Very true, Tom! I stand corrected. On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Tom Van Baak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bill, > > Some of the key topics of this hobby are -- what did it cost, absolute > time error, relative frequency instability, and phase noise. In these cases > the goal of time nuts is always "mine is smaller than yours". > > /tvb > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William H. Fite" <[email protected]> > To: "Nick Sayer" <[email protected]>; "Discussion of precise time and > frequency measurement" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 11:15 AM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Need Time Help > > > Indeed, Nick. And more than a little (usually) courteous one upmanship > couched in terms of being helpful by correcting all previous posters. This > gentlemanly "mine is bigger than yours" phenomenon is part of what makes > this group fun to read. > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Nick Sayer via time-nuts < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > To be fair, this is at least partly because asking a relatively simple > > question here routinely turns into a dissertation defense. > > > > > On Oct 6, 2016, at 3:45 AM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > That’s very typical in a lot of forums. The OP tosses up a question and > > then pretty much vanishes. > > > My observation is that roughly 80% of the “I have a question” threads > > work that way. > > > I’ve never been able to figure out if it is an expectation that all > > answers will arrive in an hour or two > > > or if the OP is simply reading along and sees no reason to providing > > more information to the group. > > > Either way, I’m pretty sure that the focus of the answers is not all > > that great a week after the last input. > > > > > > Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Intelligence has never been proof against stupidity. _______________________________________________ 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.
