At 12:22 PM -0500 5/1/2009, Kris Tilford wrote: >On May 1, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Dan wrote: > > This sync is simply to correct the drift now and then. > >My drift was nearly a full minute
and even that much isn't bad. >When using an eBay snipe program such as JBidwatcher that is >synchronized to eBay, it's disconcerting seeing two clocks running >nearly a minute apart. ah. Well, eBay's clocks are *often* quite off, so being sync'd to the atomic time won't necessarily help there. Yet-another reason why sniping is a bad idea. >This clock drift seems too great, and the problem seems bad since my >iBook is never turned off and never sleeps. Do you have any system log showing the sync failures? Might be interesting to try to figure out the exact cause. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
