[ntp:questions] NTP Bug 2328 - Vista/Win7 time keeping inaccurate and erratic

Martin Burnicki martin.burnicki at meinberg.de
Fri Nov 29 12:14:16 UTC 2013


Brian Inglis schrieb:
> On 2013-11-28 02:31, Martin Burnicki wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, as far as I know, there is no new API to apply
>> adjustments
>> to the Windows system time more smoothly.
>
> Mention of smooth reminded me of using Bresenham's algorithm, generically
> called the digital differential analyzer, to manage and compensate for
> quantized data during allocations (unfortunately not in finance systems,
> so unable to perform direct personal compensation!) ;^>
>
> These techniques are best known for drawing smooth digital lines and arcs,
> but also provide anti-aliasing input, and are useful for properly handling
> residuals of quantized or rounded data, so the output data is as smooth (in
> either a visible or virtual sense) as possible.

Are you referring to my graphs, or to the way time adjustments are 
applied to the Windows system time? ;-)

Martin
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