Subj : food, etc... To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Jan 12 2020 17:14:00 Hi Nancy! BM> AFAIK all computers will gain or loose time, which to me seems odd as BM> they have $19.99 watches accurate to one second per month (maybe a BM> little exaggeration!). ...When the time comes up January 1, 1980, you BM> know you have a battery problem! NB> [chuckle] It would be more practical if the gain/loss would balance NB> out... ;) The computers I've had that lose time generally also have NB> a battery problem, just not quite so severe... ;) BM> I'm not sure how accurate my computers are: all connected to the BM> network and so on to the Outside World where they can ask their BM> favourite time server for the time. No idea when or how often -- IIRC BM> Windows XP asked once a week and there were occasions when I noticed BM> the system time was off from real time by a minute. NB> By staying in DOS, I don't have Windows trying to "update" to DST NB> when I'd just as soon stay in EST.... back when I'd use a NB> graphics program for which I needed to use Windows, it always NB> would change the time on me... ;) I think the DST option could have been turned off. ...For XP it's in the Date and Time Properties GUI setting, Time Zone tab -- under the world map is "[x] Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes". Untic should have done the job for you. I do recall a few times when I'd turn the monitor on and an error message was appearing because the antivirus utility was thinking something was attempting to take over the machine because the time had been changed externally. BM> Right now comparing the computer's time to the 'atomic clock' in the BM> desktop weather station unit the times are off by about two seconds. BM> Which clock is right, or more right, I don't care. NB> That's not off by much, for either one of them, after all... :) Right: rather 'tight' for both of them. What's funny is one (OK, me!) didn't get all that detailed with analog: "quarter to six, fine". Now with digital "it will be 5:47 in 18 seconds"!! BM> Yesterday's (Saturday's) forecast was for it to become windy: 40+ MPH BM> by late afternoon. Something reminded me in the early evening of it BM> was suppose to be windy: I don't hear any wind noise. ...At the time BM> the winds were reported at 11 MPH: no wonder quiet out there! On-line BM> weather and then the TV weather this morning had the winds coming BM> later today. Temperture supposed to get into the upper 30's but feel BM> like the lower 30's with the breeze. Maybe snow flurries in the next BM> few days but nothing major (so better stock up on toilet paper and milk BM> before the storm hits! ). NB> Stocking up before the crowd thinks it should be done is probably NB> the most efficient... and the most likely to succeed.... ;) NB> Just don't get so much milk it goes bad before you use it all NB> up... ;) It was kind of funny as on the local news (KWQC, which formerly was WOC-TV) the meteorologist was semi-rambling about the upcoming snowstorm (the one we had Saturday) and how people were mobbing the grocery stores to buy stuff. He did advise not going out Saturday but the roads and everything would be clear for Sunday, go shop then. NB> ... Did you hear about the baker who was short of dough? Is he the crusty one?! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Mother kangaroo: I hate it when rains & the kids have to play inside. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .