[time-nuts] HP 5071A Electron Multiplier of Cesium Beam Tube

phil fortime at bellsouth.net
Tue Sep 8 02:13:42 UTC 2009


http://tron.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200203/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=14965
look at Page 2

If it is a direct "quote", public domain ?

Phil


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
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Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP 5071A Electron Multiplier of Cesium Beam Tube


> Presumably, the author could put the poem in the Public Domain. Copyright
> poof!
>
> FWIW,
> -John
>
> ============
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk>
>> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
>> <time-nuts at 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.5090607 at 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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