From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 31 18: 5:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from math.uic.edu (neumann.math.uic.edu [131.193.178.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BF8E37B41A for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2002 18:05:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 20942 invoked by uid 31415); 1 Apr 2002 02:05:24 -0000 Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:05:24 -0600 From: Vladimir Egorin To: "M. Warner Losh" Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPS time. Message-ID: <20020331200524.A20933@math.uic.edu> References: <20020331091304.U40871-100000@patrocles.silby.com> <20020331.133402.125794917.imp@village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020331.133402.125794917.imp@village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 01:34:02PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 01:34:02PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: > Paul Halliday writes: > : This is the answer I was kinda hoping for. I think that accuracy > : to ~100ms from a known source is a little more comforting than <1ms from a > : server that I have no control over. I am not maintaining a space program, > : just a dozen machines in my room that really serve no other purpose than > : personal entertainment. > > Also keep in mind that the US governement reserves the right to turn > off GPS at any time to selected regions of the globe. Hopefully European GPS project (Galileo) will provide an alternative. It still has a long way to go though. -- Vladimir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message