Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 10 months agoInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down13
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minus-squareApeNo1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-210 months agoIn Australia there was exactly that toll free number you could dial that was a recorded person reading out the time 24/7. That voice is forever etched in my mind. “At the third stroke, it will be 7:35 and 15 seconds" beep, beep, beep
minus-squareChrislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoSame in the UK, the speaking clock on (it had various numbers over the years but the most memorable was) 123.
In Australia there was exactly that toll free number you could dial that was a recorded person reading out the time 24/7. That voice is forever etched in my mind.
“At the third stroke, it will be 7:35 and 15 seconds" beep, beep, beep
Same in the UK, the speaking clock on (it had various numbers over the years but the most memorable was) 123.