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  From: Michael Kratz <mkratz@internode.on.net>
  To  : John Edwards <isplist@adam.com.au>
        Simon Hackett <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
        <simon@internode.com.au>
  Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 11:28:05 +0930

Re: Broken local time in mail postings (dsl and john edwards)

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Edwards" <isplist@adam.com.au>
To: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>; "Simon Hackett" <simon@internode.com.au>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: Broken local time in mail postings (dsl and john edwards)


> >Can you please fix your local system clocks? They're both set way
> >into the future.
>
> Oops, is that better?
>
> I share my home PC with an 18-month-old human who shows exceptional
> understanding of the point-and-click mechanism even if he doesn't know
what
> he's doing when he clicks stuff. Every Windows PC in the house always has
an
> incorrect date, not just the one with my list MUA on it :).
>
> How does an toddler even reach the controls you ask? This one waits until
> no-one is looking, pushes a wheelie-chair up to the desk and climbs up to
> sit on the mouse pad.. try telling him that lack of english language
(well,
> any language unless gibberish counts) skills is an impediment to using a
> computer, I only hope they don't try and push an MCSE course on him in
> kindergarten..

I know how you feel!!! They all do it, I have two nephews who are 2 years
old this month, and they love messing up everything possible on the
computer, especially throwing the wireless mouse across the room when they
get frustrated. With two of them, it simply is not possible for my brother
in-law or myself to use any computer in their house while the boys are
awake, they terrorise us and winge and grizzle because they want to bash the
keyboard and throw the mouse. And they know which ones are the real ones
that do something, we tried giving them old crappy ones which werent
connected and dont do anything... nope they wont have a bar of it, they want
the real ones... cunning little buggers!

John, fear not, you are not alone... maybe use an NTP client which updates
every 10-15 minutes or something. The other thing I find good is locking the
computer while I am away from it, ie. windows 2000 or NT CTRL-ALT-DEL and
lock workstation, stops them from doing too much.

Regards,

Michael

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