This one was taken after The Doctor dropped me off in November this year. He picked the time and date perfectly, hence the shocked look on my face.
http://jimpalfreyman.zenfolio.com/p420249340/e444AB1 On Saturday, 21 May 2011, Brooke Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim: > > How about a photo? > > Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke > http://www.PRC68.com > > > Jim Palfreyman wrote: > > I have posted about this before, but I actually have one of the > original six speaking clocks used in Australia. I keep it running and > found a way to synchronise it to the gps. > > There was one in each state and it provided the message over the phone > as well as accurate time signals to radio stations. Originally it was > all synced back to a caesium unit in Melbourne via phone lines. They > knew the phone line delay because they put an atomic clock on a plane > and flew it to each state on installation. > > It's my most treasured possession. I have it connected up to an old > black Bakelite phone for extra ooohhs and aaahhhs. > > It's the size of a fridge. > > Jim > > > On Friday, 20 May 2011, Dr. David Kirkby<[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 05/19/11 05:20 PM, Max Robinson wrote: > > > > Is anyone else old enough to remember when you would hear on the radio > "Time at the tone, 5 o'clock. Beep." The tone was anywhere from half a > second to one second long and it might have been hard to pin down if the > beginning or the end of the tone was 5 o'clock but it was probably > within a couple of seconds accuracy which was plenty good for setting > your watch or the kitchen clock. Why don't you hear that now a days? > Digital TV has latency which is dependant on the equipment used by the > cable or satellite company and is somewhat variable between receiver > manufacturers. The engineer of our local public radio station told me > that digital radio has 7 seconds delay. When I asked the station manager > if there were any plans to run studio time 7 seconds ahead of real time > so listeners would get accurate time he just frowned. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [email protected] > > > In the UK you can phone the number "123" from a BT phone and get: > > At the third stoke the time from BT will be 10 10 and fixty seconds beep beep > beep > At the third stoke the time from BT will be 10 11 precisely beep beep beep > At the third stoke the time from BT will be 10 11 and ten seconds beep beep > beep > > At one time (excuse the pun), it used to say something like "At the third > stoke the time sponsored by Accurist will be ..." > > Before that, I can't recall, but I think when I was younger there was neither > BT or Accurist in the message. > > > -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
