[SBE] Timekeeping Standard [was RE: UTC Time Standard]

[Bill Burckhard]

Would time zero be the ever present now?

 

William R Burckhard

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From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Dan
Mammone
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [SBE] Timekeeping Standard [was RE: UTC Time Standard]

 

Ed,

 

The scale has nothing to do with accuracy or precision. It is an expression
of units. The tool being used for measurement is what determines accuracy
and precision. These scales are used to express the SAME thing. temperature.
Accuracy is how correct the value is and precision is how many significant
figures, including decimal placement, are used in the measurement. 

 

Dan Mammone CBRE, CBNT

Broadcast Engineer

WMCO-FM/MCTV6

Muskingum College

 

From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Edwin
Bukont
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [SBE] Timekeeping Standard [was RE: UTC Time Standard]

 

Folks who insist on metric divisions are what is bi-polar!!  While metric
fits a sort of feel-good niceness, it is not necessarily more accurate.
Look at celsius.  while 0 and 100 are convenient, a sort of scientific
'politically correct' gradients for water's state, the fact is that deg-F is
nearly twice as accurate because it has more divisions than deg-C for going
from frozen to boiling.  metric may be easier to teach or understand, but
that does not make it more accurate.

Edwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT 
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From: A9xw at cs.com
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:33:46 -0400
To: sbe at sbe.org
Subject: Re: [SBE] Timekeeping Standard [was RE: UTC Time Standard]

As with most absolute values, time zero can only be approxximated by
infinite division my 2. and then agreeing that the last division is
indivisible. The zero value is approachable but not achieveable. Much like
trying to find a magnetic monopole by dividing a magnet by 2 an infinite
number of times. The monopole has never been found, even at the smallest
division the magnet is still bi-polar. 


Henry

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