All computers in the world MUST sync with ATOMIC clock before 12:00 AM 21 July 2001!!!

Kemp Randy-W18971 Randy.L.Kemp at motorola.com
Fri Jul 20 10:11:26 EDT 2001


All folks not complying with the atomic clock change will be required to
take a course in Perl.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joal Heagney [mailto:s713221 at student.gu.edu.au]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 7:46 AM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: All computers in the world MUST sync with ATOMIC clock
before 12:00 AM 21 July 2001!!!


Neil Waterworth wrote:
> 
> I have a PC without a modem or network connection. Will it explode, or can
> someone lend me their Caesium Atomic clock and a serial cable?
> 
> Ric Werme <werme at mediaone.net> wrote in message
> news:sog57.3111$N21.1150208 at typhoon.ne.mediaone.net...
> > alavoor <alavoor at yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > >All computers in the world MUST sync with ATOMIC clock before 12:00 AM
> > >21 July 2001!!!
> >
> > >hello:
> > >You must sync your PC's date and time with Cesium Atomic clock.
> >
> > Garbage!
> >
> > >Use this very small and tiny program written in PHP.
> >
> > "This won't hurt a bit!"  At least you aren't hawking a .EXE virus.
> >
> > What wrong with NTP?  (Assuming one needs his computers' time to be
> accurate.)
> >
> > --
> > Ric Werme                            | werme at nospam.mediaone.net
> > http://people.ne.mediaone.net/werme  |       ^^^^^^^ delete

You'd think he'd chose a less knowledgeable group of people to try this
on, wouldn't you?
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