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New Atomic Clock Could Redefine the Second
bmahersciwriter writes "The new type of clock, called an optical lattice clock could replace the cesium fountain clocks used as the standard for time keeping. Indeed, it could redefine the second. The cesium fountain is predicted to keep time within one second over 100 million years. While other atomic clocks are better than that, researchers suspect the optical lattice is better still and could one day replace the standard."
... as 1/65536 of a day. Then I can do time calculations on my 6502.
now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
a second ago...
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
My watch is made in china.
It's still relative.
Yeah, no more sloppy seconds!
All I can say is.. it's about time!
So what happens to the platinum second they keep in the French vault?