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08/01/2002 14:13:57
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Miscellaneous
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>>It seems that the time displayed on the UT menu (messages area) is several minutes ahead of the real time. Accurate time can be obtained from www.time.gov.
>>
>>OTOH, I still think it is better to use "world time" (UTC) for an international forum.
>>
>>Hilmar.
>
>That's why it's called UT time (Unrelated time). :)

Nothing serious in the case of the UT.

But: here in Cochabamba, the local telephone company offers a "service", where you can call by phone to get the time. Problem #1: about 8 minutes ahead. Problem #2: since it's a highly reputed company, many people actualy use this time. Sigh.

Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
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