Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
That isn't the definition. The definition is reasonably close, not unable to be measured by most people. A claim you haven't even proven by the way. I can easily tell the difference between 30 seconds and a minute. I'm skeptical that most people are unable to tell the difference.it has to do with how close it is... it is close enough to not be measurable by most people... hence ABOUT
Yes. Yes they are. If you estimate that you will be done on Wednesday, then on Thursday you were wrong about that estimated time. It's true that it wasn't guaranteed to be done on Wednesday, but the estimated completion time is still wrong.wrong again About is an estimate, and estimates aren't proven wrong when they are completed quicker or slower...
That's because more time is involved. 4 minutes or even 7 minutes could be about 5 minutes. Neither could be about 10 minutes though. 55 minutes can be about an hour, but 45 minutes can't be. When talking about 6 seconds, the window of time that is "about" that long is much narrower, since it's a significantly smaller amount of time.when you messure in game time NOT in combat rounds if something is said to be 'about 5 minutes' can it be 4 minutes or 7 minutes and still be 'about 5 minutes... cause that is 3 minute spread.... so 180 seconds...
"about" is not an average, though, so the higher numbers that are reduced by the smaller numbers don't become "about" 6 seconds of time. 44 seconds will never be "about" 6 seconds. Neither will 27 seconds, which is "about" 30 seconds.so yeah 180 seconds seems to me to be 'about 5 minutes' and 27 seconds can be 'about 6 seconds' especially if we spend 12 combat rounds in a night and 1 is 44 seconds, 1 is 3 seconds, 1 is 1 second, 1 is 11 seconds and the other 8 are 6 seconds... I would say they are all 'about 6 seconds'
the average of the above is actually 8.91 seconds...