Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-07 Thread David L. Mills
Greg, I stand by the sentence that begins "Having abuse the language this far..." To resolve the issue, one would havd to consult the dictionary to establish the allowable suffixed of "authentic". Dave Greg Dowd wrote: > Was that last week? Is it sufficient to quote the 70 page Autokey draft

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-07 Thread Greg Dowd
Was that last week? Is it sufficient to quote the 70 page Autokey draft which we've all been reviewing? Otherwise, I'll get mean and start quoting "das buch" whose index shows no less than 5 references to proventic and none to provenentic. A client can claim authentic to dependent applications o

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-04 Thread Dean S. Messing
David L. Mills wrote: > Rod, > > Don't get me started. If you are really ancient, you can cite the > naughty color code "bad boys..." and if from dinosaur era you know the > significance of the swinging-choke song "Dance with me Henry". > > Gawd, does anybody even know what a swinging choke is

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-04 Thread David L. Mills
Rod, Well, I reveal the dirty secret to my students on the condition they never reveal it came from me. As for the swinging choke, I explain the magnetic principles of its operation and I get a dumb stare. Dave Rod Dorman wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > David L. Mills <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-04 Thread Rod Dorman
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David L. Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Don't get me started. If you are really ancient, you can cite the >naughty color code "bad boys..." and if from dinosaur era you know the >significance of the swinging-choke song "Dance with me Henry". You can tag me as "

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-04 Thread David L. Mills
Rod, Don't get me started. If you are really ancient, you can cite the naughty color code "bad boys..." and if from dinosaur era you know the significance of the swinging-choke song "Dance with me Henry". Gawd, does anybody even know what a swinging choke is? As I said, con't get me started...

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-02 Thread Rod Dorman
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David L. Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Same time I changed in step with common electrical engineering practice >from capacitator to capacitor, yea from megacycle to megahertz. Yeah but a megahertz crossing the wheatstone bridge just isn't as funny. --

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-02 Thread David L. Mills
Greg, Same time I changed in step with common electrical engineering practice from capacitator to capacitor, yea from megacycle to megahertz. Dave Greg Dowd wrote: > When did this change from proventic to provenentic? Or has all the > eggnog made me fuzzy? > > > > provenentic. Formally, this i

[ntp:questions] NTP Dictionary

2008-01-02 Thread Greg Dowd
When did this change from proventic to provenentic? Or has all the eggnog made me fuzzy? provenentic. Formally, this is the relation formed from the transitive closure of the authentic relation. This comes from Autokey slang. Greg Dowd gdowd at symmetricom dot com (antispam format) Symme