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-- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108 On 2011-07-08 17:50, [email protected] wrote:
I am sorry are you referring to 9192631770cycles of radiation corresponding to the transition between two energy levels of the caesium-133 atom? So what is the difference with 10 639 620 104 cycles of radiation corresponding to the transition between two energy levels of the caesium-133 atom of a Metric second? Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr Erie PA Linux and Metric User and Enforcer I will only invest in nukes that are 150 gigameters away. How much solar energy have you collected today? Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑ On Jul 8, 2011, *James Frysinger* <[email protected]> wrote: Excellent point, Martin! And in fact it is the precision and stability of modern "atomic" clocks that permit geophysicists to measure that varying Earth rotation rate (and thus the varying length of the common "day"). Jim -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108 On 2011-07-08 14:53, Martin Vlietstra wrote: > I don’t think so – the earth is slowing down and the rate of slow-down > can be measured. It follows therefore that the earth therefore cannot > be used as THE clock by which time is defined. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* 08 July 2011 20:18 > *To:* U.S. Metric Association > *Subject:* [USMA:50843] Re: Stretching the second > > If we only made the Metric clock, the Standard, we would have perfect > time always... > > http://www.minkukel.com/en/time/metric_clock.htm > > I have the Metric Time app as my main clock on my Droid > > https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spwebgames.clockinfo&feature=search_result <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spwebgames.clockinfo&feature=search_result> > > Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr > Erie PA > Linux and Metric User and Enforcer > > > I will only invest in nukes that are 150 gigameters away. How much solar > energy have you collected today? > Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I > hope we dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle > that. I wish I had a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑ >
