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11Bravo · 04-07-12, 03:12 PM

To recap, we had a perfectly good theory of how the game clocks work that is consistent with stuff happening on the sea. The Screen Time played the role of GMT that stays constant across Time Zone lines. The Mouse Time jumped around like a good local time should.

But the theory fell apart when we tried to use if for stuff happening in the sky. So we need a new theory for the sky. This time the Screen Time plays the role of Local Time because it agrees with the observations. But the Mouse Time isn't the GMT either, and appears worse than useless at first glance.

But look back at the observations of how the Mouse Time jumps when we cross a Time Zone Line. Take a good look at the Time Zone, the Mouse Hour, and the Screen Hour. There is a relationship there.

Let the Mouse Time be hhmm
Let the Screen Time be HHMM

In each instance the known TZ is equal to HH-hh. If you get a TZ outside of +/- 12 just add or subtract 24.

That means if we didn't know the TZ, we could look at the time difference between the two clocks and calculate it. And that means we could add it to the Screen Time and get the GMT necessary for celestial navigation.

Let's see what that new theory might look like for some observations in the 3 time zones. First the sunrises, and then the sunsets.

Let's check the observation at 0°N 8°W first.

At sunrise you see 05:39 on your Screen Clock, so you call this the local Zone Time T. You note that the TZ is HH-04 which means 05-04=+01. So you are West of the Greenwich Meridian. You add the Time and the Time Zone to get the GMT of 06:39 which compares with the calculated SR of 06:36 GMT.

At sunset you have T= 17:39 and TZ = 17-16 = +01 and GMT = 17:39 + 01 = 18:39, which compares with 18:43.

Now let's check the observation at 0°N 8°E.

At sunrise you get T= 06:35 and TZ = 06-07 = -01. This gives the GMT = 06:35 - 01 = 05:35 which compares favorably with the 05:32 of the table. At sunset we get a T=18:34 and TZ = 18-19 = -01 and GMT = 17:34 compared to 17:39.

The theory seems to be working, but only time will tell

04-07-12, 03:12 PM	#13
11Bravo Medic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Error Triangle Posts: 168 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	To recap, we had a perfectly good theory of how the game clocks work that is consistent with stuff happening on the sea. The Screen Time played the role of GMT that stays constant across Time Zone lines. The Mouse Time jumped around like a good local time should. But the theory fell apart when we tried to use if for stuff happening in the sky. So we need a new theory for the sky. This time the Screen Time plays the role of Local Time because it agrees with the observations. But the Mouse Time isn't the GMT either, and appears worse than useless at first glance. But look back at the observations of how the Mouse Time jumps when we cross a Time Zone Line. Take a good look at the Time Zone, the Mouse Hour, and the Screen Hour. There is a relationship there. Let the Mouse Time be hhmm Let the Screen Time be HHMM In each instance the known TZ is equal to HH-hh. If you get a TZ outside of +/- 12 just add or subtract 24. That means if we didn't know the TZ, we could look at the time difference between the two clocks and calculate it. And that means we could add it to the Screen Time and get the GMT necessary for celestial navigation. Let's see what that new theory might look like for some observations in the 3 time zones. First the sunrises, and then the sunsets. Let's check the observation at 0°N 8°W first. At sunrise you see 05:39 on your Screen Clock, so you call this the local Zone Time T. You note that the TZ is HH-04 which means 05-04=+01. So you are West of the Greenwich Meridian. You add the Time and the Time Zone to get the GMT of 06:39 which compares with the calculated SR of 06:36 GMT. At sunset you have T= 17:39 and TZ = 17-16 = +01 and GMT = 17:39 + 01 = 18:39, which compares with 18:43. Now let's check the observation at 0°N 8°E. At sunrise you get T= 06:35 and TZ = 06-07 = -01. This gives the GMT = 06:35 - 01 = 05:35 which compares favorably with the 05:32 of the table. At sunset we get a T=18:34 and TZ = 18-19 = -01 and GMT = 17:34 compared to 17:39. The theory seems to be working, but only time will tell __________________ "Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him." -- Job 15:21 Last edited by 11Bravo; 04-07-12 at 05:51 PM.