This is not a technical question but I thought I could tap the DorkBot
brain trust. Can anyone explain the attached picture? The picture was taken
from the parking lot looking up at the 3rd floor of the Conway building in
NW Portland. Eleven clocks facing parking lot all with different times
(hours and min). Some running and some seem to be stopped as I can't see
the second-hand moving. All the clocks are too small to be read from any
significant distance. Their is another clock (not pictured) that is
definitely not running on the first floor facing the parking lot. I would
go in the building and just ask but security does not let anyone in without
an appointment. Undecimal code jokes aside, it is making me crazy not
knowing.
> This is not a technical question but I thought I could tap the DorkBot
> brain trust. Can anyone explain the attached picture? The picture was
> taken
> from the parking lot looking up at the 3rd floor of the Conway building in
> NW Portland. Eleven clocks facing parking lot all with different times
> (hours and min). Some running and some seem to be stopped as I can't see
> the second-hand moving. All the clocks are too small to be read from any
> significant distance. Their is another clock (not pictured) that is
> definitely not running on the first floor facing the parking lot. I would
> go in the building and just ask but security does not let anyone in
> without
> an appointment. Undecimal code jokes aside, it is making me crazy not
> knowing.
> This is not a technical question but I thought I could tap the DorkBot
> brain trust. Can anyone explain the attached picture? The picture was
> taken
> from the parking lot looking up at the 3rd floor of the Conway building in
> NW Portland. Eleven clocks facing parking lot all with different times
> (hours and min). Some running and some seem to be stopped as I can't see
> the second-hand moving. All the clocks are too small to be read from any
> significant distance. Their is another clock (not pictured) that is
> definitely not running on the first floor facing the parking lot. I would
> go in the building and just ask but security does not let anyone in
> without
> an appointment. Undecimal code jokes aside, it is making me crazy not
> knowing.
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:51 AM, <dorkbot...@emf-power.com> wrote:
> I can't see them all, but is it possible they're world times? i.e. one is
> the current time in Portland, the others are various times around the
> world?
> > This is not a technical question but I thought I could tap the DorkBot
> > brain trust. Can anyone explain the attached picture? The picture was
> > taken
> > from the parking lot looking up at the 3rd floor of the Conway building
> in
> > NW Portland. Eleven clocks facing parking lot all with different times
> > (hours and min). Some running and some seem to be stopped as I can't see
> > the second-hand moving. All the clocks are too small to be read from any
> > significant distance. Their is another clock (not pictured) that is
> > definitely not running on the first floor facing the parking lot. I would
> > go in the building and just ask but security does not let anyone in
> > without
> > an appointment. Undecimal code jokes aside, it is making me crazy not
> > knowing.
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Avi <genepoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think they are world times because all the clocks are on totally
> different minutes and some don't appear to be running at all.
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:51 AM, <dorkbot...@emf-power.com> wrote:
>> I can't see them all, but is it possible they're world times? i.e. one is
>> the current time in Portland, the others are various times around the
>> world?
>> > This is not a technical question but I thought I could tap the DorkBot
>> > brain trust. Can anyone explain the attached picture? The picture was
>> > taken
>> > from the parking lot looking up at the 3rd floor of the Conway building
>> > in
>> > NW Portland. Eleven clocks facing parking lot all with different times
>> > (hours and min). Some running and some seem to be stopped as I can't see
>> > the second-hand moving. All the clocks are too small to be read from any
>> > significant distance. Their is another clock (not pictured) that is
>> > definitely not running on the first floor facing the parking lot. I
>> > would
>> > go in the building and just ask but security does not let anyone in
>> > without
>> > an appointment. Undecimal code jokes aside, it is making me crazy not
>> > knowing.
My guess: office put up cheap battery-powered wall clocks years ago. As they died, they were ignored because no one really uses clocks anymore. Eventually they got annoyed at all the dead clocks telling the wrong time and took them all down. One guy thought it would be funny to line them up in his window to confuse people outside. If I worked there, that guy would have been me.
<denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Clearly a clock repair shop.
That's clearly not good at what they do.
My guess is that the clocks used to be for world time, but were pulled
down during a move or remodel. Someone thought it would be cute to put
them in the window. They are now mostly neglected because nobody in
the office is looking at a broken clock when they want to know the
time.
On Nov 8, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Avi <genepoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is not a technical question but I thought I could tap the DorkBot brain trust. Can anyone explain the attached picture? The picture was taken from the parking lot looking up at the 3rd floor of the Conway building in NW Portland. Eleven clocks facing parking lot all with different times (hours and min). Some running and some seem to be stopped as I can't see the second-hand moving. All the clocks are too small to be read from any significant distance. Their is another clock (not pictured) that is definitely not running on the first floor facing the parking lot. I would go in the building and just ask but security does not let anyone in without an appointment. Undecimal code jokes aside, it is making me crazy not knowing.
