Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 23:50:51 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64 bit times revisited.. Message-ID: <20011026235051.A44793@clan.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <200110261748.NAA22627@rodney.cnchost.com>; from bakul@bitblocks.com on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 10:48:10AM -0700 References: <23015.1004077694@critter.freebsd.dk> <200110261748.NAA22627@rodney.cnchost.com>
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--tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Redirecting to -chat. On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 10:48:10AM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote: > IMHO there is not much point in using file timestamps of > resolutions less than 1 ns -- that is about 1 foot of travel > at the speed of light. Note that even a ns resolution will > cause problems on a multi-processor system where cpu nodes > are more than a foot or so apart=20 I always liked the fact that one of the Enterprise technical manuals (yeah, you want to make something of it?) noted that the computer core had a little warp field generator in it, so that the processors could communicate at FTL speeds. . . N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjvZ6MsACgkQk6gHZCw343Ux8wCfdEDrrVzwP7dIGr/pewPPTLHo NzQAnjBakbBLbIQIECgNDDQchumEeQOW =AhvH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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