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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Bill Gunshannon wrote 2013-10-02 14:44:
> 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
>


The Nagra tape recorders are the "Swiss clocks" amongst
(portable) tape recorders.