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Nuclear Crisis Stopped Time In Japan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-ramen-twists-the-other-way dept.

angry tapir writes "The problems at Japan's Fukushima-1 nuclear plant have had an unexpected impact on the country's ability to keep time: a transmitter that sends the national time signal to many thousands of clocks and watches has been forced offline making the timepieces a little less reliable than usual."

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  1. Worst headline ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not only did time not stop, but the clocks didn't even stop. They just aren't being synchronized anymore. Oh no!

    1. Re:Worst headline ever. by captainpanic · · Score: 5, Informative

      I have a hunch that their perspective has changed somewhat in the past month or so.

      Perspective on what? Time?

      I really doubt it. If anything, the near-perfect organisation of Japan has saved countless lives.