Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-17 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20121016_120614, John Hasler wrote: > I just tried name1.glorb.com. It is distributing correct time and your > machine is synchronizing properly to it. Your wall clock is broken. > -- > John Hasler I've placed an order for a replacement 'atomic' clock. Thanks to everyone for the interesting

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-17 Thread Doug
/snip/ If and since when the US take part of this coordination--I don't know. The US do not like international agreements. Have the US signed the Human Rights, or the international Woman Rights? Helmut Wollmersdorfer The NIST site I mentioned before details the US participation in Coordi

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 09:49 +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > cheap ones (20 - 40 EUR/USD) Radio-controlled table clocks cost less than 9,- EUR some time ago, at a German discounter. End of 2009 I bought a power meter for 9.99 EUR from a German discounter. I've got reasonable doubt that the m

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-17 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 16.10.2012 um 18:54 schrieb Doug: If you live within the coverage area and your WWVB clock is unable to synchronize, it usually means a source of radio interference is near the receiver. Some common culprits are computer monitors (some have a scan rate at or very close to 60 kHz), noisy

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-17 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 16.10.2012 um 15:48 schrieb Paul E Condon: I think you are mistaken about the sync only once a day. The signals giving the year month and day are given once a day, but the precise time-tics are given throughout the day. My clock has an indication when it is receiving the radio signal which

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:49:19AM -0400, Doug wrote: > > >>A receiver for WWVB at 60KHz that would decode the signals would be > >>as accurate as anyone could want. That's the signal that your "atomic" > >>clock receives, so the clock *should* be accurate. You might only be > >>able to receive t

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time--more

2012-10-16 Thread Doug
To add to my previous post, re WWV: you can still hear the radio station by telephone. the website I cited before can be reached, as reported: To hear these broadcasts, dial (303) 499-7111 for WWV and (808) 335-4363 for WWVH. You can listen for about two minutes before your call is disconnecte

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread John Hasler
I just tried name1.glorb.com. It is distributing correct time and your machine is synchronizing properly to it. Your wall clock is broken. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debia

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Doug
It is instructive to look at the NIST website that discusses the time standards and the broadcasting of the time. http://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/1383.pdf There is a useful chart of available sources of time and the accuracy available on page 11, table 1.1. Problems in reception are discussed,

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20121016_123854, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Helmut Wollmersdorfer [121016 12:12]: > > > My experience with radio clocks is that they have cheap electronic > > components failing to work after some time. > > Unless you have more than one "atomic clock" and both agree, > the first thing to

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread green
Darac Marjal wrote at 2012-10-16 04:00 -0500: > Instead, I would suggest that it is your wall clock that is running > slow. Perhaps the second hand moved relative to the shaft at some point. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Doug
A receiver for WWVB at 60KHz that would decode the signals would be as accurate as anyone could want. That's the signal that your "atomic" clock receives, so the clock *should* be accurate. You might only be able to receive the signal in the nighttime hours, like the clock. Typically, the clock

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 16 oct 12, 07:48:17, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I think you are mistaken about the sync only once a day. The signals > giving the year month and day are given once a day, but the precise > time-tics are given throughout the day. Well, in Europe the signal is indeed sent every second, but th

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20121016_102703, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > > Am 16.10.2012 um 04:35 schrieb Paul E Condon: > > >I've been running Debian for many years. During most of those years I > >have had a SkyScan(tm) 'Atomic Clock' on the wall near my Debian > >desktop computer. The physical computer has changed

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Paul E Condon
broadcast signalling standard that my rather old SkyScan is not handling properly? Very unlikely, I know. But if I say that the Debian displays of internet time are actually correct/true/whatever and the SkyScan is confused, that explains the situation. But is that believable? I don't think so, at lea

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Helmut Wollmersdorfer [121016 12:12]: > My experience with radio clocks is that they have cheap electronic > components failing to work after some time. Unless you have more than one "atomic clock" and both agree, the first thing to do is remove the battery from the clock for several seconds

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread John Hasler
Paul E Condon writes: > Now I am running NTP. Does Ntp agree with your wall clock? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87d30ir746@thum

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 02:59:37AM -0400, Doug wrote: > On 10/16/2012 02:07 AM, Paul E Condon wrote: > >On 20121015_214840, John Hasler wrote: > >>Paul E Condon writes: > >>>Ideas? > >>Run cronyc and post the results of the "tracking" and "sources" > >>commands. > >>-- > >>John Hasler > >I've now

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Doug
On 10/16/2012 02:07 AM, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20121015_214840, John Hasler wrote: Paul E Condon writes: Ideas? Run cronyc and post the results of the "tracking" and "sources" commands. -- John Hasler I've now switched to chrony. The offset between 'atomic clock' and Gnome clock display rema

