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Re: [ontolog-forum] Looking for some pragmatic guidance on modeling rela

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From: John F Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:14:05 -0400
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On 4/8/2015 6:29 PM, Steve Ray wrote:
> I didn't see anything specifically talking about different rates
> of time passing    (01)

A clock can be any process that you believe is sufficiently
regular that it is can be adopted as a standard.  Galileo
used his heartbeat to time experiments.  That is sufficient
to establish a partial ordering.    (02)

If you want to relate the ticks of different clocks, then you need
to find or assume some ratio (or other function).    (03)

John    (04)


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