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Old April 14th, 2007, 11:58 AM
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Default Re: OT: System Clock Loses Hour

Your reference frame. To do meaningful calculations in any situation where relativity has a significant impact you will at some point simply have to arbitrarily define what is at rest. You can choose absolutely anything you want, it will all work out correctly regardless, but you have to pick something.
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