On 14 April 2012 06:41, Stephen J. Turnbull <[email protected]> wrote:
>  A clock can be accurate in measuring
> duration even though it is not accurate in measuring the point in
> time. [It's hard to see how the opposite could be true.]

Pedantic point: A clock that is stepped (say, by NTP) is precisely one
that is accurate in measuring the point in time (that's what stepping
is *for*) but not in measuring duration.

Paul.
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