[time-nuts] Re: Time-nuts at WSTS conference

[Tom Holmes]

"scotsh whiskey"

Was this intentional to indicate that more than a little bit of imbibing was involved in arriving at the new standards?


Tom Holmes, N8ZM

-----Original Message-----
From: Lux, Jim <jim at luxfamily.com> 
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 5:54 PM
To: time-nuts at lists.febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] Re: Time-nuts at WSTS conference

On 5/12/22 2:48 PM, Gary Woods wrote:
> On Thu, 12 May 2022 12:01:48 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> I've found that corridor discussions have included redefinition of
>> SI-second, quantum computers, optical clocks, security on PTP clocks,
>> time-scale algorithms, uncertainty of different measures. Oh, and I just
>> won a bottle of scotsh whiskey.
> Excellent, Magnus!  I remember a tech seminar years ago, where the
> instructor avowed that 80% of the education took place during the
> coffee breaks!
>
The best international standards start as a discussion the hallway or 
bar, with scribbles on a paper napkin.

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