[time-nuts] Re: thermodynamics of time keeping

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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Lewis Masters writes:

> They found that an ideal clock — one that ticks with perfect periodicity — would burn an infinite amount of energy and produce infinite entropy, which isn’t possible. Thus, the accuracy of clocks is fundamentally limited.

I cant say that in any way surprises me, because you intuitively
converge onat the same conclusion from the directions of quantum
mechanics and information theory.

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