Andy Pugh wrote: <<without borrowing the international prototype meter.>>>
What's one of those Andy? ;-) - Oh, maybe you mean Metre and not something for measuring with....... time someone standardised the 'English' language.... ( and yes, I did spell 'standardised' correctly!) I think you will find that the International Master Kilogram IS getting lighter due to 'corrosion' and atoms being knocked off by cosmic rays etc... Also, the International time standard is not one Rubidium-based clock but the average time of about 300 Caesium clocks distributed around the world. Of course, comparing these clocks is not easy as their time has to be relayed to a central point by satellite and the time for the signal to reach the satellite and bounce back to earth can vary dependent upon weather conditions, solar wind etc.. Another thing, of course, is that you can never know the exact time at any particular point in your travel through life because, while you are reading it, that time has passed and so, all-in-all, time is really just a guess at an arbitrary number. As an horologist, time is MY hang-up I'm afraid... Best wishes, Ian ---------------------------- Ian W. Wright Sheffield UK at " 11:45 and twenty seconds precisely.." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
