thinking about' not 'bare'.
"Genius" Would be getting rid of DST altogether. DST causes more lateness in employees than illness does. This particular clock also has the problem of having hands. I've met far too many people over the years that cannot read a clock with hands.
@BigD145:
I tell those that can't read "hand" clocks to lrn2analog.
I, too, have met many people who could not read a "hand clock".
Those people were all in kindergarten.
I wouldn't quite call it genius. As Samboini pointed out, there are a hundred things that could accidentally tip this clock over and then *bam*, you're late for work one hour with no excuse. What would be a much better design is if that missing wedge was removable. Since the design is symetrical, you could attach the wedge to either side and then you would have a non-tilting flat base. Of course, you would have to print the ticks on both sides of the wedge.
Yah but there is small flaw which is the time will be 5 minutes off from the original time when the clock is fliped. For example if the time is 9:00 and you flip it to the right, the new time will be 10:05pm. LIke wise if the time is 9:15 and you flip it towards the left, the new time will be 8:10.
Still, quite a good concept though =).
Does it change colors when flipped?
@ BigD145
What kind of uptight company town are you on the manage side of? Daylight saving time gives people a semi-valid excuse to be late once a year. Some of us over-privileged americans need that.
@Tinu
No, if you flip the clock over, it will change one hour. If you look, 6 o'clock will always be at the base. If you change it, it'll either go forward one hour, or backward one hour.
Also, a little foldable stand in each 'base' would help.
@Tinu
Sorry, forgot to mention. It won't change 5 minutes, because it doesn't have the minute hand ;)
I feel hard to count the dail.
Translated chinese is such a nice language, it really makes you think and is so poetic :)
@pirate
I once worked for a hardware store that had only a manager and one employee to open the store in the morning. Things had to be brought out of the front of the store and most things required two people to pick up and move. Being late is not an option if you want to keep your job.
>>Wwhat
are you talking about my name?
I afraid google cannot translate it at all.
people who are late because of dst should be fired anyway...first of all, it's on a saturday every year, so they would have to be such morons that they are an hour late/early for everything 2 days in a row and don't realize it - not to mention that every tv station and show would be showing the real time - and second of all, most modern devices (computers, cell phones, etc) auto correct the time for you
on a different note, dst should not be eliminated, standard time should, i prefer not getting out of work when it's dark out and it saves power
"enable it to become the easiest clock to adjust to changes in daylight savings... well, ever."
Surly the easiest ones to change are the Radio controlled ones that change themselves?
the only reason I even clicked "comments" was to see if someone had already put one about the auto-set out there.
bravo.
No, the easiest ones are the ones here in Arizona WHERE THEY DON'T CHANGE. As it is, it's often 100+˚ at 10pm, why would we want it to be hot another hour?
I never have to set my clock here in Hawaii, but when daylight savings happens it screws up the mental notes I have to take when I want to watch a certain show on tv.
"Okay new Man vs Wild at 8pm, that means 6pm."
*Tunes into the discovery channel at 6pm*
*Realizes daylight savings happened and Man vs Wild was on at 5*
WAUUGH
@Lazarpandar
yeah, that was really crappy when i lived in Indiana, then we finally began observing DST and didnt have to switch between Central and Eastern time zones anymore.
That is single handedly the most clever thing I have ever seen.
I would wholeheartedly disagree. Clever, but it gets one upped by many, many other objects.
Sliced bread, for instance.
It's a little cool, but what's with all the superlative?
indoor plumbing ftw.
also, i live in an area where DST is no observed. this clock is usesless to me. (saskatchewan)
This is pretty slick. Only problem is what about not perfectly leveled surfaces, carpets etc?
If it's not super expensive it could be a good talking piece though.
It's not balanced on a pin. It sits on a flat surface, if you can't balance it on something, a normal clock wouldn't work there either.
Too bad it's ugly.
too bad your ugly
Oh it doesn't automatically tilt itself? Not as cool.
Unfortunately, when you spring ahead or fall back, your clock becomes 5 minutes fast or slow (respectively). Not a major inconvenience, but it does take away some of the cool factor.
They could sold this by putting a slick digital minute display on the clock and just leave the hour hand.
Won't you be setting it back like... 1 hour and 5 minutes?
Nope. Doesnt have a minute hand...
Sure sacrificed a lot of regular clock features to avoid having to adjust the time twice a year...
Getting rid of the minute hand sounds like something Steve Jobs would do.
Lame!
You don't lose 5 minutes.
There are no numbers on it for that reason alone ; ) The line at the top is 12, no matter which way it's tilted.
actually, you do
the hour hand moves back 1/12th of the clock face, or, and hour.
But at the same time, the minute hand is going to move back aswell, again, 1/1th of the clock face. Thats means it goes back an extra 5 minutes
sorry for the double post, but just look at the image they've given.
The hands are in the same place on both clocs (Except the clocks are tilted differently)
But the black clock shows a time of quarter to nine (incorrectly might i add, because the hour hand is in the wrong position for that)
The white clock on the other hand shows a time on ten to ten (again, incorrectly, the hour hand shouldn't be dead on 10)
So yeah, the difference between the two clocks is 1 hour 5 minutes....
and this isn't really a very functional system
Let's think about that for a moment.
Hour hand and minute hand are both on the 12. It's 12:00. Now tilt the thing for daylight saving. Hour hand and minute hand are both on the 1 now. It's 1:05.
Maybe they could have put the minute hand on a separate mechanism that can swing freely and has a bottom weight to maintain its orientation regardless of the tilt. But that would probably be very complicated to engineer. Instead, it looks like they solved the problem BY GETTING RID OF THE MINUTE HAND!
gah... one final comment.
I didn't notice there was no minute hand, i thought the minute and hour hands where at the same point, either way, it works, just wont be all that accurate when reading it
Nice little piece of art and clever idea; I wouldn't exactly call it brilliant. Not very functional as a clock. For one, there is no minute hand, so not very accurate. There is also the possibility of accidentally changing the time; what if your maid picks it up to dust around it and places it back down the wrong way? I for a change that only happens twice a year, I would think a more "permanent" changing mechanism would be in order.
If I could afford a maid I would have her change all my regular clocks and wouldn't need this one.
As long as you're not all that specific on evenings.
Won't be all that "genius" when they get rid of daylight savings time
They should get rid of the whole DST thing... actually keep it permanently on DST. I hate when it gets dark so early in the evenings during the winter. In the Northern US it's cold, miserable, and dark by the time you get home from the office. Major contributor to SAD's.
I agree. Permanent DST. Besides, I think people are more active when there's more daylight, so maybe that would save some money in the long run on treatment for heart disease and diabetes.