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- From: bschmidt@bnr.ca
- Subject: Re: Map (was: Australian Mac systems)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.114723.22027@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
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- References: <sold.54.713825579@kit.uni-kl.de> <hammett.714010980@sbsu1.aukuni.ac.nz> <1992Aug18.105506.8740@odin.diku.dk> <1992Aug18.123145.24941@reed.edu> <sold.72.714426570@kit.uni-kl.de>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 11:47:23 GMT
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- In article <sold.72.714426570@kit.uni-kl.de> sold@kit.uni-kl.de (Christoph
- Sold) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug18.123145.24941@reed.edu> orpheus@reed.edu (P. Hawthorne)
- writes:
- >>Subject: Re: Map (was: Australian Mac systems)
- >>From: orpheus@reed.edu (P. Hawthorne)
- >>Date: 18 Aug 92 12:31:45 GMT
- >>
- >> hammett@sbsu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Tim Hammett) writes:
- >>: Most users don't bother to set their location in the Map control panel.
- >>
- >> klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen) writes:
- >>: I certainly haven't. Is there any advantage in doing so?
- >>
- >> This is the chicken and the egg problem. Nobody uses the map control
- >> panel because nobody uses the map control panel. Lame.
-
- Pete Resnik's Network Time cdev does. Possibly Jeddak's (sp?) or David Hornby
- (sp?)'s TimeLord AppleTalk-based time-setters do as well? Most network time
- schemes are based on GMT or UT. The Map cdev provides the logical place for the
- user to enter his offset from GMT or UT. You do it by entering your site.
- Awkward if you don't know your longitude but perhaps arguably friendlier than
- entering an offset from Greenwich?
-
- cheers,
-
- --
- Ben Schmidt,P.Eng Network Applications, Bell-Northern Research
- bschmidt@bnr.ca FAX:613-763-3283 /* My opinions, not BNR's */
-