Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

Jonathan E. Hardis said: >> There were experiments at NIST in the early days of TV to use the TV signal >> as a time dissemination source. It worked well, as coordinated with the NIST >> radio time signals. But it didn't turn out to be a practical solution. > > More specifically, the idea was

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

On 2019-01-04 9:14 AM, Jonathan E. Hardis wrote: On Jan 1, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Brooks Harris > wrote: Back in the days of analog TV (which is still used in some parts of the world) the broadcast TV signal was one of the most stable time sources around. This was

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

> On Jan 1, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: > > Back in the days of analog TV (which is still used in some parts of the > world) the broadcast TV signal was one of the most stable time sources > around. This was necessary because the display of the signal on a CRT TV set > depended

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

To: Leap Second Discussion List Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late Here in the USA a good opportunity to see/hear this comes up each year during the State of the Union address and also with the debates in election years. At least 4 of the 5 traditional over

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

Hi, On 1/1/19 3:15 PM, Daniel R. Tobias wrote: > A lot of Americans synchronize their new year celebrations to the > drop of the ball in Times Square as seen on TV, which means they > celebrate a few seconds late because digital TV has an inherent delay > to it (for signal encoding or

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

On 2019-01-01 4:06 PM, Robert Jones wrote: I think you will find that Big Ben is temporarily reactivated for the new year chimes. ___ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

I think you will find that Big Ben is temporarily reactivated for the new year chimes. On 01/01/2019 19:38, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: Daniel R. Tobias wrote in <5c2b761a.27870.edcd...@dan.tobias.name>: |A lot of Americans synchronize their new year celebrations to the |drop of the ball in

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

Daniel R. Tobias wrote in <5c2b761a.27870.edcd...@dan.tobias.name>: |A lot of Americans synchronize their new year celebrations to the |drop of the ball in Times Square as seen on TV, which means they ... |The same goes for broadcasts of Big Ben ringing in the UK, or |anything other

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

On 2019-01-01 9:51 AM, Rob Seaman wrote: When quantum TVs hit the market you'll hear half of each individual house cheering and the other half wailing. -- This may create a new phenomenon where everyone in the audience is both dead and alive. I wonder what clinical procedures psychology

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

On 2019-01-01 9:36 AM, Philip Newton wrote: On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 at 15:33, Daniel R. Tobias wrote: A lot of Americans synchronize their new year celebrations to the drop of the ball in Times Square as seen on TV, which means they celebrate a few seconds late because digital TV has an inherent

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

When quantum TVs hit the market you'll hear half of each individual house cheering and the other half wailing. -- On 1/1/19 7:36 AM, Philip Newton wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 at 15:33, Daniel R. Tobias wrote: >> A lot of Americans synchronize their new year celebrations to the >> drop of the

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 at 15:33, Daniel R. Tobias wrote: > > A lot of Americans synchronize their new year celebrations to the > drop of the ball in Times Square as seen on TV, which means they > celebrate a few seconds late because digital TV has an inherent delay > to it (for signal encoding or

[LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

A lot of Americans synchronize their new year celebrations to the drop of the ball in Times Square as seen on TV, which means they celebrate a few seconds late because digital TV has an inherent delay to it (for signal encoding or something... I really don't know the technical details).