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On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:44:35 +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:

>On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>> How about this one, that I wrote yesterday;
>>
>>         assert second >= self.current_second, "time went backwards"
>>
>> I think that's pretty high up on the "can never happen" list.
>
>assert second >= self.current_second, "user changed the clock"
>
	Why blame the user if an NTP synch made the adjustment? <G>
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