[131450] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NTP Server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Hill)
Sun Oct 24 17:14:49 2010
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:14:39 +0100 (BST)
From: Steven Hill <sjh@waroffice.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Sun, 24 Oct 2010, Christopher Morrow wrote:
>> How do you knew that your local NTP server knew what time it is? =A0(for=
sure)
>
> this question is a trap.
Quite.
We had 2 HP 5071s,(+ several GPS standards) and at the time being the=20
definition of a second, either could be correct at any time. When I took=20
a moment to think about it, and discovered both standards were correct,=20
and yet disagreed, my brain fell out.
--=20
Steven Hill
"Women and cats will do as they please,
and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
=09=09=09=09- Robert A. Heinlein
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