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  1. 08-15-2005, 10:43 AM #1
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    Amazon is really on top of things

    Here is my tracking info for my new drill press. They knew I would want one before I was born!


    Date Time Location Service Area Checkpoint Details
    Aug 11, 2005 07:00:00 PM --- In transit
    Aug 11, 2005 06:50:00 PM --- Shipment picked up from seller's facility
    Dec 31, 1969 03:59:59 PM --- In transit
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  3. 08-15-2005, 10:53 AM #2
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    Great Stefan, But kidding aside it sure is nice to be able to track your orders right from your computer.
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  4. 08-15-2005, 12:39 PM #3
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    Wow, I wonder what they have in store from me!?!?

    Ain't technology grand?
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    I could be wrong but this looks like a y2k bug to me.
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    Stefan,

    They had to put it into orbit first (maybe to Saturn and back?) to time it juuusssstttt right!
    Wood: a fickle medium....

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    What I'd really like to know is, if this thing has been "in shipment" since '69, who the heck is the freight company???? Man, I really do NOT want to use them!
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    If it was built circa 1969, wouldn't that qualify it as "old iron" and isn't that a good thing ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Christopher
    I could be wrong but this looks like a y2k bug to me.
    Close but no cigar: that time translates to one second before midnight GMT, 12/31/69. That's exactly one second before the "Dawn of Creation" for Unix systems: they measure time in seconds starting 1/1/70. Something hiccupped and stuffed a -1 (probably an error code) into that field.
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