Hi there, On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Mag Gam wrote:
> If tools like ntpq didn't exist how does one measure time? He'd probably start with a piece of string and a lump of lead, and then take it from there. > Lets say I am trying to compare X number of time protocols and I want > to see which one is the closest to a stratum 1 or GPS clock, how > should I go about measuring the skew? What is the scientific way of > doing this? What does "scientific" mean? Light travels about a thousand feet in a microsecond. The two of us stand a thousand feet apart, signal to each other to check our watches, and write down the time. Then one walks toward the other until we meet, and we compare notes, and we compare our watches. Which one of us will have written down the correct time? Will our watches agree when we meet? -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ pool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool
