On 2014-01-18 12:43 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote:
On 18/01/14 08:57, Brooks Harris wrote:
On 2014-01-17 11:15 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote:
Let's face it, this lump of orbital debris we call our home planet is
what we have as a reference and try to have common set of references.
This is our "universe".
The "universe" is a little larger than that for the astronomers. "Earth
time" would have made more sense.
You are missing my point, the word "universe" have different meanings,
and when originally used for UTC it was used to mean a coordinated
time for that "lump of orbital debris" and not for the "Universe".
Thus, using a particular interpretation of the word as an argument is
not very fruitful. It is just not very suitable choice of words, at
least in english.
Both terms, "universal" and "coordinated", are laden with historical
connotations.
If you somehow refine the description of UTC I think you'd better rename it.
-Brooks
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