> Am especially baffled at why it wouldn't occur to D-Link that it was
> their responsibility to field their own NTP servers. This is even
They don't even need to do that. They could have simply wired
"pool.ntp.org" into the device. See http://www.pool.ntp.org/ for
more info.
Only hours ago did I learn of the recent problems with D-Link routers.
Remarkable! Just imagine the logical disconnect at the product
development meetings. The marketing folks emphasizing the highly
desirable feature of NTP compliance and the tech folks tossing a list
of 50 servers into the ce
On Fri 2006-04-14T19:39:31 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Allen writes:
> >It's a good question. My immediate response is that my notions are
> >also part of the
> >"Full Time-Scale-Aware Lawyer Employment act of {YA}"
>
> I don't want us to ado
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Allen writes:
>On Fri 2006-04-14T09:43:45 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:
>> If you put a provisional table of leapseconds into your products and
>> reality turns out differently, who is liable for the discrepancies ?
>
>It's a good question. My immediate
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Seaman writes:
>The reality is that the ITU-R "specification" is just a minor
>footnote pertaining to obsolete technologies of time signal
>transport. One presumes nothing would stop the IERS from
>publishing any scheduling algorithm such as you describe.
Actu
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rob Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Simply allow the IERS to announce any number of leap seconds
: in advance extending over any time horizon - and yes - occurring
: at the end of any month. If predictability is the goal, relaxing
: unnecessary cons
On Fri 2006-04-14T09:43:45 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:
> If you put a provisional table of leapseconds into your products and
> reality turns out differently, who is liable for the discrepancies ?
It's a good question. My immediate response is that my notions are
also part of the
On Apr 13, 2006, at 10:41 PM, Steve Allen wrote:Today is one of the four days in the year when Newcomb's_expression_ for the equation of time has a value of zeroand it was Samuel Beckett's hundredth birthday. Leap second as Godot: ESTRAGON: And if he doesn't come? VLADIMIR
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Allen writes:
>==During the second five years after the date of adoption.
>(YA+5 through YA+9)
>
>On a semi-annual basis the IERS should publish an immutable schedule
>of leap seconds predicted for five years into the future.
This would be a big improveme
Today is one of the four days in the year when Newcomb's expression
for the equation of time has a value of zero. In honor of Simon
Newcomb I offer the following notions for changing the way that
leap seconds are scheduled. I suspect that this is almost certain
to offend everyone. Perhaps for th
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