[ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

jimp at specsol.spam.sux.com jimp at specsol.spam.sux.com
Wed Dec 28 04:08:37 UTC 2011


Greg Hennessy <greg.hennessy at cox.net> wrote:
>>> The bottom line is that the only thing that is relevant is how easy it is
>>> to get to a GPS antenna with an open view of the sky.
>>> 
>>> Everything else is bloviation.
>>
>> GPS is not used for this kind of thing, they are too inaccurate, so it
>> doesn't matter. They use atomic clocks.
> 
> GPS is indeed used for the measurement of the time of flight in the
> CERN and Fermilab experiments. You should read the papers. They use
> GPS to get time to the order of nanosecond accuracy.

What a concept; someone that actually read the papers instead of just
pulling crap out their ass and arm waving.

Prepare to be inundated with drivel for actually knowing something.

 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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