"What time is it?" aksed the microcontroller

On Fri, 28 May 2004 05:29:57 -0400, George Neuner
<gneuner2@dont.spam.me> wrote:

>On Mon, 24 May 2004 00:45:29 +1000, "Michael" <Michael Mich> wrote:
>
>>Assume that someone find a magical way to sync all omputers with the
>>accuracy you want.
>>How can you verify that?
>>
>
>Easy ...  just use Thiotimoline based components and slave them all to
>a common clock source.
>

But wouldn't that require you to throw all the systems into a vat of
water (simultaneously)?  Might be hard on the non-thiotimoline
components...

Regards,

                               -=Dave
-- 
Change is inevitable, progress is not.

On Fri, 28 May 2004 13:55:34 GMT, iddw@hotmail.com (Dave Hansen)
wrote:

>On Fri, 28 May 2004 05:29:57 -0400, George Neuner
><gneuner2@dont.spam.me> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 24 May 2004 00:45:29 +1000, "Michael" <Michael Mich> wrote:
>>
>>>Assume that someone find a magical way to sync all omputers with the
>>>accuracy you want.
>>>How can you verify that?
>>>
>>
>>Easy ...  just use Thiotimoline based components and slave them all to
>>a common clock source.
>>
>
>But wouldn't that require you to throw all the systems into a vat of
>water (simultaneously)?  Might be hard on the non-thiotimoline
>components...
>

Nope.  Thiotimoline was a salt which could be added to other
materials.  In the proper crystaline structure, the 4th dimensional
bond would create an alternate conductivity path having an effective
zero propogation delay.  Asimov himself speculated on this use and
included the idea in some of his stories.

George
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"George Neuner" <gneuner2@dont.spam.me> wrote in message
> On Fri, 28 May 2004 13:55:34 GMT, iddw@hotmail.com (Dave Hansen)
> >On Fri, 28 May 2004 05:29:57 -0400, George Neuner
> >>On Mon, 24 May 2004 00:45:29 +1000, "Michael" <Michael Mich> wrote:
> >>>Assume that someone find a magical way to sync all omputers with the
> >>>accuracy you want.
> >>>How can you verify that?
> >>Easy ...  just use Thiotimoline based components and slave them all to
> >>a common clock source.
> >But wouldn't that require you to throw all the systems into a vat of
> >water (simultaneously)?  Might be hard on the non-thiotimoline
> >components...
> Nope.  Thiotimoline was a salt which could be added to other
> materials.  In the proper crystaline structure, the 4th dimensional
> bond would create an alternate conductivity path having an effective
> zero propogation delay.  Asimov himself speculated on this use and
> included the idea in some of his stories.

I wonder how closely related this is to how tunnel diodes work?

Cheers!
Rich