[time-nuts] Beginner's time reference

[jmfranke]

Excellent comments!

John  WA4WDL

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From: "mike cook" <michael.cook at wanadoo.fr>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 4:46 PM
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Beginner's time reference

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> From: "jmfranke" <jmfranke at cox.net>
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> > You will often hear that time is the inverse of frequency, but the
> inverse of
>> frequency is period or time interval.  Time is set by governments.
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> I agree with the the sentment, but not the last phrase.
> For me time just exists. What time nuts do is to try  and measure and 
> characterise it.
> International organisations decide on some basic definitions and 
> standards, such as how many ticks make a toc,
> when to start counting etc, not governements.
> Governements just decide on when to start the day in their patch, and when 
> to add or subract a bit to keep the farmers and industrialists happy.
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> Mike NN4ACS
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