[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 111, Issue 2

Tue Oct 1 22:08:47 UTC 2013

I would really like someone to justify the shutting off of an automated
system.

And, why not WWV and WWVB also?

If there had not been a bill for the DoD, would GPS have been shut off also?

-John

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> What a load of crap; shut down the NIST web-based system that is
> self-running and costs zero dollars as a punitive measure to kill us for
> someone else's boondoggle.
>
> Robert L. (Bob) Burchett
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>    1. NIST off-line (David McGaw)
>    2. Re: NIST off-line (Tom Minnis)
>    3. Re: NIST off-line (paul swed)
>    4. Re: NIST off-line (Brian Inglis)
>    5. Re: NIST off-line (Jim Lux)
>    6. Re: NIST off-line (Brooke Clarke)
>    7. Re: NIST off-line (J. Forster)
>    8. Re: NIST off-line (Tom Van Baak)
>    9. Re: NIST off-line (Alan Melia)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:13:16 -0400
> From: David McGaw <n1hac at alum.dartmouth.org>
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> 	<time-nuts at febo.com>
> Subject: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
> Message-ID: <524B02AC.2020406 at alum.dartmouth.org>
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> NIST is off-line due to the shutdown.
>
> http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:45:08 -0700
> From: Tom Minnis <Tom_minnis at att.net>
> To: David McGaw <n1hac at alum.dartmouth.org>, 	Discussion of precise
> 	time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
> Message-ID: <524B0A24.5060904 at att.net>
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> WWV is still ticking
> Tom
>
>
> On 10/1/2013 10:13 AM, David McGaw wrote:
>> NIST is off-line due to the shutdown.
>>
>> http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 14:09:30 -0400
> From: paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com>
> To: Tom_Minnis at att.net, Discussion of precise time and frequency
> 	measurement	<time-nuts at febo.com>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
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> Yes but wwvb is on a AA battery it will run out. :-)
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Tom Minnis <Tom_minnis at att.net> wrote:
>
>> WWV is still ticking
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/1/2013 10:13 AM, David McGaw wrote:
>>
>>> NIST is off-line due to the shutdown.
>>>
>>> http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:49:55 -0600
> From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis at SystematicSw.ab.ca>
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
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> It could well if the electrical utility bills are not paid for a few
> months!
>
> On 2013-10-01 12:09, paul swed wrote:
>> Yes but wwvb is on a AA battery it will run out. :-)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Tom Minnis <Tom_minnis at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> WWV is still ticking
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/1/2013 10:13 AM, David McGaw wrote:
>>>
>>>> NIST is off-line due to the shutdown.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:36:29 -0700
> From: Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net>
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
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> On 10/1/13 11:49 AM, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> It could well if the electrical utility bills are not paid for a few
>> months!
>>
>> On 2013-10-01 12:09, paul swed wrote:
>>> Yes but wwvb is on a AA battery it will run out. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Tom Minnis <Tom_minnis at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> WWV is still ticking
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/1/2013 10:13 AM, David McGaw wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> NIST is off-line due to the shutdown.
>>>
>
>
> the NIST online time services web page is still up.
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:03:44 -0700
> From: Brooke Clarke <brooke at pacific.net>
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> 	<time-nuts at febo.com>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
> Message-ID: <524B2AA0.1090809 at pacific.net>
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> Hi:
>
> The reason for the lack of voting in Washington in relation to any bill
> that
> requires a tax raise is because 219 House and 39 Senate members have
> signed
> a pledge that says they will not vote for any tax increases, i.e. they
> have
> sold their vote for support in upcoming elections.  But since they didn't
> get any direct payment into their pocket it's OK to sell their vote in
> advance.  You might want to check to see if any of your Congressmen have
> signed the pledge.
> http://s3.amazonaws.com/atrfiles/files/files/073013-113thCongress.pdf
>
> Have Fun,
>
> Brooke Clarke
> http://www.PRC68.com
> http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html
>
> Jim Lux wrote:
>> On 10/1/13 11:49 AM, Brian Inglis wrote:
>>> It could well if the electrical utility bills are not paid for a few
>>> months!
>>>
>>> On 2013-10-01 12:09, paul swed wrote:
>>>> Yes but wwvb is on a AA battery it will run out. :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Tom Minnis <Tom_minnis at att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> WWV is still ticking
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/1/2013 10:13 AM, David McGaw wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> NIST is off-line due to the shutdown.
>>>>
>>
>>
>> the NIST online time services web page is still up.
>>
>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
> To: "David McGaw" <n1hac at alum.dartmouth.org>,	"Discussion of precise
> 	time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
> Message-ID:
> 	<28405.12.226.214.5.1380658776.squirrel at popaccts.quikus.com>
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>
> What did you expect? It's the Washington Monument strategy...  again. Just
> like the 'sequester'.
>
> When you take a lollypop away from a kid, it kicks and screams and tries
> to
> make as much fuss as possible. Sometimes, just letting the kicking and
> screaming go on is the best way to teach a badly spoilt child things are
> not
> really as bad as it imagines.
>
> YMMWV,
>
> -John
>
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>> NIST is off-line due to the shutdown.
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> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:37:05 -0700
> From: "Tom Van Baak" <tvb at LeapSecond.com>
> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
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> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
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> I know it's hard to resist, but...
>
> keep all time-nuts postings, even this thread, strictly related to precise
> time & frequency, please.
>
> /tvb
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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:01:57 +0100
> From: "Alan Melia" <alan.melia at btinternet.com>
> To: "Tom Van Baak" <tvb at leapsecond.com>,	"Discussion of precise time
> 	and frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST off-line
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> On Topic I hope Tom :-)) ......I have just used the NIST time server to
> correct a PC clock here in the UK so it cannot all be down ??
>
> Alan
> G3NYK
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>>I know it's hard to resist, but...
>>
>> keep all time-nuts postings, even this thread, strictly related to
>> precise
>
>> time & frequency, please.
>>
>> /tvb
>> http://www.leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm
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