From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-11-01 22:24, AJL wrote:   
   > On 11/1/25 1:57 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-01 21:16, AJL wrote:   
   >>> On 11/1/25 12:23 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-11-01 17:51, AJL wrote:   
   >>>>> On 10/31/25 11:35 PM, Chris wrote:   
   >>>>>> AJL wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> You're missing MY point. How does a few seconds accuracy on a   
   >>>>>>> watch make any   
   >>>>>>> difference in normal non-geek folks everyday life. It doesn't.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I got your point. I agree it doesn't make a practical difference.   
   >>>>>> It does matter, however. As the expectation is that a watch is 100%   
   >>>>>> accurate.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> NO watch is 100% accurate. If you go out enough decimal places it   
   >>>>> will be   
   >>>>> off compared to a current standard.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> The expectation for networked watches is 100% accuracy.   
   >>>   
   >>> I guess what you really mean then is that all timepieces on a network   
   >>> must   
   >>> agree to the second with the network base time. That's different from   
   >>> 100%   
   >>> accuracy with "real" time.   
   >>   
   >> Yes. Absolutely. My phone is actually off by half a second (this   
   >> instant), and some times more.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>> It is different if they are stand alone. Sure, a few seconds off   
   >>>> true has no importance in most of real life. But it means that there   
   >>>> is something wrong in the watch.   
   >>>   
   >>> Dunno but don't think I would worry over a few seconds. Wait. I   
   >>> can't. My   
   >>> watch doesn't have a second hand...  8-O   
   >>   
   >> The worry is that they have the technology to do it. If they don't,   
   >> something is wrong. I'd like to know what is the cause.   
   >>   
   >> It is not that I worry by a few seconds.   
   >   
   > It sounds to me like you have too much TIME on your hands.   
   >   
   > Sorry, couldn't resist...   
   >   
   >   
      
   :-)   
      
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