[time-nuts] Accurate 1 pps signals

Dave Carlson dgcarlson at sbcglobal.net
Wed Aug 19 17:34:17 UTC 2009


Trouble with the rch is that we're never sure if the "r" term is in the 
real, or imaginary plane.

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lux, Jim (337C)" <james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Accurate 1 pps signals


> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Had
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:49 AM
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>
> I'm somewhat surprised that this thread has not caused that other term
> for exceptionally fine measurement to crop up; the RCH
>
>
>

Ahem..
That was but one of the earthier terms I alluded to, but "common decency and 
state law require..."

I used to work in the entertainment industry in Hollywood doing physical 
special effects.  That group of folks seems to have a particularly rich and 
varied slang and jargon vocabulary, especially for relative quantitative 
terms, size, movement, mass among them. Probably because no one really 
starts out in that industry, but almost always they start doing something 
else, and wind up doing it, bringing their peculiar regional and 
craft-related terms with them.  And the heritage from theater adds to it: we 
don't need no stinkin' engineering, we are artists, and we make up our own 
words for things that the rest of the civilized world calls something else.. 
casting off the evil work-a-day hegemony that would restrict the freedom of 
our ideas.    Great group of folks to work with, loads of fun, but 
definitely a different world. Where else can you live and work in what is 
essentially a medieval feudal society? (They're called Screen Actors *Guild* 
and the Directors *Guild* and the Writers *Guild* for a reason..)

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