You know, I was thinking that exact same thing as the story went on. The one (important) thing I got from Tom's story was that kids might like the idea of the trip, but the details might seem boring. Although, I'm sure, Tom had a blast.
I was planning a similar trip from Astoria Queens, NYC which is sea level, to Adirondack Mountains, upstate New York. Never found enough friends to make it tho :( -GKH On 11/03/2014 11:40 AM, Bob Stewart wrote: > Have you read Tom's story about his family trip up Mount Ranier with a Cesium > clock? > Project GREAT: General Relativity Einstein/Essen Anniversary Test > > Bob > From: xaos <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 3, 2014 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NPR Story I heard this morning > > Small correction: The numbers were 10E-16. > > One important concept that was discussed was this: > If the next generation clock was even more accurate > (maybe by an order or two), then no two clocks > can ever agree on the time. > > Minute changes in gravity and other factors will > always make each clock completely different. > > So, to that I said: WOW! Wait just a damn minute. > I got into this so I can tell time precisely. Now I'm back > to to the beginning. > > I know I am exaggerating a bit here but still. > > -GKH > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
