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With so many different servers and so much room for error, there's little chance all your devices will sync up. According to a study conducted at James Madison University, more than 25% of Web servers are off by 10 seconds or more. So while the atomic clocks keep ticking away with scientific precision, it's a good bet that not all of your devices will agree with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Can't My Clocks Keep Time Accurately? | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...Palestinians' land has been occupied by Israel for far too long. They've had enough. So they fire rockets of protest into Israel, and Israelis rain bombs down on the Palestinians. What are the Palestinians supposed to do? The Israelis keep saying that Hamas wants to wipe out the Israelis. Does anyone ever ask the Israelis if their goal is the destruction of the Palestinians? I would guess the answer is yes. Bill Petrusky Jr., MONTVILLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...moment was tailing a tiny electric car, presumably with a smug environmentalist behind the wheel, on a narrow road. I considered following him all the way home and leaving a note on his windshield: "Nice ride, volt guzzler!" But remembering the hubris of my youth, I opted instead to keep my eyes on the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tricycles for Adults | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...walk down these muddy streets filled with garbage, tangled power lines, and the roar of gasoline-powered generators, I wonder if Obiang himself has ever taken the same stroll and seen the same things. To keep these citizens living in conditions like this for perhaps no other reason than laziness or gross contempt is hardly indicative of a growing democracy...

Author: By James A. Mcfadden | Title: A Tale of Two Guineas | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

...While this severe indictment may surprise some outside of India, it is routine fare for Indians - for whom tales of police corruption and heavy-handedness are legion. Police have been accused of demanding money to register cases or simply refusing to lodge complaints in order to keep crime statistics down. Suspects are often beaten up; some die in custody. In 2007, the National Human Rights Commission received more than 31,000 complaints of abuses at the hands of the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can India Reform Its Wayward Police Force? | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

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