On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Rob van der Heij wrote:

> At 23:14 05-01-03, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>
> >The poll interval has to do with polling network time servers using the NTP
> >protocol.  This is usually on the order of minutes rather than seconds.
> >The 1-second interval is to wake up and tend to the local system clock.
>
> You lost me. If it probes servers every few minutes, what useful things can it do 
>every second?
>

Apply adjustments calculated from measured inaccuracies.

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Cheers
John.

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