depends how often you run the test for, frequency of checking and if my more accurate you mean closest to the correct time or actually showing the correct time.
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Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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who are we compaing the time against anyway, what is giving us the constant for checking against...SA says;
Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!
I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!
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Are the clocks showing the 'wrong' time if there is a woman there to observe it?
What is the frame of reference of the observer and each of the clocks?Blair, you cannot reach me now,
No matter how you try,
Goodbye cruel Labour,
Your end is nigh.
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If I put the clock in a box, and a random terminal event could happen, how would I know if time actually still existed?The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Moral of this test
Never ask IT contractors a simple question and expect a simple answer.
PS. Anyone got the right time on them?First Law of Contracting: Only the strong surviveComment
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It's time B'Liar was arrested.Originally posted by _V_Anyone got the right time on them?
Blair, you cannot reach me now,
No matter how you try,
Goodbye cruel Labour,
Your end is nigh.
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On a similar note...
If I put CUK in a box and a random terminal event could happen, how would I know if moaning actually still existed?The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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You are assuming that both clocks are stationary. If the clocks are travelling around the world you could optimise the speed for them to read the correct local time always."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Good point!Originally posted by PaddyYou are assuming that both clocks are stationary. If the clocks are travelling around the world you could optimise the speed for them to read the correct local time always.
A stopped clock in the right orbit could be right ALL day!
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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That's because there are no simple answers.Originally posted by _V_Never ask IT contractors a simple question and expect a simple answer.
That's why we make a living
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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