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20121015_214840, John Hasler wrote: > Paul E Condon writes: > > Ideas? > > Run cronyc and post the results of the "tracking" and "sources" > commands. > -- > John Hasler I've now switched to chrony. The offset between 'atomic clock' and Gnome clock display remains greater than 15sec. Its hard

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-15 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Paul E Condon writes: > On 20121015_214840, John Hasler wrote: > Paul E Condon writes: >>> Ideas? >> Run cronyc and post the results of the "tracking" and "sources" >> commands. > Now I am running NTP. Is there something I could post from NTP that > would be useful? $ ntpq

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-15 Thread Doug
On 10/15/2012 10:35 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: I've been running Debian for many years. During most of those years I have had a SkyScan(tm) 'Atomic Clock' on the wall near my Debian desktop computer. The physical computer has changed over the years, but not my using Debian, or my Atomic Clock. Unti

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20121015_214840, John Hasler wrote: > Paul E Condon writes: > > Ideas? > > Run cronyc and post the results of the "tracking" and "sources" > commands. > -- > John Hasler Now I am running NTP. Is there something I could post from NTP that would be useful? The switch will take some time, and I'

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-15 Thread John Hasler
Paul E Condon writes: > Ideas? Run cronyc and post the results of the "tracking" and "sources" commands. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.o

A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-15 Thread Paul E Condon
I've been running Debian for many years. During most of those years I have had a SkyScan(tm) 'Atomic Clock' on the wall near my Debian desktop computer. The physical computer has changed over the years, but not my using Debian, or my Atomic Clock. Until a few weeks ago, they always displayed the sa

Re: Re: [OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-12-25 Thread Carlo DiCelico
why not just use UNIX time? NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail transmission is intended for the use of the individual(s) to which it is addressed and may contain information that is attorney privileged, the disclosure of which is prohibited by law

Re: [OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-10-27 Thread Scott C. Linnenbringer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 01:13:21 -0600, Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, by my count, by the end of this message I have committed 39 acts > of trademark infringement... :) ...excluding your .signature, quotation and attribution as well a

Re: [OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-10-27 Thread Alex Malinovich
ond for access. We could really screw them > > up by running internet time on the basis of the Buddhist/Quantum > > theory principle of the 'eternal moment'. Regards, > > If someone copyrighted the concept of 'time', we would have more things > to worry about th

Re: [OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-10-26 Thread Scott C. Linnenbringer
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:24:10 +0800, "David Palmer." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it was commonly adopted, they would then turn round and copywrite > it, and charge us by the second for access. We could really screw them > up by running internet time on the basi

Re: [OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-10-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 20:21, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 06:39:21PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What's the point of it? > > > > According to http://www.luvit.se/stefanp/lec_35_manual/swatch.html , > > "As a re

Re: [OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-10-26 Thread David Palmer.
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:21:22 -0700 Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 06:39:21PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What's the point of it? > > > > According to http://www.luvit.se/stefanp/lec_35_manual/swatch.

Re: [OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-10-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 06:39:21PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > What's the point of it? > > According to http://www.luvit.se/stefanp/lec_35_manual/swatch.html , > "As a result Internet Time is the same all over the world." > > Well, gee, since Int

[OT] Internet time (Biel Mean Time)

2003-10-26 Thread Ron Johnson
Hi, What's the point of it? According to http://www.luvit.se/stefanp/lec_35_manual/swatch.html , "As a result Internet Time is the same all over the world." Well, gee, since Internet Time is equivalent to BMT, what's the big deal about "same all over the world"

Re: internet-time

1996-12-02 Thread Ioannis Tambouras
% /usr/sbin/netdate clock.llnl.gov && /sbin/clock -w clock.llnl.gov was (and probably still is) a NTP stratum 1 server. I prefer it not for its accuracy, but because this host is always up and running. Good for scripts. This is the only server that I know. If someone knows where to get the

Re: internet-time

1996-12-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Alexander N. Benner wrote: > Shalom > I've remeber hearing something like an internettime. > Is there a tool to setup the kerneltime via the internet? > I hope I got that right. > Just to give you another option. Here is the script that I run: /usr/sbin/netdate tick.usno.navy

Re: internet-time

1996-12-02 Thread Bruce Perens
Besides using "xntp", you can simply put an "rdate " command in the appropriate place. If you use PPP, this would be /etc/ppp/ip-up . That would set the time whever connecting to the PPP server. If you have an Ethernet, you can call it from a script in /etc/rc2.d . Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6

Re: internet-time

1996-12-02 Thread Daniel Stringfield
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Alexander N. Benner wrote: > Shalom > I've remeber hearing something like an internettime. > Is there a tool to setup the kerneltime via the internet? > I hope I got that right. Yes, there are "timeservers" on the internet that you can set your clock to. The package is called