"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> schreef in bericht
> news:web.47396cd7652ca94ac4e49fa40@news.povray.org...
> >
> > But an Hourglass is a mystical object and the sand is dragged along by the
> > passing of time.
> > I thought that everyone knew that :)
> >
> >
>  Ah! We have a nice conundrum here, maybe with a bit of casuistry... :-)
> ... for, maybe, time is dragged along by the flow of the sand through the
> Hourglass!

It could be, it could be indeed.
There is no denying it.

> Now, my solution would be to mount the hourglass in a rotating contraption
> to allow the sand to flow. And don't forget that:
> 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
> Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
> All mimsy were the borogoves,
> And the mome raths outgrabe.
>
> Gyre and gimble are the keywords here to build such a contraption as I have
> in mind. Remember also the learned and comprehensive explanation of the
> above by Humpty Dumpty. And finally, look at:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimsy_were_the_Borogoves which tells of a
> haunting short story.
>
>
> Thomas

Beware the vorpal vortex.

Stephen

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