Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:28:47 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: "Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr." <bsder@allcaps.org>, James Satterfield <james@uberduper.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Time drift. Message-ID: <20030312162847.A660@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <23484.1047449678@critter.freebsd.dk>; from phk@phk.freebsd.dk on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:14:38AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303111613500.11177-100000@mail.allcaps.org> <23484.1047449678@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:14:38AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303111613500.11177-100000@mail.allcaps.org>, "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. And this is easily verifiable too: just leave your wristwatch in an unheated (cold) bedroom and watch the drift. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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