(Hmm, would this (sub?)thread be a good candidate for alt.unix.geeks? Leaving Newsgroups: as-is, but I don't subscribe to comp.lang.python.)
On 2026-03-04, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:09:58 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: > >> On 3/4/26 13:29, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> >>> On 2026-03-04 21:01, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >>>. >>>> A man with one clock knows what time it is. A man with two is >>>> never quite sure... >>> >>> Experimental science would not agree. >> >> You would need at least three. > > Three would be better than two, but two is already enough to come up > with an error estimate on the measurement. You probably also need to specify some requirements or guarantees as to the whereabouts of the three clocks relative to each other, as well as their relative speeds, and the placement and speed relative to the observers. (Oh, and also that any processor used to cruch numbers related to these observations isn't an Intel Pentium.) -- Nuno Silva -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org
