Paul Brunt wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not 100% sure but this would make sense as the first answer to me: > the machine with 990 ticks should be experiencing time at > (990/1000) of real time > the machine with 1015 ticks should be experiencing time at > (1015/1000) of real time > The length of time it would take the two systems to go out of sync be > 5 seconds would be: > (1015/1000)a - (990/1000)a = 5 > where "a" is the time needed between syncs > so answer is 200 seconds > > Sorry, but the I've not really got time to work out the second one > right now. I'll try and get back to it at some point if someone hasn't > beaten me to it ;-) > > Thanks > > Paul
Paul, I was in the middle of typing mine when yours came in, so as far as I'm concerned, you've won, particularly given we came up with the same answer :-) However, I'll claim the prize for part 2 :-) M. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
