Comments on: Time

Time

semmi — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:37:17 -0800

By: banished

banished — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:48:29 -0800

Likely a double post. This is from years ago.

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:12:59 -0800

I think this one's been here several times actually, but damned if I'll bother looking it up.

By: efalk

efalk — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:39:22 -0800

double post be damned, I haven't seen it before, and I thought it was pretty cool. Thanks semmi.

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:28:36 -0800

aint no exact time neither, since my system clock's all to fuck

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:33:29 -0800

For the nonenlightened, Windows XP includes a way to sync your clock over the net (double click on the time) For the Windows non-XP crowd, there's Atomic Clock Sync from worldtimeserver.com. Freeware, No spyware.

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:45:00 -0800

the actual website is here and it has neat stuff besides clocks.

By: ehintz

ehintz — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 02:08:50 -0800

Bah. MacOS had time sync since somwhere in the late 90s. And Unix has had it since just about forever. Sad that MS couldn't get their crap together until XP. (ok, I know it could be done under 2k, but IIRC it was a relative PITA, involving a registry edit or something equally un-gui, which is sad for a GUI os)

By: lelilo

lelilo — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 02:56:10 -0800

damned if I'll bother looking it up. Maybe this place needs to hire an archivist. Historically speaking, this was one of the first 5000 posts at MeFi, back at the end of 2000, courtesy of jkottke. Then Miguel double-posted it, about two and a half years ago. (You'd think that person's hand would be getting tired of writing out the time by now.)

By: invisible ink

invisible ink — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 03:04:06 -0800

Never seen it before. Thanks semmi:-)

By: dakotadusk

dakotadusk — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 05:38:51 -0800

The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U. S. Naval Observatory are busy timing their atoms as well. Plus, they were nice enough to include the parts of the US that believe that Daylight Saving Time is evil. Plus plus, Cecil Adams explains DST to the unbelievers.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 06:14:04 -0800

Maybe this place needs to hire an archivist. Lelilo, I nominate you.

By: coelecanth

coelecanth — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 10:16:28 -0800

Double posts that go back more than a year are OK by me. I remember the clock from Miguel's post but I'd forgotten the other links in that thread -- and this has sort of churned them up again.

By: semmi

semmi — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:30:11 -0800

It's not the same time as in Miguel's post.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:18:24 -0800

The one thing I've never understood about time servers is why bother using atomic clocks? the precision is not limited by the clock but by the latency uncertainty in the roundtrip time between you and the server. I guess 'atomic clock' sounds cool.

By: dakotadusk

dakotadusk — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 19:00:40 -0800

"Goat clock" would also sound cool, but I'd question its accuracy.

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:34:58 -0800

Vacapinta: the Network Time Protocol accounts for the latency. That's why.

By: lelilo

lelilo — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:28:29 -0800

Lelilo, I nominate you. Thanks for the thought, busithoth, but ”If nominated” . . . .