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sathomasga
·Some OF members might enjoy this one
https://harpers.org/archive/2023/04/the-science-of-the-perfect-second/
https://harpers.org/archive/2023/04/the-science-of-the-perfect-second/
In Search of Lost Time — The science of the perfect second
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Paedipod
·Thank you!
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kohster
·Very neat. I remember as a kid calling the Milwaukee area time number and pressing the "reset" button on my digital watch to get it synchronized at the top of the minute.
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kohster
·I think the number might have been 799-1212. Didn't have to do the 414 area code back then. Just tried calling it and it was ringing w/ no answer. I still remember the generated voice "At the tone, the time will be....eight.....thirty-four....and 10 seconds....<BEEP>"
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kohster
·ah, 414-844-1414, but you have to listen to an ad and there's no synchronizing tone. but you do get weather!
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SpeedyPhill
·Interesting, by the end of the year 2024, French CNES project PHARAO will become the first cold-atom clock ever to orbit Earth, operating outside the International Space Station.
https://pharao.cnes.fr/fr
https://pharao.cnes.fr/fr
