> Jeff Dean's watch displays seconds since January 1st, 1970. At a Hacker Jeopardy some time ago (I think it was the one at 29C3), the final round ended in a t

> Jeff Dean's watch displays seconds since January 1st, 1970. At a Hacker Jeopardy some time ago (I think it was the one at 29C3), the final round ended in a tie, so a tie-breaker was needed. The tie-breaker question was "What is the current Unix timestamp?" The contestants struggled hard, leading the moderator to exclaim "For god's sake, don't you ever check the clock!?"