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it shortened the days.. which in turn augmented time.
For those of you who keep referring to this math as hogwash… you know, you might be right, but what I find funny is… none of you actually understand the significance of it, nor how it all related to many, many cultures from around the world... And that’s fine be whoever, just leave this thread alone… please… every generations suffers from what I call conceitous-zeitgeistous and our time is no different.
Leap seconds are occasionally added to atomic clocks to keep them in synch with the motion of the Earth.
it shortened the days.. which in turn augmented time.
A day consists of time.. does it not?
I always noticed a connection of life to those numbers
Count 666 days before Dec 3, 2012 and then find out where your leaders were.
Count 666 days before Dec 3, 2012 and then find out where your leaders were.
Notice the frequency of certain numbers:
The length of the day is a way to measure time. Changes to the time it takes for the Earth to turn on its axis does not affect time. Time is independent of these changes. Time is not augmented because of an event.
The fact that the Earth's rotation changes over time is a measurable phenomena. Take a look back millions of years and you'd see that there were over 400 days in the year. As the Earth's spin slows down there are fewer days in the year. This is seen in the fossil record.
You may not be confused about the difference between time and using the Earth's spin as a measure of time, but it seems that you might be, which is why I pointed out the difference.
How do you think they(ancestors) were able to devise a way to calculate time? Or measure a day? How can you measure distance without time? How can you measure time without distance? They based time on the length of the day.. which you've stated. If the day is augmented, that means time has changed. If time has not changed.. then the days we base our time on stayed the same.. which it did not. If the days have shortened.. can you say without a benefit of a doubt that our biological clocks stayed the same? Or, did our biological clocks adjust with the shorter days?
What did you tell me the difference of?
What if an event can change time. What if an interval or sequence of motion can shorten or extend? Would it be noticeable if everything systematically adjusts?
According to Einstein's theory of gravity and space-time -- called "general relativity" -- clocks in strong gravity tick slower than clocks in weak gravity. Because gravity is weaker on the ISS than at Earth's surface, PARCS should accumulate an extra second every 10,000 years compared to clocks ticking on the planet below. PARCS won't be there that long, but the clock is so stable that it will reveal this effect in less than one year. (Strayer notes that clocks on GPS satellites experience this relativistic phenomenon, too, and that onboard systems must correct for it.)
Using two ultraprecise atomic clocks, Chou and colleagues showed that lifting one clock by only about a foot (33 centimeters) above the other creates enough of a gravitational difference that the higher clock ticks slightly faster.
I believe you meant to ask how to measure time, not calculate time. How can I measure distance without time? Time is not required to measure distance. There are methods which use time to determine the duration a signal goes out and an echo returns as in radar or ultrasound or seismology or laser distance measuring.
You claim that the length of the day was the basis for time.
That's just over 15 days less per year.
... or would it be 25?
Since planets are round/circular and time seems to be circular..
it does change time because the most important time is the time we have in this live.