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| Thread ID: 78098 | 2007-04-02 22:45:00 | The forum clock | FoxyMX (5) | PC World Chat |
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| 537896 | 2007-04-02 22:45:00 | Why can't the darn forum clock stay on the correct time?! :mad: Pre-DST it was too fast, now it is slipping further and further back the other way and going too slow. :rolleyes: Come on guys, this is a PC help forum. Put a new battery in the server - the clock has got to be right!! :nerd: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 537897 | 2007-04-02 22:52:00 | and run ntpdate -s pool.ntp.orgdaily with a cronjob - that'll keep it accurate to within a few ms. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 537898 | 2007-04-02 23:05:00 | Have you not visited their new office, someone came up with this (www.thehindubusinessline.com) idea, I think Bruce (www.c-realevents.demon.co.uk) may need a milkshake (www.mindfully.org) to give energy, he must be a bit tired after the move. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 537899 | 2007-04-02 23:14:00 | You're right, we probably have to wait for the coffee machine to arrive. :rolleyes: | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 537900 | 2007-04-03 00:37:00 | You're right, we probably have to wait for the coffee machine to arrive. :rolleyes: God knows why they ordered it off Ferrit, it's a leisurely downhill stroll to B&B in Queen St and would have taken less than 10 days... think of all the agro that would have been avoided with the PF1ers getting things in a tangle :D |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 537901 | 2007-04-04 03:37:00 | Unfortunately the timeserver is a Micro$oft service accessed via Go Large, so the fact the date is in the correct epoch is far more surprising than the time being a bit skittery. :o No sidereal seconds were harmed in making this post. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 537902 | 2007-04-04 03:53:00 | . . . Put a new battery in the server - . . . That won't fix it . ;) The hardware clock which runs off that little cell doesn't give the OS its time, except at boot time . Unless the server is frequently rebooted, the OS time can drift . Its time is maintained by an interrupt, possibly still 18 . 2 times a second, as in the original IBM PC . Why not put a sundial on the roof of the building, and point a webcam at it? Then we could argue about the equation of time . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 537903 | 2007-04-04 04:04:00 | That won't fix it . ;) T . . . Why not put a sundial on the roof of the building, and point a webcam at it? Then we could argue about the equation of time . And instead of a time daemon we could have gnomonics - live . :waughh: |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 537904 | 2007-04-04 05:06:00 | and run ntpdate -s pool.ntp.orgdaily with a cronjob - that'll keep it accurate to within a few ms. I have to ask....what is a "cronjob"? |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 537905 | 2007-04-04 05:25:00 | A cronjob is a scheduled task. Cron is the scheduling system used by Linux / Unix. If I remember correctly, the PressF1 server runs Fedora Core 5. | Erayd (23) | ||
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