[DGD] Callouts and the system clock

[Felix A. Croes]

"=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Petter_Nystr=F6m?=" <jimorie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, using a time server was one of the things I was concerned
> about. Using a time server will periodically change my system clock,
> even if only slightly so. (Right?) It could then still put millitime
> callouts seriously off their intended delay. I would then rather have
> a system clock that may be drifting over long periods, but atleast the
> error is smooth and consistent instead of having jumps every ten
> minutes or similar. Does this argument sound right to you? (I don't
> know how the interaction with a time server actually works.)

Even without a time server, a system clock will of course change
"periodically".  When synchronized to a time server, every effort
will be made to get the clock right for even the smallest increment,
rather than merely adjusting the clock every once in a while.


> P.S. I have been having a bunch of trouble posting to the list from my
> new Gmail account. Mail bounces with a message my headers are
> suspicious and need to be approved by the list moderator. I have tried
> sending a few times now with different settings, so my apologies to
> the list moderator (that would be Dworkin I assume) if I have somehow
> spammed you. I am hoping it will go through this time, disabling
> stupid RTF formatting that was for some reason on per default. I am
> not liking this first experience of Gmail... D.S.

Don't worry, it is impossible to spam me.  Anything resembling an
errormessage for this list is sent to /dev/null.  And the list will
indeed refuse anything but plain text messages.

Regards,
Dworkin