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David Maynard
 
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Default Why aren't computer clocks as accurate as cheap quartz watches?

Plague Boy wrote:

David Maynard wrote:

DevilsPGD wrote:

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Hell if I know but I just got one dated 1969.




That's usually because the date header was missing completely, and some
system along the way assigned a header of Jan 1 1970 -0000, then
corrected for timezone shift.


Possible. But that doesn't explain the ones dated 2001.



They were sent through HAL.
"Dave? What are you doing, Dave?"


Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

Ever notice that all the letters in HAL are just one off of IBM?
HAL
IBM