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Re: Viewing space station from ground...not

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From: Will Simmons
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:54
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In article <3AE59064.E7BE1599@mindspring.com>,
John Beaderstadt <beady@mindspring.com> wrote:

[SNIP]
> There's a
>variable and irregular two to four minute discrepancy between the atomic
>clock(s)
>and the time as supplied by the phone company.

Agreed, as I just discovered upon checking  my phone company against the
Naval Clock. But why ? Is it just the difficulty of starting (and stopping)
those taped announcements ? Or something more fundamental ?

-- Will --
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From: wsimmons@world.std.com (Will Simmons)
Subject: Re: Viewing space station from ground...not
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