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Single-Ion Clock 100 Times More Accurate Than Atomic Clock
New submitter labnet writes with this excerpt from news.com.au: "University of New South Wales School of Physics professor Victor Flambaum has found a method of timekeeping nearly 100 times more accurate than the best atomic clocks. By using the orbit of a neutron around an atomic nucleus he says the system stays accurate to within 1/20th of a second over billions of years. Although perhaps not for daily use, the technology could prove valuable in science experiments where chronological accuracy is paramount, Prof Flambaum said."
until it comes with indiglo i don't want it
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Grr! You changed the clock by observing it!
Damm kids!
yes, www.dotcomforwardslash.com is my real URL.
So what you're saying is that by stacking a few dozen alarm clocks on top of each other, I can get one more hour of sleep?
Cool!
It's about time
The only flaw in this plan is, that you would need to sleep through all alarms but the last one.
Other than that it's perfect.
Yes.
Thanks a lot. Now I am disturbed. Everybody knows the nucleus is a bunch of little round colored balls globbed together.
Although perhaps not for daily use, the technology could prove valuable in science experiments where chronological accuracy is paramount, Prof Flambaum said.
As the different series of Star Trek have already shown us, the words "chronological accuracy" and "Paramount" do not belong to the same sentence, much less do they deserve to be joined by the copula.
Ezekiel 23:20
THERE ARE FOUR CLOCKS! (god, this thread is pedantic torture :)
CS majors know the time/space tradeoff, but they never get taught the 3rd, crucial, tradeoff of the set: comprehension!