[HN Gopher] A thief who stole 106 rare clocks ___________________________________________________________________ A thief who stole 106 rare clocks Author : whatami Score : 39 points Date : 2023-04-24 17:29 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.smithsonianmag.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com) | nathancahill wrote: | Original source or second hand information? | jareklupinski wrote: | He had too much time on his hands. | zadler wrote: | Guess he couldn't find them second hand. | seabass-labrax wrote: | Nice of him to do this for hour enjoyment! | LeoPanthera wrote: | A man with one clock always knows what time it is. A man with two | clocks is never sure. | | We have no data on a man with 106 clocks. | Arrath wrote: | If even a portion of them chime the hour: the man is insane. | CamperBob2 wrote: | A man with 106 clocks can be sqrt(106) times more confident in | knowing what time it is. | KRAKRISMOTT wrote: | Why sqrt? The ensemble is 1-P(Wrong time probability for a | single clock)^106 | thefifthsetpin wrote: | Every clock is wrong; they're just wrong by different | amounts. | niccl wrote: | There's a neat novel that has the Marie Antoinette Breguet as a | core McGuffin. Written a few years before the timepieces were | recovered: The Grand Complication, by Allen Kurzweil. | PeterWhittaker wrote: | He must be a Proust fan. | joshcrowder wrote: | It was just a matter of time until he got caught | bookofjoe wrote: | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35632682 | zabzonk wrote: | i had already clocked this. | nerpderp82 wrote: | The time for these clock puns to stop is now! | labster wrote: | Dude, don't be such a clock blocker. | labster wrote: | A clock thief knows no peace, he will always have to watch his | six. | onion2k wrote: | I imagine he'll end up doing hard time. | dgacmu wrote: | Not in this case; his time was up. | [deleted] | kainosnoema wrote: | Really enjoyed all the minute details in this piece, like | watching a documentary. | seabass-labrax wrote: | Still, it was rather alarming. | wantlotsofcurry wrote: | He's truly living on borrowed time | ryanmcdonough wrote: | Surprised he found the time to steal them all. | nathancahill wrote: | Museum should have had a watch dog. | fasteddie wrote: | This actually was his second offense. | nerpderp82 wrote: | On the other hand, he almost got away with it. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-04-25 23:00 UTC)