The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film

Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by jonas21 on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:28PM (#11021317)

I went looking for a picture of the retired analog countdown clock from the article, expecting to see a giant clock face with hands.

But as far as I can tell, the analog clock they're referring to is the one in the photo on the right here [1], which most people would probably consider digital.

[1] https://www.nasa.gov/content/new-display-counts-down-for-new...

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by webkike on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @02:01PM (#11021583)

It doesn't use a digital display, so how can it be considered digital?

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by dandelany on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @02:13PM (#11021675)

"Digital [adj]: (of a clock or watch) showing the time by means of displayed digits rather than hands or a pointer."

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by usrusr on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @05:04AM (#11025673)

Imagine the confusion in an alternate universe where the clockmakers of old decided to call the pointing sticks "fingers" instead of "hands".

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by lambda on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:23PM (#11024709)

  A digital clock is a type of clock that displays the time
  digitally (i.e. in numerals or other symbols), as opposed 
  to an analog clock, where the time is indicated by the 
  positions of rotating hands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_clock

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by soperj on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @02:14PM (#11021690)

I think scoreboards would be considered digital displays even if they use lights to make the numbers.

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by mintplant on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @02:59PM (#11022038)

Digital. Digit-al. It displays the time in terms of digits.

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by InclinedPlane on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @06:38PM (#11023611)

Does it display digits?

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by tyingq on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @03:06PM (#11022090)

FWIW, It's not just the AtlasObscura writer. NASA calls it analog on the page referenced: "Workers remove the analog countdown clock from its mount..."

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by rangibaby on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:16AM (#11024839)

Yes. It's an analog digital clock.

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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film by efaref on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @05:47AM (#11025794)

And I guess something like this[1] is a digital analog clock.

[1]: http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Cl...

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