"normal" clock drift

[Stewart Russell]

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> If you care about precise time, you really should install ntpd ...
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Absolutely. It's hardly worth worrying about clock precision any more,
though there may be weird cases (like Lennart's) where it won't work.

I'm semi-seriously considering adding either GPS or rubidium oscillator
time conditioning to one of my machines. Both are surprisingly cheap
($100-ish for the bare hardware), but each has its own disadvantages. GPS
needs a skyview to produce a meaningful PPS signal. A rubidium atom clock
uses a hefty amount of power, gets just a /little/ warm, and has a finite
operating life. Decisions, decisions, ...
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