Thanks for doing the research on it. And thanks, Bill.

--
Thanks & Good Luck,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Kath" <kath@youneedtoaskme.co.uk> wrote in message
news:udxJGjjPDHA.2052@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| A very interesting thread! I was using Atom Time (you can still use it
| after your free period has expired) but have now changed to the best
| there is. lol
|
| NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock.
| http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm
|
|
|
| Bill Blanton wrote:
| > :-)
| > Did you see?.. the cesium clock _might_ lose "one second in 1,400,000
| > years"!
| > I'll go too. I want to see this mother of all clocks.
| >
| > (Of course, it's all relative...)
| >
| >
| >
| > "heirloom" <heirloom@nospamatall.com> wrote in message
| > news:#12ZaWfPDHA.3700@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| >> Geez Bill, I'm underwhelmed! I did the search, but, did not take
| >> the "time"
| >> to investigate. I feel so educated now and disappointed. 50 atomic
| >> clocks,
| >> heck, we could have one in every state! So much for my trip to
| >> Boulder...I'm cancelling immediately and going to Washington.
| >> I read where Windows was supposed to lose a few seconds now and then
| >> when
| >> processing got heavy....mine in two minutes fast...obviously don't
| >> stress
| >> this ol' box enough. <g> Thanks for the facts.....and the
| >> URLs...now I'll
| >> have to do some reading...if I can find the "time."
| >> Heirloom, old and take my own sweet time
| >>
| >> "Bill Blanton" <bblanton@REMOVEmagicnet.net> wrote in message
| >> news:%23AvLs6dPDHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| >>> There are quite a few atomic clocks in existence. The US is
| >>> "officially"
| >>> timed by the Naval Observatory in Washington D.C.-
| >>> http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/mc_to.html
| >>>
| >>> They take the mean of 50 atomic
| >>> http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cesium.html
| >>> and 9 hydrogen http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/maser.html clocks to
| >>> caculate
| >> the
| >>> time-
| >>> http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/clock-count.pl
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> There are plenty of public time servers that can be accessed.
| >>> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> Just as a matter of interest (or not, depending..).
| >>> (I was at the site today for another reason and was browsing
| >>> around.) :-)
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> Back on topic.. I used to use atom-time with win98.
| >>> http://www.atomtime.com/
| >>> (I see that you have to buy a license now. $12.00)
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> "heirloom" <heirloom@nospamatall.com> wrote in message
| >> news:OT5zEfdPDHA.1612@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| >>>> www.philex.net/clock/
| >>>> Only one atomic clock, that I am aware of....it is in Boulder,
| >>>> Colorado.
| >> If
| >>>> this Philex software or the "door" it uses does not work out, do a
| >> search
| >>>> for "atomic clock" on www.google.com , there are many free clock
| >> programs
| >>>> available.
| >>>> Heirloom, old and wind mine
| >>>>
| >>>> "Mike CJ" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
| >>>> news:bdl541$tqlcg$1@ID-152947.news.dfncis.de...
| >>>>> "randau" <spamjunkmail2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| >>>>> news:8066f59b.0306281424.14ad27a6@posting.google.c om...
| >>>>>> For the past several weeks, I've been unable to access the atomic
| >>>>>> clock that the Philex Atomic Clock utility uses to update my
| >>>>>> computer's system clock. When attempting to access the atomic
| >> clock,
| >>>>>> a message "File not available" appears.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> Is anyone else using the Philex Atomic Clock to update their
| >>>>>> system
| >>>>>> clock? And if so, are they experiencing the same thing?
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> I don't know what atomic clock Philex is using or if there's a
| >>>>>> way
| >> for
| >>>>>> me to select a different one. Does anyone know about this?
| >>>>>
| >>>>> And the URL for Philex is?
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
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