Did you ever see the speed competition between 2 Hams sending a message in Morse code and 2 young men sending the same message by texting, on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno? The Hams won the on the air one and, I read later, the 2 rehearsals before the show.
I keep my computers in UTC (GMT). Helps keep things straight for Ham Radio. The digital clock on the wall is in local 24 hour time and my watch is analog so in 12 hour time.
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