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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
The fact that you say they are exactly the same and yet different at the same time speaks to the potential for confusion.  |
Well, they are saying the same thing; you just have to know how to listen to what they're saying.
On most clocks that do not display tenths, you'll notice that when you set it at, say, 8:00, then turn it on, it immediately clicks down to 7:59. That doesn't mean that second went by instantaneously, but rather it is now 7:59.9, 7:59.8, 7:59.7, etc., until it gets to 7:59.0, then it changes to 7:58 when the time is 7:58.9, and so on. That is why you can have a clock show 0:00, but in reality there could be 0:00.5, 0:00.4, etc. left. The horn goes off when the time actually gets to 0:00.0. That's why the rule was put in that the horn determines the end of the period, not the clock showing 0:00. Both displays show the correct time; one just shows it in whole numbers while the other shows tenths.
Of course, the only time we need to accurate down to the tenths of a second is in a last-second shot situation, with the clock stopped, such as we are discussing. That's why clocks don't even bother displying tenths until it drops under a minute. Accuracy to the second is important most of the time, accuracy to the tenth is only important some of the time.
Now, I still haven't heard a good argument as to why we
cannot use the display on the console, hence I don't see much confusion to this discussion.
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
And to answer Camron's question, yes I have seen a few gyms with equipment like this. I'll call Mary and see what she has to say.  |
If she doesn't answer right away, leave a message. I'm 99.873% sure she might not call you back. (Just trying to be as accurate as possible.)