Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 17:38:02 +0200
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On 5/10/2025 3:23 PM, Python wrote:
 > Le 10/05/2025 à 11:40, Maciej Woźniak a écrit :
 >> Time is what clocks indicate.
 >>
 >> If we synchronize clocks - they're
 >> indicating t'=t; that's what clock
 >> synchronization means.
 >
 > This looks like a very fuzzy definition.

Doesn't look like any definition for me.


 > Of course if both clocks are broken i.e. are stopped I could compare 
two constants values, but it would be pointless

Right, it would be.


 >> We can do it - that  doesn't have to
 >> be obvious or easy, but that's definitely
 >> something we can manage in most
 >> circumstances (with a good accuracy).
 >
 > Could you describe at least one way to do it in a simple case? And 
how to check accuracy of the applied procedure?

Why won't you check GPS documentation for
that.