Hi In these days of computers trading with computers, the whole issue of “who did what when” can result in major money trading hands. I’m sure that at some point the financial markets will have to deal with light speed issues and geography if they have not already.
Bob > On Jul 25, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Mark Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > > Apple's new file system timestamps files with nanosecond resolution. A lot > of Linux file systems also do that now. The nanosecond ain't what it used > to be... I can imagine people wanting picosecond timestamps in the near > future. Who knows, maybe we'll have something like NTP compensating for > light-speed delay for the gap between the read/write heads and disk surface > (assuming we still use heads and surfaces) ; -) > -------------------- > Except that you still have the issue of “what time did this file get > changed”. To most of us, that’s not really a big deal. A second either way … > who cares. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
