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Subject: Major Clock Drift
From: dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)
Date: Thu Aug 26 16:46:08 2004
In-reply-to: <041D606D-F7A0-11D8-9750-000A95DA60F4@offthehill.org>
References: <DA78B37E-F796-11D8-9750-000A95DA60F4@offthehill.org> <20040826194031.GE16891@tao.merseine.nu> <BC59497A-F798-11D8-9750-000A95DA60F4@offthehill.org> <412E414A.9080400@banta-im.com> <041D606D-F7A0-11D8-9750-000A95DA60F4@offthehill.org>

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:39:24PM -0400, Josh Pollak wrote:
> I still don't get how my clock could have 4 seconds of drift in a 
> single day. Is that normal?

Unfortunately, yes. PC clocks are unreliable widgets. 

-dsr-

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  - From: pardsbane at offthehill.org (Josh Pollak)
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  - From: dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)
- Major Clock Drift
  - From: pardsbane at offthehill.org (Josh Pollak)
- Major Clock Drift
  - From: mvalites at banta-im.com (Matthew Valites)
- Major Clock Drift
  - From: pardsbane at offthehill.org (Josh Pollak)

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