Re: [funsec] Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does?

2012-12-06 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:27 PM, wrote: > On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:47:12 -0700, "Rob Slade, doting Grandpa of Rayn, > Trevor, Devon, and Hannah" said: >> Computers can find out (or somebody can find out) where a specific computer >> is when they are on the net. (And you have to be on the net to g

Re: [funsec] Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does?

2012-12-06 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:47:12 -0700, "Rob Slade, doting Grandpa of Rayn, Trevor, Devon, and Hannah" said: > Computers can find out (or somebody can find out) where a specific computer > is when they are on the net. (And you have to be on the net to get time > updates.) Some Websites use this (som

Re: [funsec] Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does?

2012-12-06 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Rob Slade, doting Grandpa of Rayn, Trevor, Devon, and Hannah wrote: > We got new cell phones (mobiles, for you non-North Americans) recently. In > the time since we last bought phones they have added lots of new features, > like texting, cameras, email and Google

[funsec] Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does?

2012-12-06 Thread Rob Slade, doting Grandpa of Rayn, Trevor, Devon, and Hannah
We got new cell phones (mobiles, for you non-North Americans) recently. In the time since we last bought phones they have added lots of new features, like texting, cameras, email and Google Maps. This, plus the fact that I am away on a trip right now, and Gloria has to calculate what time it i