Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:05:24 -0600 From: Vladimir Egorin <vladimir@math.uic.edu> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPS time. Message-ID: <20020331200524.A20933@math.uic.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020331.133402.125794917.imp@village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 01:34:02PM -0700 References: <20020331091304.U40871-100000@patrocles.silby.com> <Pine.LNX.4.43L0.0203311040090.8980-100000@saruman.xwin.net> <20020331.133402.125794917.imp@village.org>
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On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 01:34:02PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <Pine.LNX.4.43L0.0203311040090.8980-100000@saruman.xwin.net> > Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org> writes: > : This is the answer I was kinda hoping for. I think that accuracy > : to ~100ms from a known source is a little more comforting than <1ms from a > : server that I have no control over. I am not maintaining a space program, > : just a dozen machines in my room that really serve no other purpose than > : personal entertainment. > > Also keep in mind that the US governement reserves the right to turn > off GPS at any time to selected regions of the globe. Hopefully European GPS project (Galileo) will provide an alternative. It still has a long way to go though. -- Vladimir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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