Posted: 12/29/2004 8:11:40 PM EDT
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Poll coming. Sgatr15 |
Geeze - old FART. Not a decent choice on there. How about some MODERN choices, like the computer, your cell phone, or your cable box - all of which are automatically updated with the correct time. |
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Just lay it near a window at night and it automaticly pings the signal from Colorado and adjusts as needed.
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I have an....ATOMIC WATCH!!!!!!! It automaticly sets itself once a day......keeps perfect time.....really WEIRD to compare it to another atomic watch and see the seconds perfectly in sync..... I was kinda disapponted in it at first, though....I thought it waqs ATOMIC POWERED.....and, if something happened, it could blow up and level a small city.....but no, nothing that cool....  AoD |
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Moe: Say, what's the idea of the three watches? Curly: That's how I tell the time. You see, (points at first watch) this watch runs 15 minutes fast every two hours. (points at watch at other end) This watch runs 10 minutes slow every four hours. The watch in the middle is broken, stopped dead at two o'clock. I add the time from the fast watch to the slow watch and divide by the two in the middle. Moe: Well, what time is it now? Curly: (pulls pocket watch from pocket) 3:15 ... |
+1 I got one for Christmas - I LOVE it. It's spot on with my gps clock too. My wife hates it (the watch) because I've payed more attention to it than to her lately |
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I go into Maintenance Control and ask for a tech. We go out and crank up the 65 million $ airplane. Turn on AC (or heater) we wait for the temperature to be comfortable. Turn on the HF radios and wait 10 minutes for warmup. Dial in WWV and set watch to GMT time signal. Shut down aircraft and go back inside. Tech time - U$ 25 Fuel used - U$ 50 Using 65 mil $ of .gov hardware for pointless personal use - priceless. Fritz |
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I use the National Institute of Standards & Technology's web site. Downloaded their little program and it pings their web site periodically to re-set my computer's time which I use to set my watch. Set Your Computer Clock Via the Internet NIST Internet Time Service (ITS) www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm |
fritz, that's fukin classic! |