Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-07 Thread Tony's Outlook via Mozilla
eived: Saturday, 07 Mar 2015, 7:54AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] Subject: Re: US DST this weekend I believe that, at the "el cheapo" end of the scale, the term "atomic clock" is [ab]used to describe display devices that employ an NTP client that communica

Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-07 Thread Scheuer, Paul
...@hotmail.com] Received: Saturday, 07 Mar 2015, 7:54AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] Subject: Re: US DST this weekend I believe that, at the "el cheapo" end of the scale, the term "atomic clock" is [ab]used to describe display devices that employ an NTP clien

Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-07 Thread J R
(shudder) the device consists of setting the switch that requests that DST be honored, or not. === > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 21:19:18 -0600 > From: 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu > Subject: Re: US DST this weekend > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > On

Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-06 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 21:19:18 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Yeah, right. An atomic clock for $18.99. But I guess they wouldn't let them >put it on the Internet if it weren't true. C'mon Paul - I bet they've *all* got atoms in them ;-) Shane ... -

Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 19:28:43 -0500, Ed Finnell wrote: > http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=atomic%20clocks%20indoor&typeahead=atomic%20clock > (URL repaired. You need to get a better mailer.) > Yeah, right. An atomic clock for $18.99. But I guess they wouldn't let them put it on the Internet i

Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-06 Thread Ed Finnell
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=atomic%20clocks%20indoor&typeahead=atom ic%20clock In a message dated 3/6/2015 4:42:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu writes: o I'm skeptical about "atomic clocks"; that devices with nanosecond accuracy would

Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2015-03-06 15:08, Ed Finnell wrote: > Originally the DST change was last Sat. in Apr and first Sat in Nov. At > least two clocks have this burned in and have to be goosed before and after > the new dates. > o "Saturday"? I've never heard of the boundary's being other than on Sunday, in

Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-06 Thread Ed Finnell
Originally the DST change was last Sat. in Apr and first Sat in Nov. At least two clocks have this burned in and have to be goosed before and after the new dates. In a message dated 3/6/2015 4:03:35 P.M. Central Standard Time, 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu writes: What

Re: US DST this weekend

2015-03-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 17:00:19 -0500, Ed Finnell wrote: >Think the computers are OK. Several Atomic clocks are preprogrammed for the > old algorithm and have to be bumped. Thought we were going to get rid of >it? > What "old algorithm"? Cite? -- gil ---

US DST this weekend

2015-03-06 Thread Ed Finnell
Think the computers are OK. Several Atomic clocks are preprogrammed for the old algorithm and have to be bumped. Thought we were going to get rid of it? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send e