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

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Tue Sep 8 02:34:42 UTC 2009


You miss my point:

The poem is copyright and used as a security lock feature on the CBT.

Therefore no CBTs can be sold w/o violating copyright.

If the poem's copyright were removed, CBTs would no longer be protected,
as anyone could build them w/ the poem in ROM.

-John

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> 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"
> <time-nuts at febo.com>
> 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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