[ntp:questions] Fwd: Using ntpdate -b SERVER shortly after SERVER boots
mills at udel.edu
mills at udel.edu
Thu Feb 15 10:12:45 UTC 2007
Richard,
The rfc1305 is fourteen years old and now overtaken by the NTPv4 draft
now on the project page. I would be happy to add a glossary and index,
but not in Postel ASCII. My tools produce wonderful, beautiful
PostScript and PDF, but not Postel ASCII.
Dave
Richard B. gilbert wrote:
> Uwe Klein wrote:
>
>> Richard B. gilbert wrote:
>>
>>> Uwe Klein wrote:
>>>
>>>> Richard B. gilbert wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Harlan Stenn wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Donald,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you seen http://ntp.isc.org/Support/StartingNTP4 ?
>>>>>>
> <snip>
>
>>>>> That's an interesting article but it misuses the word "precision".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> isn't that "resolution" ?
>>>> iananes ( i am not a native english speaker ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Don't worry about it. Your English is SO much better than my Deutch.
>>> (I can make a few polite noises in Español, Deütch, Nihongo
>>> (Japanese) and Turkish). I'm fluent only in English and it could be
>>> argued convincingly that I'm not fluent in English either!
>>>
>>> Resolution is a good synonym but NTP usage describes the "precision"
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>> What about a glossary of terms used?
>>
>> uwe
>
>
> A glossary would help too. At 113 8-1/2x11" pages, it's a fair sized
> book and both an index and a glossary would be appropriate additions.
>
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