From: "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>
Subject: Re: Leap Seconds
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 14:12:15 -0400
Date: 2001-05-31T18:12:19+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9f61i3$mkb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3B1672F7.2298EF6@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com
Well, if one wishes to be a stickler for accuracy, I suppose yours is a
better interpretation of the law.
But there is a Murphy's Law derivative that states that all engineering
values will invariably be expressed in the least usable units. Thus, we
*really* need to express this number in Furlongs per Fortnight. (and start
*that* whole discussion all over again... :-)
MDC
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"Wes Groleau" <wwgrol@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> wrote in message
news:3B1672F7.2298EF6@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com...
>
> > problem. Much relative navigation depends on very accurate timekeeping
and
> > the speed of light. (186000 miles/second - it's not just a good idea,
its
>
> In that case, let's make it 186,324.xx or somthing like that.
>
> --
> Wes Groleau
> http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau
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Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-25 14:17 Leap Seconds Marin David Condic
2001-05-25 22:02 ` Tucker Taft
2001-05-29 14:43 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-29 16:02 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-29 16:46 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-29 18:38 ` tmoran
2001-05-29 19:26 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-30 18:20 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2001-05-30 18:55 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-30 23:16 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-05-31 6:34 ` Joseph P Vlietstra
2001-05-31 9:27 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2001-05-31 15:31 ` Marin David Condic
2001-06-01 7:55 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2001-06-01 13:34 ` Marin David Condic
2001-06-01 15:24 ` Wes Groleau
2001-06-01 16:18 ` Marin David Condic
2001-06-01 20:28 ` Wes Groleau
2001-06-04 13:54 ` Marin David Condic
2001-06-04 16:05 ` Wes Groleau
2001-06-04 16:15 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-31 16:53 ` OT: Relativity misunderstood Wes Groleau
2001-05-31 17:20 ` Ted Dennison
2001-05-31 19:00 ` Wes Groleau
2001-06-01 6:49 ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2001-06-04 17:51 ` [OT] Black holes for interstellar travel (Re: OT: Relativity misunderstood) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2001-06-05 14:07 ` Wes Groleau
2001-05-30 0:42 ` Leap Seconds Arthur Evans Jr
2001-05-30 10:14 ` AG
2001-05-30 11:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-05-31 16:34 ` Wes Groleau
2001-05-30 14:00 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-30 15:33 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-05-30 15:39 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-31 2:01 ` Robert A Duff
2001-05-31 3:15 ` dale
2001-05-31 7:02 ` tmoran
2001-05-31 15:26 ` Marin David Condic
2001-05-31 16:39 ` Paul Storm
2001-06-02 6:40 ` Joseph P Vlietstra
2001-05-31 16:36 ` Wes Groleau
2001-05-31 18:12 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
2001-05-30 16:36 ` Darren New
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