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2 HN users recommended this between 2015 and 2018, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2015 and 2018, in 2 comments.
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They have to sync to something
As I understand it, they usually sync to GPS?
You can buy those boxes on Amazon[1], starting at around $299.
Google would have to find a real reason to throw $X0 million a year at this
$X0 million?!
To construct and run their own atomic clock, or what would they spend so much money on?
I may indeed be completely missing what this guy does. He runs an actual atomic clock in that rack, like the one from NIST[2]?
[1] http://www.amazon.com/TM1000A-GPS-Network-Time-Server/dp/B00...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIST-F1
There doesn't need to be a new revision when you can accomplish all those goals by running your own stratum 1:
https://www.amazon.com/TimeMachines-TM1000A-maintains-broadc...