I believe that, at the "el cheapo" end of the scale, the term "atomic clock" is [ab]used to describe display devices that employ an NTP client that communicates wirelessly with NIST, or other time source depending on geolocation. Presumably, the act of "goosing" (shudder) the device consists of setting the switch that requests that DST be honored, or not.
=== > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 21:19:18 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: US DST this weekend > To: [email protected] > > On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 19:28:43 -0500, Ed Finnell wrote: > > > http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=atomic%20clocks%20indoor&typeahead=atomic%20clock > > > (URL repaired. You need to get a better mailer.) > > > Yeah, right. An atomic clock for $18.99. But I guess they wouldn't let them > put it on the Internet if it weren't true. > > >In a message dated 3/6/2015 4:42:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, > >[email protected] writes: > > > >o I'm skeptical about "atomic clocks"; that devices with nanosecond accuracy > >would be submitted to semiannual goosing. Perhaps lower tier standards > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
