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kath102245
Nov3-03, 05:40 PM
A sundial is said to be a time piece with the fewest moving parts. What is the time piece with the most moving parts?
LURCH
Nov3-03, 09:06 PM
The universe[8)] .
kath102245
Nov4-03, 10:55 AM
how is the universe a time piece?
chroot
Nov4-03, 12:54 PM
kath,

The answer is open-ended. Given any arbitrarily complex time piece, you could always stick on another piece and make it move, too... so there really is no answer to the question, in principle.

Are you asking "what is the most complex time piece ever actually constructed?"

- Warren
kath102245
Nov5-03, 04:38 PM
Actually, i'm thinking that the answer is an hour glass...but i'm not for sure yet.
chroot
Nov5-03, 04:51 PM
Originally posted by kath102245
Actually, i'm thinking that the answer is an hour glass...but i'm not for sure yet.
That's a very cool answer, but it's still an open-ended question. I can always use finer-grained sand, or simply build a bigger hourglass, without bound.

- Warren