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Document 6.6: Time's A-Wastin'

The librarian looks quite upset when he hands you a sheet of paper. "This," he says, "was tucked into an issue of Time, so I assume it has to do with the way he tampered with the clocks. At least they keep the right time! I don't know what he was getting at, but it certainly wasn't a bright idea."

Sometimes it's the tick that is important, sometimes it's the direction, and sometimes it's the size of the jump.

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If six ticking clocks do not appear above, you can download a standard VNC viewer for Windows and connect to "www.acme-corp.com:7" with password "timesawastin" for the exact same display. You may also wish to try Mozilla on Athena. MacOS X is known not to update frequently enough. If you suspect you are having updating problems: please view each clock on its own page: Clock 1, Clock 2, Clock 3, Clock 4, Clock 5, and Clock 6.


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