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William Sommerwerck wrote:
This is a chronic problem that seems to afflict all computers. I've
never owned a machine whose clock didn't lose time.

Well, yes, but surely only a few seconds a day?

Please don't call me surely.

Ok. How about Kali? The goddess of time?

I should have pointed out that 20 minutes a day is, indeed, unusual. But
computer clocks are notoriously inaccurate. And I've never seen one that
gained time.

Think you're right there. So perhaps there's a reason for it. They're
never going to be *that* accurate given the crystals they use.

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