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Dan

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Osaka Station City clock
« on: September 14, 2011, 08:35:54 am »
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Andrew

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2011, 09:02:08 am »
Thats excellent. Do you think you would need planning to get one at Dalmore?
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wytsend

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2011, 09:02:56 am »
Well that is a clock with a difference !!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Rosemary

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2011, 09:18:24 am »
I think it's beautiful.
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Greenerlife

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2011, 09:24:19 am »
mesmerising.  I expect lots of people miss their trains watching it!  ;D
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Roxy

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2011, 10:06:33 am »
Now that would get our local planners  in a spin.  No excuse for being late for work if we had one of those around the place!!!
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Fleecewife

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2011, 11:58:35 am »
How do they do it ie make the shapes with pouring water?  Or is that a dumb question?
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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2011, 12:17:36 pm »
I'm guessing it'll be a bit like old dot matrix printers, 'printing' a line at at time.

Using lots of valves that open and close according to a set pattern with a reservoir above and a pump to circulate the water. The water will always fall at a predictable speed thanks to gravity so it's all about the timing.

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Fleecewife

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2011, 01:35:29 pm »
A bit like a jaquard machine then, or an automatic organ or polyphon.  Very clever.
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suziequeue

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2011, 01:44:47 pm »
I don't know ...... It's very lovely but when I look at a clock - it's because I want to know the TIME.

Sorry to be a killjoy  :P
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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2011, 01:59:17 pm »
Quote from: suziequeue on September 14, 2011, 01:44:47 pm
I don't know ...... It's very lovely but when I look at a clock - it's because I want to know the TIME.

But if you were sitting waiting for a train for 20 minutes, wouldn't you choose the Osaka clock over this:



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suziequeue

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2011, 02:05:51 pm »
Yes - quite agree Dan ..... But if my train is late I while away my time looking at TAS on my iPad  ;D ;D  ;D
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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2011, 03:39:08 pm »
 ;D

By the way, we have improved layouts for iPad, iPhone and other mobile devices coming soon.  :)

I'll contact you for iPad testing since we don't have one.  :'(
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suziequeue

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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2011, 04:45:06 pm »
Delighted to help. It works very well as it is though
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Re: Osaka Station City clock
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2011, 11:26:13 pm »
As I sit in bed catching up on my iPad I'm also wondering what the difference is
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