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Re: Basement water alarm
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Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:31:28 GMT
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The WebMeister <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital.comNOSPAM>
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Also check ftp://time-b.nist.gov/pub/daytime
They have some C code on the FTP, as well as info on configuring Macs.
-----Original Message-----
From: The WebMeister <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital.com>
To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>; lego-robotics@crynwr.com
<lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: Basement water alarm
> For those of you who aren't running Linux and are running Windows machines,
> you might want to try grabbing the computer clock setting program from the
> US NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).
>
> The Internet-based one is at • http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/service/nts.htm
> The dial-up based (requires a modem call to Hawaii or Colorado) is at
> http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/service/acts.htm
>
> Both programs query the NIST time servers, and automatically adjust the
> computer clock as necessary.
>
> An anecdote: I attempted to set my computer clock just after 12:00 a.m. on
> January 1, 2000, but to no avail. A TRACERT to the server showed me why--I
> couldn't get closer than (apparently) the same city--the server was
> overloaded with similar requests.
>
> --Doug Wilcox
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
> Date: Thursday, February 03, 2000 7:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Basement water alarm
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>
> > Brian B. Alano writes:
> > >
> > > > 2. The RCX clock seems to lose time, roughly
> > > > (very roughly) a half hour per week. Anyone
> > > > else noticed this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > PC clocks tend to lose time as well. 10 minutes a day isn't unheard of.
> > > 1/2 hour per week is better than I expected: 99.7% accurate. On the
> > > other hand, my $15 alarm clock keeps good time. Why the difference?
> >
> > Because your alarm clock is counting 60Hz cycles. The power company
> > keeps the number of 60Hz cycles to precisely 60Hz over the long run.
> >
> > If you want your PC clock to be accurate, run Dan Bernstein's
> > clockspeed package (http://cr.yp.to/clockspeed.html). First, install
> > Linux....
> >
> > --
> > -russ nelson <sig@russnelson.com> http://russnelson.com
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> >
>
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