 have you ever wonder "what makes a second...a second?", wayyyy off topic |
 Jul 15, 2007 - 9:31 PM
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I was driving home one day in my belove celica....a question popped up in my head "what makes a second, a second"??...i know there are atomic clocks that miss a second in like 1 million year but how did we even measure a second in the first place...?
Now, a day consists of 24 hours and 1hr=3600 seconds. But we could have had 12 hours in a day and keep the same duration of a second so the number of seconds would still be 3600..it just takes twice as long to move a second to a second...so how and what instument were used to measure a second?? Imagine a second's duration were 10 times faster than today than one would says "yez..my celica can do 0-60mph in abt 60 seconds.." LOL ...yep thats a minute. 
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Jul 23, 2007 - 4:14 PM
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^^^^^
took me a "second" to get it you funny little existentialist you 
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Jul 23, 2007 - 4:48 PM
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QUOTE(carb0n_f1b3r @ Jul 24, 2007 - 5:14 AM) [snapback]581659[/snapback] ^^^^^ took me a "second" to get it you funny little existentialist you kakaka..this I think should come with an icepack or somesort of medical emergency coz everytime somebody asks you the time and you whip this out and tell them "NOW"!!! You will most likely get a punch in the eye or the stomach......or the crotch 
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lubu have you ever wonder "what makes a second...a second?" Jul 15, 2007 - 9:31 PM
zachattack15 Stop thinking. Jul 15, 2007 - 10:40 PM x_itchy_b_x its just a term for measuring how much time has pa... Jul 15, 2007 - 10:49 PM Silver94CelicaOwner I'm going to play a game and guess why this th... Jul 15, 2007 - 11:11 PM Culpable04 1 second can be calculated by the total movement o... Jul 16, 2007 - 12:55 AM
BloodyStupidDavey QUOTE(Culpable04 @ Jul 16, 2007 - 6... Jul 16, 2007 - 2:56 AM phonex98 what culpable said. Goes like this
We know one da... Jul 16, 2007 - 1:04 AM shin i swear man... topics here just gets weirder and w... Jul 16, 2007 - 10:45 AM tomazws Are we gonna go into why "second" is CAL... Jul 16, 2007 - 11:54 AM BloodyStupidDavey QUOTE(tomazws @ Jul 16, 2007 - 5:54 ... Jul 16, 2007 - 4:31 PM tomazws QUOTE(BloodyStupidDavey @ Jul 16, 2007 ... Jul 16, 2007 - 4:42 PM phonex98 sure ! Why not. This from wikipedia:
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... Jul 16, 2007 - 12:03 PM playr158 measurements of cesium FTW
go take a college leve... Jul 16, 2007 - 12:34 PM lubu QUOTEg
go take a college level physics 2 class and... Jul 16, 2007 - 1:27 PM carb0n_f1b3r I would suggest sticking to a nominal unit of time... Jul 16, 2007 - 3:12 PM playr158 QUOTE(lubu @ Jul 16, 2007 - 2:27 PM)... Jul 16, 2007 - 3:39 PM Culpable04 QUOTE(carb0n_f1b3r @ Jul 16, 2007 - 3... Jul 16, 2007 - 4:30 PM lubu QUOTE(playr158 @ Jul 17, 2007 - 4:39... Jul 16, 2007 - 11:21 PM RbrtNdrws Why aren't they called "firsts" ? E... Jul 17, 2007 - 2:00 PM ScoobyDooCruiser Also, interesting to note why time was divided usi... Jul 18, 2007 - 8:44 PM lubu well i guess there is a more accurate time device.... Jul 23, 2007 - 2:29 PM |
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