It's not Linux-related, but I'm curious what other nerds think. I was listening to KUER on the way home from work tonight, and they were talking about this: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/8/17095440/europe-clocks-running-slow-electricity-frequency-kosovo-serbia
I don't know if I've ever owned a clock that would act like that. Maybe some really old clock with an AC motor. But they talk about the clock on a microwave, and show a digital clock on a stove. Those all have crystal oscillators that run on DC and I'm pretty sure would not be affected at all by a .1% change in the AC frequency (that number was from the radio --.1% or 344 seconds in about 6 months, I think). Am I crazy? Are there really a bunch of clocks in Europe that actually depend on the 50hz alternating current frequency for timekeeping? The whole thing sounds like some non-technical reporter grossly misunderstanding electronics to me. Barry /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
