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RE: Network connected/synched Wall Clock


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  • Subject: RE: Network connected/synched Wall Clock
  • From: "Roger" <roger@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 00:35:22 -0000
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Well time is available from Internet

But what about the Swiss railway clocks? The first second in every minute
is
a bit longer

RS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Booth [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 March 2002 18:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Network connected/synched Wall Clock
>
>
> I've got a couple of wall mounted clocks. Their mechanisms 'tick',
> especially so if they have a seconds hand. This 'tick' noise I really
> detest, and I certainly cannot sleep in the same room as one.
>
> But they also go very slightly out of synch with real time too.
>
> I like the way that my VCR and ONdodgy box both get their times
> automatically from Teletext I presume.
>
> Now, my Server has a time synchronising applet that I tell to
> update with an atomic clock over the Internet every now and then.
> My other PCs then synchronise their clocks with my Server.
>
> This set me thinking that wouldn't it be great if I had some kind of
> NON-Ticking wall block that behind the scenes synched with a
> network service running on the Server box.
>
> I don't suppose anybody has seen such a toy?
>
> Stuart
>
> --
> Stuart Booth
> Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
>
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