BS: Trying to sell me watches now.... ???

Subject: RE: BS: Trying to sell me watches now.... ???
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Jan 08 - 06:33 PM

No, what you have on the screen is whatever time the computer is set at.

Subject: RE: BS: Trying to sell me watches now.... ???
From: Nick
Date: 16 Jan 08 - 07:42 PM

Does anybody really know what time it is?
I don't
Does anybody really care?

Subject: RE: BS: Trying to sell me watches now.... ???
From: artbrooks
Date: 16 Jan 08 - 07:57 PM

I turn my computer on and the time is set automatically. Is it somehow linked to Bill Gates' watch?

Subject: RE: BS: Trying to sell me watches now.... ???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Jan 08 - 09:35 PM

Yes, it is. If someone mugs Bill Gates and takes his watch, most of the computers in the world will immediately lose track of what time it is, causing an international crisis...possibly even the outbreak of the Third World War!

Subject: RE: BS: Trying to sell me watches now.... ???
From: Mr Red
Date: 17 Jan 08 - 07:55 AM

Or Steve Jobs would quickly get as rich as Bill the Gate.

Subject: RE: BS: Trying to sell me watches now.... ???
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Jan 08 - 09:29 AM

You can set your computer time and date to whatever you wish. It was probably set at the store or by the installer, or your ISP might be supplying it automatically. I use a product called "Atomic Clock" -- you can ping various atomic clocks around the world and your PC will be automatically set to the correct time for your time zone.

Or go to tycho.usno.navy.mil -- the official US time service, operated by the US Naval Observatory. (No www's there.)