From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!neiman
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: A Relavtistically Simple Question - (nf)
Article-I.D.: ittvax.583
Posted: Wed Jan 19 10:14:34 1983
Received: Fri Jan 21 05:20:53 1983
References: ucbcad.283


Someone just made the claim that the clock does not lose time because
it always receives the same number of pulses.  Remember that these pulses
are crossing a energy potential barrier.  In the improbable case that the
clock runs at all, the signal coming over the line would appear to be 
(I think) very high frequency, probably beyond the capacity of the 
pulse counter to respond.  Actually, I wonder how the innards of a digital
clock would respond to x-rays coming over the line cord.  But anyways,
my guess is that the clock would not detect any pulses so that after an
hour of vigorous swinging it would show the correct time.  It would be 
radiation damaged, melted by friction, and torn apart by tidal forces,
but it would show the correct time.   


				  Not afraid to admit I'm just guessing,
					   dann