Man-Made Atomic Clocks the Best In the Universe 267
An anonymous reader writes "The widespread belief by astrophysicists that pulsars and white dwarfs are the best clocks in the universe is wrong, say two Australian physicists. John Hartnett and Andre Luiten from the University of Western Australia have recently shown that man-made terrestrial atomic clocks take the crown, contrary to numerous claims in astrophysical literature that the natural timing provided by pulsars and white dwarfs is the most precise. The preprint of their paper, available on the arXiv, shows that terrestrial clocks exceed the accuracy and stability of the astrophysical 'clocks' by all sensible measures, in some cases by several orders of magnitude."
Yeah thats right. (Score:5, Funny)
Relatively speaking... (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't the best clock going to be one in your frame of reference?
Re:Yeah thats right. (Score:4, Funny)
Doesn't Man = Nature? :P
It depends on how you dispose of your waste.
Leaving it wherever: Nature
Flush: Man
Flinging it: Funny
Burying it in gravel: Nature, but with an air of superiority
Re:science journal DUH! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I hate to be condecending... (Score:3, Funny)
I prefer to be pedantic instead of condescending. hee hee :)
The universe is 13.75 +/- .17 billion years old.. (Score:4, Funny)
Well now I know why astronomers have such huge error bars - they've been using pulsars to tell time!
Re:I hate to be condecending... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yeah thats right. (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, yeah, where's their patent submission?
Uh-huh, that's what I thought. Freakin' alien anonymous posters. Go back to Alienastistan or wherever you're posting from.
Re:I hate to be condecending... (Score:5, Funny)
How much matter is in space?
Strictly speaking, all of it.
Re:Yeah thats right. (Score:5, Funny)
To which Religion retorts: "You can't disprove I didn't create you first, so therefore I did!"
Re:Yeah thats right. (Score:3, Funny)