How about some alignment of the planets that has occurred in the lifetime of the Earth but only happens infrequently on a celestial timescale.
Steve On 29 October 2010 15:01, Max Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > I was thinking of the nova event itself as a reference point in time. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [email protected] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. > [email protected] > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Eubanks" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:18 PM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Time of death-Again > > >> >> On Oct 28, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Max Robinson wrote: >> >>> How about the crab supernova. >>> >> >> Msec pulsars are much more stable - see http://arxiv.org/pdf/0911.5534 for >> some comparisons. >> >> Regards >> Marshall >> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Max. K 4 O D S. >>> >>> Email: [email protected] >>> >>> Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net >>> Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net >>> Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com >>> >>> To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, >>> [email protected] >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "jimlux" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:30 AM >>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Time of death-Again >>> >>> >>>> Steve Rooke wrote: >>>>> >>>>> One thing we should bear in mind that our tombstone timestamp should >>>>> have things like the timezone, and calendar in use, references, such >>>>> that future people can determine the exact point in time of our death. >>>>> In fact, basing the timestamp on some true reference point would >>>>> better than about 2000 years after some event happened on earth as >>>>> archaeologists from other words coming to the Earth in the future >>>>> would be left to figure out this arbitrary time event. I would propose >>>>> that we relate the year portion (which is the LSB and most important) >>>>> to some celestial event thereby making it possible to document this >>>>> easily for future life-forms to determine. The whole year/date thing >>>>> really should be made secular as there is no place for religion in the >>>>> governance of society. >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> Is this not the same problem we all face when specifying an absolute >>>> time? Is it TAI? GPS? UTC? etc. >>>> >>>> And, then, if you are moving, the local time offsettime relative to >>>> some reference might be different at different times. >>>> >>>> I think this is a sort of relativity question, isn't it? That is, you >>>> just have to pick some place/time, and reference everything else to that. >>>> So >>>> which astronomical event do you want use as your reference (e.g. a T=0 >>>> epoch)and is it sufficiently well determined that you can figure it out >>>> later? It's all well and good, for instance, to use noon on January 1st, >>>> 1900 or something as your time zero, but that's hardly a universally >>>> available reference point. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
