Re: Precision vs. resolution

2006-06-01 Thread John Cowan
Rob Seaman scripsit: Interesting question. Perhaps it is the distinction between addressability and physical pixels that one encounters on image displays and hardcopy devices? (Still have to posit which is which in that case :-) Thanks to those who responded either publicly or privately.

Re: Precision vs. resolution

2006-06-01 Thread Tom Van Baak
I should perhaps explain that I was interested in an internal representation for durations, which I am now representing as a triple of months, minutes, and seconds (the number of minutes in a month is not predictable, nor the number of seconds in a minute given leap seconds, but all other

Re: Precision vs. resolution

2006-05-30 Thread Rob Seaman
On May 24, 2006, at 7:25 AM, John Cowan wrote: Can someone lay out for me exactly what the difference is between clock precision and clock resolution? Interesting question. Perhaps it is the distinction between addressability and physical pixels that one encounters on image displays and

Re: Precision vs. resolution

2006-05-30 Thread Tom Van Baak
Can someone lay out for me exactly what the difference is between clock precision and clock resolution? I've read the NTP FAQ and several other pages but am more confused than ever. (I do understand the distinction between precision and accuracy: 3.1429493 is \pi precise to 8 significant

Precision vs. resolution

2006-05-24 Thread John Cowan
Can someone lay out for me exactly what the difference is between clock precision and clock resolution? I've read the NTP FAQ and several other pages but am more confused than ever. (I do understand the distinction between precision and accuracy: 3.1429493 is \pi precise to 8 significant digits,