----- Original Message -----
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <p...@phk.freebsd.dk>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
<time-nuts@febo.com>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP 5071A Electron Multiplier of Cesium Beam Tube
In message <4aa5766c.5090...@rubidium.dyndns.org>, Magnus Danielson
writes:
Oh, I find the poem a nice tongue-in-cheek from its designer. We have
always wanted refined high precission physical science to be dwelled
into chants and poems of its master magicians. :)
Those of you with a HP3458A can try to give it the command "XYZZY"
via GPIB :-)
--
Poul-Henning Kamp
The Poem ???
"The earth is not a great clock.
It's a good clock, but atomic standards
are much better."
- Len Cutler, Agilent Technologies,
New York Times, January 17, 2002
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