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From: Woody on 18 Feb 2010 08:55 Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > In article <7u4he4Fvf4U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >Even modern digital clocks drift quite a lot, so it isn't surprising > >that all of his reported different times. > > http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/other/blackwatch.htm Thanks for that. Yes, they were awful, but when you are 10 they looked really really cool! -- Woody
From: Bruce Horrocks on 18 Feb 2010 15:32 On 18/02/2010 10:17, Peter Ceresole wrote: > Chris Ridd<chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> Even modern digital clocks drift quite a lot, so it isn't surprising >> that all of his reported different times. > > <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416144525.htm> > > One second in 300,000,000 years. I guess it'd do me. You'd need a big > fob pocket for it, though. I had a very enjoyable little tour round NIST last year. The actual clock they use for the broadcast time signal is an off-the-shelf atomic clock, which they are able to calibrate extremely accurately. It's kept in an environment controlled chamber aka a commercial chicken egg incubator. :-) -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: David Kennedy on 18 Feb 2010 15:32 Woody wrote: > David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > >> Richard Tobin wrote: >>> >>> Sinclair was British industry at its very worst. >>> >> >> Sorry to disagree. Yes their product line was shoddy but no one has come >> close* to BLMH yet for that particular prize. > > Briarcliffe Lakes Manor Homes in chicago? > > I wouldn't disagree but hadn't realised they were British... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Ben Shimmin on 18 Feb 2010 15:41 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid>: > Woody wrote: >> David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: >>> Richard Tobin wrote: >>>> Sinclair was British industry at its very worst. >>> >>> Sorry to disagree. Yes their product line was shoddy but no one has come >>> close* to BLMH yet for that particular prize. >> >> Briarcliffe Lakes Manor Homes in chicago? > > I wouldn't disagree but hadn't realised they were British... The closest I could get to that abbreviation was... <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Leyland> Am I right? b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `It is like Swinburne sat down on his soul's darkest night and designed an organized sport.' -- David Foster Wallace, _Infinite Jest_, on American football
From: David Kennedy on 18 Feb 2010 16:00
Ben Shimmin wrote: > David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid>: >> Woody wrote: >>> David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: >>>> Richard Tobin wrote: >>>>> Sinclair was British industry at its very worst. >>>> >>>> Sorry to disagree. Yes their product line was shoddy but no one has come >>>> close* to BLMH yet for that particular prize. >>> >>> Briarcliffe Lakes Manor Homes in chicago? >> >> I wouldn't disagree but hadn't realised they were British... > > The closest I could get to that abbreviation was... > > <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Leyland> > > Am I right? > Correct. I got the abbreviation wrongish. It was a merger of BMC [BMH] and Leyland. Commonly [?] refereed to as British Leyland Motor Holdings. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |