On Wed, February 9, 2005 12:26 pm, Volker Kuhlmann said:
>[snip]
> again. This is the main point! When I got my own radio-fed clock in 1985
> (no GPS back then), it was accurate to better than a human could
> percieve. That wasn't the point though - I never needed to question
> anyone else's clock, and all arguments in the family about whos clock
> was right suddenly ceased. They all laughed about me getting it - then
> all quietly trapsed in to set their watches... bit of a laugh that was.
> I've still got the 1986 model, pity it won't work in NZ.
>
> Volker
>
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'course it will... just get a bigger aeriel!

Reminds me of a Dutch telecomms provider I once worked for who forgot
about this. They had 2 switches, and you could have calls ending before
they started! The didn't give you a rebate if that happened, though (:

Steve

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Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

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