Also, data collection will almost always be done by specialized hardware and the data stored off for deferred processing and analysis.
Tony On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Tony Koker <tko...@gmail.com> wrote: > my 2 cents... > > being in electronics for over 30 years, it is forever expanding in both > directions, bigger mega, giga, tera, peta, etc. AND smaller nano, pico, > femto, atto. > > but, I agree that it is moot, as it is not the range, which is usually > expressed in an exponential component of the system being used (decimal, > hex., etc), and it is more a matter of significant number of digits being > operated on, at that point in time. Basically the zeroes are removed and > tracked separately. > > Tony > > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Larry Hastings <la...@hastings.org>wrote: > >> >> On 02/26/2012 06:51 AM, Simon Cross wrote: >> >>> There are good scientific use cases for nanosecond time resolution >>> (e.g. radio astronomy) where one is actually measuring time down to >>> that level and taking into account propagation delays. I have first >>> hand experience [...] >>> >>> I'm not sure whether any of this is intended to be for or against any >>> side in the current discussion. :D >>> >> >> It's probably neutral. But I do have one question: can you foresee the >> scientific community moving to a finer resolution than nanoseconds in our >> lifetimes? >> >> >> //arry/ >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list >> Python-Dev@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/python-dev<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev> >> Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/**mailman/options/python-dev/** >> tkoker%40gmail.com<http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/tkoker%40gmail.com> >> > >
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