[time-nuts] Best reason

Hal Murray hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Wed Mar 28 11:31:22 UTC 2012


>Why do we need really accurate clocks?

Time or frequency?


phk at phk.freebsd.dk said:
> "Because accurate clocks is the central technology that makes GPS, mobile
> phones and the internet work." 

What part of the internet depends upon accurate clocks?

Ethernet, for example, requires roughly similar frequencies but doesn't care 
at all about time.


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