Fastest Clock in the World tells time to the microsecond
By Ryan Block 
posted June 27th 2008 1:49AM
posted June 27th 2008 1:49AM
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posted June 27th 2008 1:49AM
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Fastest clock? I'm pretty sure that my alarm clock is faster...at least by 10 minutes.
Agree, but do you have the prove, maybe they just fake it ;)
Why in the world would you need such a clock, he should use that tech to make visual displays faster if it is possible...
I know there's one-liner in there about your girl timing your sexual stamina but I'm too lazy to think of it.
The older you get the faster the clock seems to move. I want a clock that is the slowest clock in the world.
Done.
http://www.longnow.org/projects/clock/
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Heard an interview of this fellow on CBC the other day. Quite an interesting perspective. I think the shows are available online... ah:
http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20080625.shtml
Some of what he does seems to be taking what manufacturers call a feature and satirizing it to make viewers aware of the concept. One example he gave was how there are new chairs being designed all the time, but really, why do you need another chair?
The fellow's website is interesting (world's longest lipstick?) If you wait on the front page of the site, the little sign guy seems to get bored. awww ;)
http://www.freddieyauner.co.uk/
that's exactly what i was thinking... the last 4 digits are just randomized. :)
at the very least, i'd wonder if it's even remotely accurate, and even if it is, why would it matter?
:)
neat all the same i guess.
I actually want that clock. Pretty cool.
Great. Now we can accurately measure the time between price increases at the gas pump.
Sooo sick, I wanna get one of those!
last 2 digits are always 99 just to screw with everyone that tries to stop on a perfect 1 second.
Anybody see the gecko that gets eaten and taken away by a bazillion ants in about a day or so? Amazing.
:-o I need an alarm clock version of this! That way I can sleep in for an extra 10 or 12 microseconds if it was a rough night.
@ Jeff: You might right to some extent. Quantum fluctuations do actually start affecting our "measurements" of reality, if you will, somewhat at this scale. However the effects of it don't quite become apparent till we hit the Planck scale (Which is extremely small: 5.39 * 10-44 seconds). This concept is not directly related to what might be happening up there, but it is in a way. As the editor pointed out an effect similar to that of Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty might start acting up at this scale, but not necessarily. The digits might seem to be randomized but they may not be. The probability of a somewhat similar number coming up twice is quite small but not 0. Only scientific analysis can prove if this clock can really tell time to a micro second which, if you don't know, is quite small.
@Ghen: LOL. That might be so or it might just be a coincidence. He did after all just pause the clock twice.
neat