[time-nuts] The forbidden question

[Will Kimber]

If I can stir the pot a bit.


What other standards are measured to the same degree of accuracy? i.e.
ppb or better.


The thing with TIME is that its measurement is a abstract concept.  Most
other "standards" have a physical representation.


Cheers,

Will

On 5/06/19 10:21 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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> In message <CANy2iXowYBPreNnbrjnU7_XLz=NJ5ZVaGVMT0PRmUD0=7BLf9A at mail.gmail.com>
> , "William H. Fite" writes:
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>> What I am asking is not the validity of the quest for better timing
>> but rather its tangible applications.
> Tangible for who ?
>
> For the average pedestrian there are no *current* tangible applications
> where cesium level time-keeping isn't plenty.
>
> However, the same would have been said about chronometers and quartz
> clocks at various times in the past.
>
> To answer your question we would need to look about 20-30 years
> into the future, which seems to be the median time for better
> timekeeping to break through to the wider public, even if they do
> not know it has happened, (ie: longitude navigation, digital telephone
> networks, GPS.
>
> Peeking 20-30 years into the future is an unsolved problem, so I
> would argue that your question is unanswerable at this time.
>