Warner Losh wrote:

> 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 
> :)

Perhaps the main point between us.  The proposed revision to ITU-R 460-6, 
however, is a fumble-fingered attempt to pretend those two very different time 
scales are the same thing.

Rob
 
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