Reply to : Fernando
>> 1) Most of the time we DO want do respond to the sender only. It is
true that
sometimes people do not know it, but a good observation will clearly
show it.
For instance, request for information (any information) should
almost always
be responded to the sender only
For a visual display of time, one source is http://www.time.gov, official
NIST/USNO time to within 0.3 second.
For automatically synchronizing my PC's time I use the YATS32 (Yet Another
TIme Synchronizer) software from Dillobits Software
http://www.dillobits.com
which allows me to select In
There
is a freeware programme which synchronises your PC clock with an
atomic clock at
www.gregorybraun.com
Scroll
down to WebTime 2000 and download.
I have
found it excellent.
You
also have the option of displaying additional information on the screen - I
currently have :-
Week
numb
Some time ago, we decided to ask everyone to add their latitude and
longitude to their signature, so we would know where in the world the sender
was.
If we would all add our e-mail address as well, all problems disappear -
don't they?
Mike Shaw
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http://homepage.ntlworld.
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
As the NIST website reads, "The Time and Frequency Division, part of
NIST's Physics Laboratory, maintains the standard for frequency and time
interval for the United States, provides
official time to the United States, and carries out a broad
<>
There is a rumour that England is to be changed to Left driving on a gradual
basis.
On Monday cars will change
On Tuesday Lorries
On Wednesday buses
etc.
Might reduce the amount of traffic as well as a side effect
Mike Shaw
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmikeshaw/
Heavensabove.com has a link for precise time.
Bill G
In a message dated 3/7/2002 2:48:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello All,
>
> Where are the best current places online to get the precise time? The
site
> I used to use does not seem to work anymore.
>
>
Patrick Powers wrote:
>
> An off topic comment if I may :-)
>
> Message text written by fernando
>
> It's wise to remember that the populations of the countries who drive on
> the left much exceeds those who drive on the right. It's just that China,
> India and Africa etc don't yet have
An off topic comment if I may :-)
Message text written by fernando
>I would say both work, as it works with cars in England where
they are in the right side when they are on left side while elsewhere they
are in the right side when they are in the right side!<
Just a small correction -
Hello All,
Where are the best current places online to get the precise time? The
site I used to use does not seem to work anymore.
Does anyone have any favorites?
Jim Tallman
Sr. Designer
FX Studios
513.829.1888
List members--
Speaking only for myself, I don't care at all which system the list
adopts. I'm just delighted that we have this marvelous resource.
Thank you, Daniel Roth!
Best wishes to all,
Mac Oglesby
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"fer j. de vries" wrote:
>
> Daniel et All,
>
> Let's help each other.
> I think Daniel's change is a good one.
> Message from the list will be answered to the list.
>
> For personal answers it is easy that the writer or replier add a signature
> to his/her message in which his/her e-mail address
For those among you who read Italian or French, I would like to point
out a very interesting recent book I just found. It is about the story
of 'discovery of the shadow', viewed from a philosophical point of view:
The author is Roberto Casati (a French CNRS researcher)
the French version is:
Bonjour!
Je lis votre message ci-dessous avec retard, et si ça ne vous
ennuie pas, j'aimerais en effet recevoir une copie de l'article... Merci
déjà!
(Heureusement, à cette date-là, le 'Reply' fonctionnait
encore...;-) )
Cordialement,
Thierry van Steenberghe
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I almost feel I shouldn't be sending this message, because the sundial
list is supposed to be for messages about sundials, not for messages
about default reply-to options for the sundial list. But I don't want
my silence to be misconstrued, and so I offer my 2 cents
I rarely respond to sundi
Steve Irick wrote:
>
> All:
>
> I view the Listowner as neutral and send this email as a balance for
> consideration to those who requested the change. My mail is pretty evenly
> divided between individual and group, most of it is technical. This mix
> benefits from the capability of my email
I view the Listowner as neutral and send this email as a balance for
consideration to those who requested the change. My mail is pretty evenly
divided between individual and group, most of it is technical. This mix
benefits from the capability of my email programs ( I use several) that all
List members,
I would like to cast my vote for the old system of replying to messages.
Being able to send a personal reply to the sender gives the opportunity
to easily and confidentially make a point to the sender that that
properly should not be shared with the group. The difficulty of
isolatin
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