From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 12 3:10:25 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C67837B4EA for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 03:10:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from gvr.gvr.org (gvr.gvr.org [212.61.40.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D25EC43FBF for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 03:10:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from guido@gvr.org) Received: by gvr.gvr.org (Postfix, from userid 657) id 4BEF61A; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:10:20 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:10:20 +0100 From: Guido van Rooij To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: "Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr." , James Satterfield , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Time drift. Message-ID: <20030312111020.GA69985@gvr.gvr.org> References: <23484.1047449678@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <23484.1047449678@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:14:38AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message , "Andrew > P. Lentvorski, Jr." writes: > > >An $8.00 wristwatch has much better time accuracy that your multi-$100 PC. > > That's because the crystal in your wristwatch is cut specially so that it > has a flat temp-co at about 23-16 C, whereas the xtal in your computer > is has a gradient all the way from 0 to 70 C. > > See: > http://www.corningfrequency.com/library/vig/Vig-tutorial_files/frame.htm Waht do you use to make that visbile? Mozilla just gives some rulers. The source speaks of 'generated wit powerpoint' which might explain it... -Guido thr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message