Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Unknown Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Keeping 'order' without RTC. Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 09:56:09 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 09:56:09 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="cd39b7ae35207aeb8fdcb625b57b29ca"; logging-data="28866"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19wdib0lM41+a22y+2H+iqo+4NVXRJGngo=" User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Cancel-Lock: sha1:kK4/WA1p//78i5d3KQuiDfoSlhU= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:13863 On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 14:22:25 -0500, Michael Black wrote: > On Sat, 28 Feb 2015, not.socialnetwork@gmail.com wrote: --smip > If the Raspberry Pi really does not have a hardware clock to keep track > of the time when it's turned off, then all you need to do is manually > set the time once you turn on the computer. The utility has to be > there, it has other uses. Wow!! How do *I* [want to] know the time?! We use computers to automate! I switch the battery-powered rPi on & off in the darkness, through a mosquito-net. > > Michael > >> So the important abilty to 'evaluate' files by their recentcy >> is lost. >> It's a universal truth that you'll want to get the most-recent >> cup-of-coffee and not the 17th most-recent that you put-down. That's >> why stacks are used. >> >> What algorithm do you use to solve this problem? >> >> ==TIA. >> >>