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Re: What time is it? (rant)
07/02/12 06:45 PM


> > > Why, oh why, can't the %&$# free market even provide a decent clock for a decent
> > > price?
> >
> > This does everything you require, needs no soldering iron, and tells you inside
> > temperature as well.
> > Jumbo Giant Digital Atomic Wall Clock Thermometer.
> > It costs $93 shipped.
>
> I wish I had known about this clock a few months ago.
> I might still get one like it. Or maybe not.
> There are two things I don't like about such clocks:
> 1) If it cannot receive the signal, the clock is useless.
> 2) The whole concept is a cop-out. The manufacturers are in effect saying that they
> can't be bothered to make accurate timekeepers.

I'm betting the clock keeps accurate time even when it has no signal, the signal just allows it to
set itself to the atomic clock and positively ensure accurate time.


Oh for Pete's sake.
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. * Re: What time is it? (rant) Gor  07/02/12 04:21 PM
. * Re: What time is it? (rant) amused  07/02/12 05:05 PM
. * Re: What time is it? (rant) Gor  07/02/12 06:45 PM
. * Re: What time is it? (rant) JWJr  07/02/12 05:25 PM
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. * Re: What time is it? (rant) italieAdministrator  07/02/12 07:30 PM
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. * Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 1 italieAdministrator  07/03/12 05:45 AM
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. * Re: Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 2 Gor  07/03/12 05:20 PM
. * Xtal compensation theory 101: Part 3 italieAdministrator  07/03/12 07:25 AM
. * Re: What time is it? (rant) lharms  07/02/12 10:01 PM
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. * Just one question (yes, only one) italieAdministrator  07/02/12 02:02 PM
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