Yes. The 1421 MHz is about the closest, practical, universal standard available to us at the moment. But is not absolute. What if you were in a different gravitational field? (The Pound gravitational red-shift experiment)
-John ================= > On 1/23/12 9:45 AM, J. Forster wrote: >> The fundamental problem is our system of units is not defined >> rationally. >> What is universal about a meter or a second or a kilogram? Nothing! >> >> If you were suddenly transported elsewhere in the universe bareassed, >> could you replicate the standards we use? >> >> If you lived on another planet, perhaps Klingon, would the second make >> any >> sense? >> >> This problem was faced maybe 50 years ago by the SETI folks. How do you >> know what frequency an ET might be transmitting on? 1.000000000 GHz? And >> if their unit of time is different, what then? >> >> > > isn't that why they relate things to Hydrogen frequency, etc. (viz gold > plates on Voyager) > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
