world clock

[cellio]

Today's XKCD (link has durable URL) is a very cool "what time is it now all around the world?" map. It updates in real time ("so long as the earth continues spinning", the author notes). I wonder whether he plans to do anything to account for seasonal clock adjustments like DST and summer time -- must remember to check back in a few weeks.

Comments

[siderea]

I'm trying to figure out how he tied it to the spinning of the earth. I mean, I'd presume that if the earth stopped spinning, it would keep right on functioning, though it would no longer correctly reflect local light conditions. :)

[cellio]

Yeah, me too -- normally I would just chalk it up to "lack of attention to detail", but c'mon, consider the source. Either he has a clever implementation and I want to know what it is, or he's channeling black-hat guy and is banking on not having to answer for failure (i.e. if the world stops spinning we'll all have more important things to worry about).

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

He couldn't have! The string would get twisted another turn every day, and pretty soon…