tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 29 21:06:07 1996
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Re: Checking the time
- From: Will Martin <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Checking the time
- Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 13:42:51 -0500
At 01:35 PM 2/28/96 -0800, you wrote:
>I was just watching an old Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. Picard
>asks the computer the time. Specifically, he says "Time." The computer
>responds. Now, between Klingons, telling one that your chronometer is broken
>and expecting the other to tell you the time is all very well and good, but
>trying to do this with a computer smacks of idiom. Say a Klingon was alone
>in a room which had a computer terminal. How would he find out what time it
>is?
{tlhaq De' HInob!} Perhaps this clips to {tlhaq De'!} or even {tlhaq!}.
After all, you are not really asking for time, since you can't really quite
perfectly tell what exactly time is such that it could be given to you. You
are asking for the standard measurement of the current time, which is what a
{tlhaq} was built to give you. You are asking for the function of the
{tlhaq}, which is to provide {De'}, so the clock's data (tlhaq De'} is what
you want.
>I believe that any solution for the "What time is it?" question should be
>able to take this situation into account. Thus, the "my watch has stopped"
>attempts do not fit the bill. I guess we just won't know.
You have a problem with this solution?
>Comments?
>
>SuStel
>Hovjaj 96153.2
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