Lib/xmlrpc/client.py tries to connect to http://time.xmlrpc.com/RPC2 which has been dead for a "while". I see there is no light in the end of tunnel. Since this code is meant to be a demo not a general purpose tool, I say why don't we direct it to localhost (which can be provided by Lib/xmlrpc/server.py).

After applying this patch, you can start the server:
$ python Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
Serving XML-RPC on localhost port 8000

Then in another place, you can start the client and get result straight away:
$ python Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
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512
3

Isn't that beautiful?