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ROYAL SCIENTISTS ARE CAUSING RIFT IN INTERNATIONAL TIME COMMUNITY

Started by Triple Zero, November 04, 2011, 05:50:43 PM

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Triple Zero

November 04, 2011, 05:50:43 PM
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November 04, 2011, 05:59:33 PM
I remember seeing this on yahoo news yesterday

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-meet-discuss-usefulness-gmt-082018659.html

Where it contained this quote:

Quote"These networks need to be synchronised to the millisecond," Arias said.
"We are starting to have parallel definitions of time. Imagine a world where there were two or three definitions of a kilogram."

No problem.
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November 04, 2011, 06:20:56 PM
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on November 04, 2011, 05:59:33 PM
I remember seeing this on yahoo news yesterday

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-meet-discuss-usefulness-gmt-082018659.html

Where it contained this quote:

Quote"These networks need to be synchronised to the millisecond," Arias said.
"We are starting to have parallel definitions of time. Imagine a world where there were two or three definitions of a kilogram."

No problem.
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Fixed.  Quit making Americans look ignorant.
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November 04, 2011, 06:33:46 PM
Quote"Without leap seconds we will lose contact with the reality of Earth's rotation. Eventually our midnight would happen at noon."

:lulz:

Triple Zero

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November 04, 2011, 06:54:33 PM
Maybe they could use rockets to keep the earth rotating properly?
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November 04, 2011, 06:58:39 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on November 04, 2011, 06:54:33 PM
Maybe they could use rockets to keep the earth rotating properly?

No, we must punish the moon for slacking on the job.
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November 05, 2011, 12:02:14 AM
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Peter Whibberley, senior research scientist in time and frequency at the National Physical Laboratory, in Teddington, said: "When the UK government did a survey of government agencies, they couldn't find anyone who was concerned with leap seconds. So we don't see the evidence presented for the problems caused by leap seconds as being all that serious."

"I mean, the department of motor vehicles didn't even know what a leap second was!  Clearly, they're not a problem."
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November 05, 2011, 01:37:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 04, 2011, 06:20:56 PM
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on November 04, 2011, 05:59:33 PM
I remember seeing this on yahoo news yesterday

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-meet-discuss-usefulness-gmt-082018659.html

Where it contained this quote:

Quote"These networks need to be synchronised to the millisecond," Arias said.
"We are starting to have parallel definitions of time. Imagine a world where there were two or three definitions of a kilogram."

No problem.
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Fixed.  Quit making Americans look ignorant.

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Cain

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November 05, 2011, 02:20:03 PM
Only six months notice of when a leap second would occur?  Only SIX MONTHS??

How can you expect anyone to work to such a tight schedule as that?

Nephew Twiddleton

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November 05, 2011, 04:18:35 PM
Quote from: Cain on November 05, 2011, 02:20:03 PM
Only six months notice of when a leap second would occur?  Only SIX MONTHS??

How can you expect anyone to work to such a tight schedule as that?

:lulz:

Also- Imagine a world in which two clocks in your house are slightly out of synch with each other by, let's say, a second. It would be utter chaos!
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November 05, 2011, 11:41:15 PM
Well, that got rid of leap microseconds last year, and look what havoc that caused. Neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light? Not in my universe.
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