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The most accurate clock ever made
Cosmos Magazine ^
| May 4, 2015
| Cathal O'Connell
Posted on 05/05/2015 7:10:27 AM PDT by C19fan
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05/05/2015 7:10:27 AM PDT
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C19fan
To: C19fan
Yea, but what clock do you use to set it?
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posted on
05/05/2015 7:13:09 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
The one on the microwave.
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05/05/2015 7:14:38 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(A moderate Muslim will cut your throat. A radical Muslim will cut off your head.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Yeah - first thought that came to me as well.
By what standard is this measured?
But, that’s my worldview training/study coming to the fore.
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posted on
05/05/2015 7:15:15 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Blood of Tyrants
The one that clocked matter travelling faster than the speed of light!
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posted on
05/05/2015 7:15:34 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
To: gr8eman
and what happens to it when it gets unplugged. Do they have a power source that will work for 15 B billion years?
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posted on
05/05/2015 7:18:30 AM PDT
by
garyb
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Not a Timex, I would guess.
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posted on
05/05/2015 7:35:35 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: C19fan
Finally, an egg-timer that actually works!
To: EternalVigilance
The one on the microwave. You mean the one still blinking "12:00"???
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posted on
05/05/2015 7:42:29 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: rjsimmon
Right.
It’s always exactly right twice a day.
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posted on
05/05/2015 7:44:13 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(A moderate Muslim will cut your throat. A radical Muslim will cut off your head.)
To: C19fan
I clicked on this reading, “Glock,” in the headline.
Never mind....
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posted on
05/05/2015 7:45:40 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
("When you have to shoot, SHOOT! Don't talk." --Tuco)
To: C19fan
It’s a really well written article.
To: C19fan
Yet when it is transported anywhere it is no longer reading the same time as where it previously was....ah, relativity
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posted on
05/05/2015 8:23:24 AM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: C19fan
Does anyone really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
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posted on
05/05/2015 8:25:01 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
To: C19fan
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posted on
05/05/2015 8:32:29 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Yea, but what clock do you use to set it? A great insight, intended or not.
I do note they wrote "precise," not accurate. What do clocks keep track of?
The length of an earth day. Which, as I understand, has been changing since it was first created...
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posted on
05/05/2015 8:36:01 AM PDT
by
publius911
(If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
To: SkyPilot
LOL! Those aren’t pillows!
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posted on
05/05/2015 8:38:02 AM PDT
by
ResponseAbility
(The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
To: C19fan
More of our useless tax dollars at work. : (
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posted on
05/05/2015 8:42:24 AM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
To: publius911
Case in point, when the Indonesian 9.0 earthquake happened it introduced a wobble to the Earths rotation. Probably one of many “time shifts” that have occurred.
The one true character of a clock that matters is stability of measurement. This is a property than can be calculated based on the design of the instrument itself. As far as moving the instrument goes in changing the measurement, the more accurate the clock the more precise all measurements become when all factors are included in the equation. The clock itself is always moving anyway due to the space it occupies having plural vectors of movement.
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05/05/2015 8:54:22 AM PDT
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ResponseAbility
(The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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