Re: CHAT: TECH: incorrect dating on posts

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
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> > Date:         Sun, 21 Nov 1999 00:17:16 -0800
> > From: Sally Caves <scaves@...>
>
> > That is a real disturbance of the space time continuum!
>
> No, Sally, it's because you lie to your computer. You've told it that
> you're on the left coast, and then set it to right-coast time. Of
> course the poor thing gets confused, and tells the rest of the world
> that your posts were posted three hours later than they were.
>
> Make sense?
Well, once I used to be from the west coast, but now I reside (sort of)
on the east coast, but on the west coast, three hours behind time, my
name is Sally, and on the East Coast my name is Sarah but I lie to the
group and say my name is Sally, so the computer must think I'm still in
the west but sets my time to the east.  Yes.  Definitely.  Makes great
sense.  But what to do about it????

Sal/Sar

And once, about fourteen years ago, I lived in Geneva Switzerland,
which is much nearer to your timezone, Lars, and I'm terrified that
my posts might be translated by my computer into substandard French!

aarrrgh!
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