Re: A Problem To Solve :-)

On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:53:31 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:

 
And when the black and white got surprised, he ran to hide somewhere,
which triggered the gray one to run after him, and the two other cats
run after both gray and the black and white cats. So suddenly a huge
noisy quarrel began and all four began running and jumping and fighting
and hitting stuff around the living room, throwing them down, etc.
 

Cats are fucking filthy animals.  They potentially harbor Toxoplasma gondii.
For human health, ALL fucking cats should be exterminated.

But all the queer women would hit the streets in protest.

 
Physfit had discovered that the pendulum would keep oscillating only
when the clock was held on the wall slightly tilted to one side, and
only to that side, and only to a certain degree, not more. There was not
a way to turn the clockworks part of it itself against the wooden body
of the clock.
>

Fuck pendulum clocks.

Surprisingly, the pendulum clock persisted into the 1920's as the only
accurate time piece for science and engineering.  By that time, there
were some sophisticated designs for pendulum clocks.

But then quartz oscillators were introduced and they obviated the pendulum
clock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_oscillator

Quartz oscillators are extremely cheap and provide astounding
accuracy.  I use them in a lot of my circuits.

Pendulum clocks exist only for antique buffs and old women with
their pussy cats (and toxoplasmosis).