Hear, hear, Perrier!
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Perry Sandeen <sandee...@yahoo.com> wrote: > List, > > Wrote: Guys, I gotta ask, what does this have to do with time keeping? Am > I missing something? > > Most definitely. In fact, I believe several things. It is the broadening > of one’s mind that then allows one to better solve a problem(s) of interest. > The current label used is “out of the box”. > > This is why institutions of higher learning require subjects like > humanities and classical music appreciation and other such courses. > > Yes, one could take nothing but science courses and graduate in two years > instead of four. But the real world has found out that that doesn’t produce > educated people that need to think to the levels of creativity needed for a > robust society. > > A few examples. How it works is still unknown but the military discovered > that military band people had a knack for being skillful in solving > intercepted cryptology messages in WWII. Also some scientists working on > the development of the atom bomb at Los Alamos would sometimes be playing > Brahms or Beethoven piano pieces at 2 AM in the morning to aid their > thinking. And currently many of the most talented Pro football players are > also talented musicians. > > Wrote: May this thread die now please. > > Perhaps. But those that don’t learn and remember history are doomed to > repeat it. > > There are long, long, discourses posted on stuff that I will never > understand, use, or even care about. Then there is the PITA of top posting. > For some reason this list is the absolute worst in this respect of any I’ve > ever seen. That’s what the delete key is for. But other postings have been > a treasure chest of practical useful information. Including many of the OT > postings. > > And about W.U. time signals. > > When I worked at Hallicrafters in the la 60’s they made precision ovenized > 1 MHz standards for W.U. > > What was unique is that they had a little synchronous motor and gear > assembly to turn a piston capacitor to compensate for long term drift. No > tech needed. No WWV comparison needed. An “out of the box” simple > solution. > > Regards, > > Perrier > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.