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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/amszmidt/statuses/113447960510586330">Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 00:08:22 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@amszmidt" title="amszmidt@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/130031-48-20230602002144.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Alfred M. Szmidt" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Alfred M. Szmidt</a><div><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@weekend_editor/113447938987126139" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/181171" title="weekend_editor@mathstodon.xyz">Weekend Editor</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@weekend_editor">@weekend_editor</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pmidden">@pmidden</a> </p><p>"One day, Doug Dodds (I think?) came up with a "solution".  (Quotes because it worked for us, with a lot of lispms, but wouldn't work for a customer site with only 1 or 2.)  It was to have the lisp machines all ask each other what time it was, and then set their clocks to the average of the result.  "</p><p>NTP before it was invented 😉</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3961842#notice-7742290">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-09T00:08:22+09:00" title="Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 00:08:22 JST">about 14 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@amszmidt/113447960510586330" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@amszmidt/113447960510586330">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 00:08:22 JSTAlfred M. Szmidt
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"One day, Doug Dodds (I think?) came up with a "solution". (Quotes because it worked for us, with a lot of lispms, but wouldn't work for a customer site with only 1 or 2.) It was to have the lisp machines all ask each other what time it was, and then set their clocks to the average of the result. "
NTP before it was invented 😉
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