On Mar 25, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Rob Seaman wrote:
> Time, on the other hand, is a complex concept of diverse meanings.  It will 
> come as no surprise that I regard civil timekeeping as most closely allied 
> with its meaning as an angular reference.

The close alignment is due to the historical definition of the second.  There 
is also a close relationship between the second, the Hz and pure elapsed time 
from an epoch.  There's two time scales here, no matter how you slice it.  The 
main point of contention between us has been which one should be primary :)

Warner


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