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Re: quietly....


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:42:14 -0500

On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:45:46 -1000, Antonio Querubin said:
On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:

different networks, things don't always work so well. I may want to use 
the DHCP-provided NTP servers at work, but syncing with a random NTP 
server when I connect to a wifi hotspot is not such a great idea.

It's not "random" if the network operator is providing it via DHCP is it?

If you're connecting at a Starbuck's, and you care more than "hopefully
somebody will tell me the right time within a minute", yes, it *is* essentially
random.

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