Path: utzoo!utstat!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!me!eastick Newsgroups: news.software.nntp From: eastick@me.utoronto.ca (Doug Eastick) Subject: Re: A suggested solution (was Re: When was last?) Message-ID: <1989Dec7.212233.12005@me.toronto.edu> Keywords: NNTP, Time, Magic Ticket Organisation: U of Toronto, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering References: <81@van-bc.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 89 02:22:33 GMT skl@van-bc.UUCP (Samuel Lam) writes: >In the ideal world where everyone's clocks are synchronized, this discussion >would be irrelevent, but in the imperfect world we live in, we need realistic >and practical solutions. If you can talk NNTP, why not talk NTP (Network Time Protocol) as well? You get sub-second accurracy which would be (I assume) more than you would need for NNTP. Might as well strive for the perfect world... >Samuel Lam or {uunet,ubc-cs}!wimsey.bc.ca!skl -- Doug Eastick UUCP: uunet!utai!me!eastick Mechanical Engineering eastick@me.utoronto.ca