From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com   
      
   On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:59:50 +0200, "Paul B. Andersen"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Den 13.10.2025 07:59, skrev Thomas Heger:   
   >>   
   >> I meant that time is always an interval, while Einstein thought about   
   >> time as linear and countable.   
   >   
   >So according to Thomas Heger it is impossible to say what   
   >the time is now. :-D   
   >   
   >What the display on a 'clock' shows is a 'point in time'.   
   >   
   >I can say that the 'time' now is October 13, 2025, 14:34:32 CET   
   >That's 'a point in time'.   
   >   
   >If I left my home at   t1 = October 13, 2025, 7:05:10 CET   
   >and arrived at work at t2 = October 13, 2025, 7:59:50 CET   
   >Then I can say that the 'time' I used to walk to work today   
   >was 54 minutes and 40 seconds.  (?t = t2 - t1)   
   >That's a duration (or 'interval').   
   >   
   >So "time" can be both 'a point in time' and a duration.   
   >   
   >> But usually we use some starting point as reference, while often that   
   >> isn't mentioned.   
   >   
   >The 'starting point' is obviously 'the point in time' at   
   >the beginning of the duration in question.   
   >   
   >If we are only interested in durations, we may choose to   
   >use a clock we can set to zero at any time.   
      
   So...you are still at working using workplace computers to post this?   
   Does the boss know??   
      
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