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That reminds me of something :D (With apologies to non-UK readers to whom it probably does not mean much.)

But that's the whole point! A countdown has to be stalled, repealed, reset, etc to make any adjustments. One can even argue that if you can do that to a countdown then it was not a very good countdown to start with, like the link above.

A count-up, on the other hand, does not need tweaking. It is open-ended by definition.

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Hi Guys! Hope you have it as top notch as you can! Let’s straight this out one once and for all. A countdown is a countup and countup is obviously a countdown. Let’s play it out. At first there was nothing. Possibly only some aliens. Or was it? Before nothing there was a countdown of some sort in a place. Then something appeared for billion of years. Yes. I’m talking bout universe, time and space. A countdown until some us hit year zero. Suddenly the countdown becomes a countup but at the same time it’s the same countdown as before year zero so time of countdown as a count up of the universe as always going on. Until the end.

A countdown never stops. it’s just you stopping it or forever to continue. Can’t blame the countdown for that. Pretty obvious. It never stops. NEVER!

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DAVE!

:D

the rare and elusive Dave has been sighted!

Good to see you man

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Don't you count down to the end but count up to the beginning?

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OMG! I just saw Dave999's post! Howdy!

Btw, if the universe has periodic boundary conditions does the count down eventually get you back to where you started. You could even pass a count up along the way!

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....................... haha

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From the beginning, my friend. From.

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there's pichlo ...
shooter on the grassy knoll

hahaha

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Very good! I was thinking along the lines of already having counted down a bit and wanting to count back up to the beginning. Perhaps a stretch...