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From: jallen@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Joseph Allen)
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Subject: Re: Signals from electronic devices?
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Date: 24 May 91 20:19:15 GMT
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In article <19377@csli.Stanford.EDU> cphoenix@csli.Stanford.EDU (Chris Phoenix) writes:
>Some background: I used to have a small digital clock (LCD display)
>that switched between displaying the time and date every second or
>two.  I noticed that every time I looked at it, at first glance it was
>displaying the date, and from then on switched normally.  I even took
>it to school and demonstrated this to a few other people.  It happened
>at least 20 times in a row, and the only time I remember it failing
>was when I looked at it twice in a few seconds.  I recently remembered
>this, and became curious.

>--I am not looking for any new-age explanation.

Your clock has a *crystal* in it you know...

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