To: trashcanbred
the atomic clocks on GPS satellites have to run at a different rates than those on the ground in order to stay in synch. Actually we have clocks so precise that they "see" a difference between the floors of a building. :-)
131 posted on
05/05/2006 1:32:36 PM PDT by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: RadioAstronomer
Actually we have clocks so precise that they "see" a difference between the floors of a building. Yes. It's an outrage! I hate it when different floors are out of sync. You'd think by now we could construct time-proof buildings. And if not, then we should have only one-story buildings so we're all together, time-wise.
134 posted on
05/05/2006 1:39:41 PM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(Unresponsive to trolls, lunatics, fanatics, retards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: RadioAstronomer
I did not know that. I did a cursory google search and came up zippo... is there an article that discusses this? I will do a search later too... I am trying to keep my promise and enjoy this weekend sans laptop.
144 posted on
05/05/2006 1:50:07 PM PDT by
trashcanbred
(Anti-social and anti-socialist)
To: RadioAstronomer
Actually we have clocks so precise that they "see" a difference between the floors of a building. :-)And delivery men so imprecise that they cannot.
153 posted on
05/05/2006 2:11:33 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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