[time-nuts] sub-minute time-precision in court-case

Joseph Gwinn joegwinn at comcast.net
Tue Sep 3 20:13:39 EDT 2013


Re: time-nuts Digest, Vol 110, Issue 13
On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:52:17 -0400, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote:
> Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:27:18 +0200
> From: Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org>
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] sub-minute time-precision in court-case
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> On 09/04/2013 12:19 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
>>> Yeah, the question is even if you have a legal support for what correct
>>> time or even traceable time actually is or means. I know countries that
>>> does not even legally accept UTC.
>>> 
>>> It could be better, way better.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Magnus
>> Still, imagine Magnus collides with Tom. What time did it really happen?
>> Does it help if we both have GPS? Both have cesium(s) in the back seat?
>> At some point the notion of uncertainty and error bars needs to be allowed.
> We both agree, but now it is about convincing a jury... or lawyers.

I can see it now - the focus will be on all that cesium spewed about, 
like with Fukushima.

You'll never convince them that you are not radioactive.

Joe Gwinn


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