Even then you need to sync the clocks. 
And that’s a trick in itself unless you have a way to jury rig a GPS and radio 
antenna to the nodes in the data center. ;-) 

On Jun 16, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Vladimir Rodionov <[email protected]> wrote:

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>>> Anyone using the timestamp component alone as a way to determine event 
>>> ordering is already
>>> fooling themself.
> 
> Unless you have atomic clocks attached to every node.
> 
> Best regards,
> Vladimir Rodionov
> Principal Platform Engineer
> Carrier IQ, www.carrieriq.com
> e-mail: [email protected]
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