On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 12:44 -0400, Steve wrote:
> ntp is designed to make small changes to your computer's time so that
> any application that relies on the continuous passage of time doesn't
> get freaked out by sudden jumps.

Plus also making sure time doesn't run backwards, so if your clock is
ahead of the reference time the adjustment consists in slowing it down
till the reference catches up. This can take quite a while (er ...).

poc

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