[Info-vax] [OT] Moore's Law dead within a decade

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <l2h0re$v3b$1 at news.albasani.net>,
	Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
> Bill Gunshannon wrote 2013-10-02 13:24:
>> In article <524bdd63$0$50682$c3e8da3$92d0a893 at news.astraweb.com>,
>> 	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>> On 13-10-02 04:33, invalid wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>>> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
>>>>
>>>> Can somebody translate this into English please?
>>>
>>>
>>> It's a Nagra,  it is Swiss, and very very precise.
>>>
>>> I had to ask my friend Mr Google and he pointed me to a french page of
>>> Wikipedia.  nagra is polish for "it will record". It was apparently the
>>> first portable magnetic tape recorder and made in Switzerland started in
>>> 1950.
>>>
>>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagra
>>>
>>>
>>> There is also:
>>>
>>> http://www.nagra.ch
>>> Nagra stands for «National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive
>>> Waste».
>>>
>>
>> Knowing what the Swiss are famous for (other than chocolate) I always
>> assumed "Nagra" was a wristwatch company, like Rolex.  And this was
>> some kind of advertising blurb.  You know, like "Nothing sucks like
>> a VAX!"  :-)
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
> 
> An english speeking Wikipeda page:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagra
> 
> "Nagra-brand tape recorders were the de facto standard sound
> recording systems for motion picture and single-camera
> television production from the 1960s until the 1990s."

No doubt, but what exactly does "precise" mean in the case of a
tape recorder?  Terms like "fidelity" are usually used for describing
the accuracy of sound recording.  Clocks, on the other hand, use
"precise" and the Swiss have always been proud of their clock/watch
making industry.

Just another curious speculation.

bill

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