Yes, A story about time and frequency standards. They actually used numbers like 10E16 in the story. Apparently at that level your clock can measure a change in elevation of a few centimeters because of the relativistic effects of the reduced gravity field in just a few cm.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 6:28 AM, xaos <[email protected]> wrote: > This morning, as I was driving to work, > I heard this really cool story on NPR radio here in NYC. > > This is the link to the story: > > > http://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/361069820/what-time-is-it-it-depends-where-you-are-in-the-universe > > What a nice way to start the week. > > Past stories with similar headlines. > > > http://www.npr.org/2014/01/24/265247930/tickety-tock-an-even-more-accurate-atomic-clock > > Cheers, > > George Hrysanthopoulos, N2FGX > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ 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.
