A Giant Leap In Time

[Phil Lane, Jr.]

1955 (date in V.) saw the invention of the atomic clock.  That is, using the
electromagnet radiation emanated by cesium atoms to measure time.

By 1972 (date in GR) astronomically determined Greenwich Mean Time is
replaced by atomic-based Co-ordinated Universal Time.

Today at 12:00 midnight, those IERS people in Paris will give us an extra
second.

Apparently fluctuations in the earth's rotation (those forces of winds,
tides, the gravitational force of the sun and moon, changes in the structure
of the earth's core, etc.) have changed that nature~science synchronicity.
And we all know that if science can't explain something with a mathimatical
formula . . . well, 'it' just ain't so.  So as man tries to calibrate its
intellect to celestial forces (M & D), I for one will be on the look out for
Pynchon sightings . . . What better timing?
Printed for 4worlds at upanet.uleth.ca (Phil Lane, Jr.)