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I wonder which paper will run this story first this time...
Simon | 19.04.09 - 10:23 a.m. | #
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I think if you're going to go to the bother of having a countdown clock which quotes seconds, that you ought to countdown to the scheduled time the opening ceremonies are due to start.
Thus the day before the countdown timer should read 1 day exactly at the same time the ceremonies are schedule to start the following day.
I do believe it's true, however, that some events actually do start BEFORE the actual opening ceremony.
agr8one | Homepage | 19.04.09 - 11:01 a.m. | #
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Don't worry so much about it DG, when they set up the clock for St Pancras International it was wrong on a daily basis.
Sometime days in advance and often weeks in arrears.
But the station still opened on the right date.
Blunt Bloke | Homepage | 19.04.09 - 1:36 p.m. | #
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It all depends what speed you're travelling at relative to Newham. Mine is currently zero and so I will arrive at the countdown to blast off, when Joe Brown rambles in with his ukelele singing "Knees Up Mother Brown" intercut with The Prodigy signing "Slap My Bitch Up" (ref. top secret 1st draft of plan for opening ceremony), at exactly the same time as Newham, whatever that may be. It is out of our hands.
Feargal Mooney | Homepage | 19.04.09 - 2:20 p.m. | #
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The countdown programme on my phone would also say zero the day before as long as it's after the relevant time, because if it reads 0 days 23 hours to go that is still 0 days even though it's tomorrow.
NFAH | Homepage | 19.04.09 - 2:24 p.m. | #
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I believe this is annoying - why have a countdown clock at all if it's counting down to the wrong date? Saying that, I do wonder how many people in practice will even realise it's incorrect. After all, 1,195 days is still a rather long time. As long as it's right when 2012 rolls around, it's probably not a major issue.
Andrewh | 19.04.09 - 2:25 p.m. | #
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I would hate to be under your microscope! Not that you're harsh or mean or anything, but just so accurate! 
ellie | Homepage | 19.04.09 - 4:13 p.m. | #
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Mrs. LDNP was running in the "Newham Classic 10K" this morning, alas your post came too late for her to shout "You're 24 hours wrong" at the sign as she run underneath it.
As an aside, are they planning to have the Central line at Stratford closed during the Olympics too or was that just for the aforementioned "Classic" today?
NiC | Homepage | 19.04.09 - 4:53 p.m. | #
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NFAH Nailed it. 0 days, 23 hours in advance of kick-off, you'll be saying 1 day to go ...
Anonymous | 19.04.09 - 5:44 p.m. | #
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Just had a look at your series of stadium photos. What an amazing record of the last 21 months.
CornishCockney | 19.04.09 - 9:10 p.m. | #
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But don't bureaucrats generally run in slower time than the real world? The initial seven weeks early was probably calculated precisely so that after pulling through the slowdown field it would wind up on the right moment in 2012. Now they'll never catch up.
quixote | Homepage | 20.04.09 - 5:52 a.m. | #
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Did you remember 2012 is a leap year? Or did they forget. It's too early in the morning for me to work it out but it could explain the mistake.
randyfreddo | 20.04.09 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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