"NIST closed, all measurements invalid"

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From a blog post by Martin Rowe of Engineer Design News

"The current deadlock in Washington over the Federal budget has shut down most of the U.S. Government. That includes NIST, which houses the national standards for many physical quantities–voltage and current–and provides calibration services. With top if the measurement chain closed, all measurement made in the U.S. are hereby invalid. If you take measurements or perform calibrations, then you might as well take the rest of the day off."

Whole article here:
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/rowe-s-and-columns/4422114/NIST-closed--all-measurements-invalid