> NTP keeps in touch with time servers like time.nist.gov on more or less
> a constant basis, it uses the data it gets back to not only set your
> clock, but fine-tune it so it runs at the right speed. Rather than
> running every day or so it stays connected as much as possible. It runs
> as a service, not a cron-job.
Is that really a better thing? That means it's hogging it's small share of
bandwidth, which probably isn't significant, but enough little things would
add up. I'm probably not thinking about it right, but it really does seem to
me like you'd take some sort of efficiency hit.
-James
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