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::Yeah, he does say "Main hall" [[User:DPS2004|DPS2004'); DROP TABLE users;--]] ([[User talk:DPS2004|talk]]) 17:19, 12 January 2018 (UTC) | ::Yeah, he does say "Main hall" [[User:DPS2004|DPS2004'); DROP TABLE users;--]] ([[User talk:DPS2004|talk]]) 17:19, 12 January 2018 (UTC) | ||
:::Hmmm, I take your point :) I made the assumption that the pendulum is in a museum because I'm most familiar with seeing them in museums (and museums have halls), but the comic doesn't actually say that. It would be unusual for a man to personally own a large hall with a Foucault pendulum, but the title text does suggest that the guy is rich, so it's possible. [[User:Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn|talk]]) 17:33, 12 January 2018 (UTC) | :::Hmmm, I take your point :) I made the assumption that the pendulum is in a museum because I'm most familiar with seeing them in museums (and museums have halls), but the comic doesn't actually say that. It would be unusual for a man to personally own a large hall with a Foucault pendulum, but the title text does suggest that the guy is rich, so it's possible. [[User:Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn|talk]]) 17:33, 12 January 2018 (UTC) | ||
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:::It is possible that he owns the pendulum, not the hall. As the first commenter suggested, there is only one Foucault pendulum in the word that is exactly 30ft (according to wiki), I don't want to spoil it but the semi-real nature of the series could mean this pendulum is in THAT museum. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.9|162.158.74.9]] 18:15, 14 January 2018 (UTC) | :::It is possible that he owns the pendulum, not the hall. As the first commenter suggested, there is only one Foucault pendulum in the word that is exactly 30ft (according to wiki), I don't want to spoil it but the semi-real nature of the series could mean this pendulum is in THAT museum. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.9|162.158.74.9]] 18:15, 14 January 2018 (UTC) | ||
:: So in that case, if we want to know what museum he worked for, we need a list of those that ''used'' to have Foucault pendulums...[[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.16|141.101.76.16]] 09:14, 15 January 2018 (UTC) | :: So in that case, if we want to know what museum he worked for, we need a list of those that ''used'' to have Foucault pendulums...[[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.16|141.101.76.16]] 09:14, 15 January 2018 (UTC) | ||
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::Thanks! [[User:DPS2004|DPS2004'); DROP TABLE users;--]] ([[User talk:DPS2004|talk]]) 17:17, 12 January 2018 (UTC) | ::Thanks! [[User:DPS2004|DPS2004'); DROP TABLE users;--]] ([[User talk:DPS2004|talk]]) 17:17, 12 January 2018 (UTC) | ||
:::But why on such an arbitrary number? If you wait until #2048 at least it would be a nice round one :D [[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.40|172.68.110.40]] 12:59, 13 January 2018 (UTC) | :::But why on such an arbitrary number? If you wait until #2048 at least it would be a nice round one :D [[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.40|172.68.110.40]] 12:59, 13 January 2018 (UTC) | ||
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There is a superstition that the stopping of a clock's pendulum will cause (or will be caused by) the death of the clock's owner. A less superstitious version is that a clock's pendulum must be kept swinging as a token of rememberance. Therefore it is actually quite realistic that a dying person might instruct the inheritor of a pendulum clock to never let it stop. However, Randall turns the situation absurd by replacing the pendulum clock with a Foucault pendulum, not only because of the difficulty of moving the pendulum while it's swinging, but also because there's no such superstition associated with Foucault pendulums (that I could find, at least). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.112|162.158.238.112]] 17:51, 13 January 2018 (UTC) | There is a superstition that the stopping of a clock's pendulum will cause (or will be caused by) the death of the clock's owner. A less superstitious version is that a clock's pendulum must be kept swinging as a token of rememberance. Therefore it is actually quite realistic that a dying person might instruct the inheritor of a pendulum clock to never let it stop. However, Randall turns the situation absurd by replacing the pendulum clock with a Foucault pendulum, not only because of the difficulty of moving the pendulum while it's swinging, but also because there's no such superstition associated with Foucault pendulums (that I could find, at least). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.112|162.158.238.112]] 17:51, 13 January 2018 (UTC) | ||
