[time-nuts] NPR Story I heard this morning

[xaos]

Small correction: The numbers were 10E-16.

One important concept that was discussed was this:
If the next generation clock was even more accurate
(maybe by an order or two), then no two clocks
can ever agree on the time.

Minute changes in gravity and other factors will
always make each clock completely different.

So, to that I said: WOW! Wait just a damn minute.
I got into this so I can tell time precisely. Now I'm back
to to the beginning.

I know I am exaggerating a bit here but still.

-GKH

On 11/03/2014 11:09 AM, Chris Albertson wrote:
> Yes,  A story about time and frequency standards.  They actually used
> numbers like 10E16 in the story.  Apparently at that level your clock can
> measure a change in elevation of a few centimeters because of the
> relativistic effects of the reduced gravity field in just a few cm.
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 6:28 AM, xaos <xaos at darksmile.net> wrote:
>
>> This morning, as I was driving to work,
>> I heard this really cool story on NPR radio here in NYC.
>>
>> This is the link to the story:
>>
>>
>> http://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/361069820/what-time-is-it-it-depends-where-you-are-in-the-universe
>>
>> What a nice way to start the week.
>>
>> Past stories with similar headlines.
>>
>>
>> http://www.npr.org/2014/01/24/265247930/tickety-tock-an-even-more-accurate-atomic-clock
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> George Hrysanthopoulos, N2FGX
>>
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