Hallo Marck,
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 12:46:39 +0100 GMT (13/08/2000, 19:46 +0800 GMT),
Marck D. Pearlstone wrote:
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MRH>> (SMTPD32-5.05) id A17A1222021E; Sun, 13 Aug 2000 12:07:38 +0100
MDP> This transit took only two seconds.
[and so on]
I got the message from Mark two minutes after he sent it. I was just
typing the analyses when you message come in, so I'll everybody the
repetition. ;-)
MDP> In truth, time difference in seconds can't be really be relied upon. I
MDP> once saw someone sneering at PC clock synchronizers on this list but,
MDP> IMHO, such things are a necessity for clarity and to ensure that we
MDP> are all talking the same language. I use one which runs on the main
MDP> comms machine here on my LAN and knows how to get the current real
MDP> time from a time server. It will do this at one minute intervals while
MDP> I am connected to an ISP and I dial out at least every 15 minutes.
Geez, if a PC clock is so far off real time, I think someone needs to
invent a new oszillator! ;-) I synchronise about once a week.
Anyway, someone's "sent time" being off by six weeks (!) has nothing
to do with synchronisation or lack thereof, he just hasn't figured out
yet how to set the time on his PC. Doesn't anybody know a newsgroup we
can recommend him for that?
(I'll duck for the trouts, which will be coming from four directions
on three continents now. I say, "save the trouts!")
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Cheers,
Thomas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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