[geeks] Come here often?

[Phil Stracchino]

Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> Sometimes you see names you know in the most unusual places.
> 
> This morning's status report from one of my Suns (rtfm.artell.net) showed
> ...
> 
> Network Time Service
> --------------------
>      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
> disp
> ============================================================================
> ==
> -tandem          time.nist.gov    2 u  530 1024  376     2.99  -15.915
> 15.46
> +ohno.mrbill.net time.nist.gov    2 u  111   64  377    98.95    0.954
> 0.55
> *seattle.esysmai navobs1.gatech.  2 u   52   64  377   108.18   -1.976
> 0.76
> +cudns.cit.corne gps1.tns.its.ps  2 u  103   64  377   122.50    0.038
> 0.27
> 
> ... it looks like ohno.mrbill.net is part of the worldwide timekeeping
> conspiracy, otherwise known as http://www.pool.ntp.org/.  Bravo!


Speaking of timekeeping ... can anyone tell me what magic I have to
invoke, number of goats and chickens to sacrifice in what order, etc, in
order to convince the ntpds on my Solaris boxen that babylon5 (running
Linux) is, in fact, a legitimate and valid stratum 3 timeserver?


-- 
 It's not the years, it's the mileage.
 Phil Stracchino              phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
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