From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:moore Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: A Relavtistically Simple Question - (nf) Article-I.D.: ucbcad.283 Posted: Tue Jan 18 21:42:01 1983 Received: Fri Jan 21 03:16:11 1983 #R:psuvax:-115300:ucbcad:26000003:000:590 ucbcad!moore Jan 18 21:41:00 1983 The answer to this paradox is that the clock does NOT lose any time. As you pointed out, your clock is not really a clock, but rather a line pulse counter. So no matter what the actual time rate for the clock is, the displayed time will be only a function of the pulse rate from the power plant. Since the power plant is not being spun around, the pulse rate will stay constant and thus the clock will not lose any time. Remember, clocks never directly measure time, they only measure other quantities that we assume have a particular functional dependance on time. Peter Moore