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

From: Paul Hughett <hughett_at_mercur.uphs.upenn.edu>
Date: 20 Jul 2001 14:03:05 GMT
Message-ID: <9j9dmp$1r1$2@netnews.upenn.edu>

In comp.lang.c++ Chuck Hamilton <chuck_hamilton_at_yahoo.com> wrote: : On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 23:12:36 +0000 (UTC), mrm_at_lerctr.org (Ray Mullins) : wrote:  

:>In article <dWn57.263949$Z2.3208925_at_nnrp1.uunet.ca>,
:>Jeff Connelly <jconnelly_at_nc.rr.com> wrote:
:>According to local legend, the clock was actually smashed by a thundering
:>herd of brontotheria.
 

: That's odd. I heard it was destroyed by a large meteor impact.

No, no, no! The clock was destroyed by the brontotheria; then the brontotheria were destroyed by the meteor, which was then destroyed by the impact. It is not recorded what the impact was destroyed by.

Paul Hughett Received on Fri Jul 20 2001 - 09:03:05 CDT

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