Talk:Clock of the Long Now

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Want to help write or improve articles about Time? Join WikiProject Time or visit the Time Portal for a list of articles that need improving. -- Yamara 14:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio?

Is this original material? It seems to be trivially reworded from this article. Please remember that we cannot accept contributions that can't be licensed under the GFDL; if the original article is public domain, or if the submitter was in fact the copyright holder, please let us know, otherwise the page will have to be deleted. --Brion 05:55 Mar 10, 2003 (UTC)

I wrote to the Rosetta Project around December 02, to invite them to write an article on their project. They submitted a copy of their site's info text- I had mentioned the GDFL, so presumably they know what they are doing. Since they are also a part of the Long Now project, maybe the same person contributed about the clock- it's a fair assssumption. --Tarquin 20:38 Mar 15, 2003 (UTC)
Fair assumptions don't put lawyers in court. --Maru (talk) 22:08, 19 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Clarity

"gears necessarily require a ratio relationship between the timing source and the display."

I have a general idea, but I'm not sure exactly what this means. Could someone more mechanically minded rephrase or expand it? Tlogmer 08:11, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flawed clock

Um, doesn't the millennium occur on the 31st of Dec of year 2000, 3000, etc? Whoops! See 3rd millennium. His clock is already off a full year. Falcanary 18:13, 21 June 2007 (UTC)