Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.gcicommunications!news.posted.gcicommunications.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:26:09 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.os.linux.debian Subject: Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing? References: <87tx2u0zit.fld@barrow.com> <87lho51tag.fld@barrow.com> <544a87b1$0$2927$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> <878uk5dukx.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> <87mw8kz52s.fld@barrow.com> <87ppdgjksv.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> From: floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Organization: __________ Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:26:07 -0800 Message-ID: <878uk3zvrk.fld@barrow.com> User-Agent: gnus 5.10.6/XEmacs 21.4.15/Linux 2.6.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:3wYLmU2EB7ttvq53EUBm53tj1U4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 12 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.237.125.254 X-Trace: sv3-j07LhEUmQDzEJ+ZGCnp48E6FlJ9fHVq3mJ0Eilkx2G+l/T6FNyLyoZ+9aAwowh8/b2BgTfct+qZzEYE!97c09W18Q3H48u2QD5Dif5MjWrqeUJ7KiulcU/FbGfsxsG7GRqb3Vo49KE2r12jUIHITJxx7 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1897 X-Received-Bytes: 2009 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2914573432 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:12473 John Hasler wrote: >Floyd L. Davidson writes: >> But ntp is not a clumsy workaround for anything. It is an elegant way >> to assure an accurate clock. > >An accurate UTC clock. NTP knows nothing about local time. I doesn't need to, and your hardware clock need not be UTC. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/ Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com