[time-nuts] Rock, gas, and air
Bob Camp
lists at rtty.us
Mon Mar 1 17:17:42 UTC 2010
Hi
Are we now to the point where the use of wind direction change in Sweden as
a primary time standard is actually in question?
Bob
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From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of James R Miller
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:13 AM
To: time-nuts at febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Rock, gas, and air
On 1 Mar it was written:
> Rock I take to be crystal. How about gas and air?
Which, improbably, brings us back to a thread of January 11th where
JDB wrote:
In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is
nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- RFC 1925, "Fundamental Truths of Networking"
which prompted Jerry S. to rejoin:
The actual quote is:
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but
when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French writer (1900 - 1944)
The original quotation, from the book "Terre des hommes", is:
Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à
ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher.
The English edition (ISBN 0-15-697090-2 page 46) of the book has the
awkward:
In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no
longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away,
when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.
And the English edition is entitled "Wind, Sand and Stars" ... not quite
rock, gas and air, but close '-%
[If anybody wants mine (f.o.c), drop me your address].
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James R Miller
Cambridge, England
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