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Emanuel Strobl writes:

> Sorry, a bit OT, but I'm really impressed how constant power line frequency
> is.

It isn't just in Germany.  A number of power utilities work hard to keep
line frequency extremely constant, specifically for the purpose of
allowing the frequency to be used to discipline clocks.

Still, I think you can do far better with NTP.

-- 
Anthony