Hi That is an impressive hourglass. In the context of the thought experiment "swap offer" - no, mine is not a work of art. It's only value is as a time keeper.
Bob On Dec 6, 2012, at 10:37 PM, DaveH <[email protected]> wrote: > If you had an Ikepod, I might be interested. > > http://www.ablogtowatch.com/ikepod-hourglass-time-for-art/ > > http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2011/3/29/the-ikepod-hourglass-by-marc-newson-q > uite-possibly-the-coole.html > > http://www.ikepod.com/ > > Dave > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Camp >> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 18:23 >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO Alternatives >> >> Hi >> >> Here's another way to look at this: >> >> An hourglass full of sand (with some attention) and a cesium >> standard are both ways to answer the question "what time is >> it?". Let's say you need a new $40,000 tube replacement in >> your 5371 and management asks "what else can we do?". An >> hour glass is indeed a "something else we can do". They both >> deliver an answer to the time of day question. Without >> defining what you actually *need* to do, they are both valid >> approaches. >> >> The problem comes when you look at the $40,000 repair charge >> and decide that building an hour glass is a lot cheaper. >> While that's true, it's far from the whole story. One way to >> quickly work some of this out is a simple swap proposition. >> Would anybody on the list trade their (working) cesium for my >> (working) hourglass? I'll pay shipping.. >> >> Bob >> >> On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Mark Sims <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I think only TIMER2 on the AVR has the clk/4 limitation. >> The other timers can count at full speed. I know that I >> have counted at 8-12 MHz before... >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
