Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!draco.acs.uci.edu!iglesias From: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp Subject: Re: Not a Lord a-leaping Message-ID: <27800E6E.29418@orion.oac.uci.edu> Date: 1 Jan 91 04:22:06 GMT References: <9012312226.aa10954@huey.udel.edu> Reply-To: Mike Iglesias Distribution: inet Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 42 Nntp-Posting-Host: draco.acs.uci.edu In article <9012312226.aa10954@huey.udel.edu> Mills@udel.edu writes: >Folks, > >Amongst the battery of instruments clicking, humming and >flickering here this evening all eyes and ears were tuned >for The Leap. In spite of the fact I broke a couple of >fuzzballs that, with Louie Mamakos' help, got put right >only a couple of minutes before the Event, all clocks >and monitors were running okay. I am happy to report the >pinball-machine behavior I was so ashamed of at the last >Leap was notably absent on this one. All the fuzzbugs >sailed right through the Leap doing exactly what they >were supposed to. The radios, of course, got scrambled, >but the fuzzies just ignored the nonsense and waited until >the ions cooled before relatching the radios. Well, almost Dave. Fuzz.sdsc.edu thinks it's 1989(!). Here's the output of ntp -v: Script started on Mon Dec 31 17:28:39 1990 draco% ntp -v fuzz.sdsc.edu Packet from: [132.249.16.1] Leap 0, version 1, mode Server, poll 6, precision -10 stratum 1 (WWVB) Synch Distance is 0000.0000 0.000000 Synch Dispersion is 0000.0312 0.011993 Reference Timestamp is a94930b5.49780000 Sun Dec 31 17:28:21 1989 Originate Timestamp is ab2a6450.9d1e53a8 Mon Dec 31 17:28:48 1990 Receive Timestamp is a94930d0.a5a10000 Sun Dec 31 17:28:48 1989 Transmit Timestamp is a94930d0.d0a30000 Sun Dec 31 17:28:48 1989 Input Timestamp is ab2a6450.d21d755a Mon Dec 31 17:28:48 1990 fuzz.sdsc.edu: delay:0.039019 offset:-31535999.986265 Sun Dec 31 17:28:48 1989 draco% ^D script done on Mon Dec 31 17:28:51 1990 One second forward and one year back. :-) Mike Iglesias University of California, Irvine Internet: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu BITNET: iglesias@uci uucp: ...!ucbvax!ucivax!iglesias