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   The Starmaker to All   
   Re: Should we synchronize clocks   
   06 Oct 25 14:32:00   
   
   From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com   
      
   On Mon, 06 Oct 25 07:15:27 +0000, Python    
   wrote:   
      
   >Le 06/10/2025 à 07:00, Maciej Wo?niak a écrit :   
   >> On 10/5/2025 10:47 PM, Python wrote:   
   >>> Le 05/10/2025 à 19:21, Maciej Wo?niak a écrit :   
   >>>> On 10/5/2025 4:35 PM, Python wrote:   
   >>>>> Le 05/10/2025 à 08:03, Maciej Wo?niak a écrit :   
   >>>>>> On 10/5/2025 12:39 AM, Python wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Le 04/10/2025 à 23:13, Maciej Wo?niak a écrit :   
   >>>>>>>> On 10/4/2025 7:52 PM, Paul B. Andersen wrote:   
   >>>>>>> ..   
   >>>>>>>>> Indeed.   
   >>>>>>>>> In physics 'time' must be measurable to have any meaning.   
   >>>>>>>>> The instrument used for measuring 'time' is called a 'clock'.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Physics never understood what a clock is   
   >>>>>>>> and was always mistaking it with a   
   >>>>>>>> stopwatch.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Really? How come? Could you say more about this statements of yours?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Clock is a device providing  [a less significant   
   >>>>>> part of] a timestamp. It's a stopwatch which is   
   >>>>>> providing an interval, which is a measurement   
   >>>>>> result.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So it is a stopwatch after all. ?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, it is not.   
   >>>   
   >>> Make up your mind :   
   >>>   
   >>> "Physics never understood what a clock is and was always mistaking it   
   >>> with a stopwatch."   
   >>>   
   >>> "It's a stopwatch which is providing an interval."   
   >>   
   >> But time is what CLOCKS indicate.   
   >   
   >So what?   
   >   
   >> Stopwatches are not  very important devices,   
   >   
   >They are. You should learn a bit of engineering.   
   >   
   >> samely as interval is not a very important data type.   
   >   
   >Said the (allegedly) "information engineer". PIFFLE.   
   >   
      
      
   How does dat  synchronize work? if A is there and B is overthere...   
   do you have to run from A to B to  synchronize the clocks? i mean,   
   B or A is already in the past or future...does the space between A&B   
   count???? Is inbetween  synchronized? i'm not sure...   
      
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