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Subject: Re: Keeping 'order' without RTC.
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:17:47 +0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:20:06 +0000, Joe Beanfish wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 04:53:11 +0000, Unknown wrote:
>> So, back to the algorithm:
>>  the mathematical concept 'order' [as emphasised in the "Subject:"] is
>>  key. When Newton was called away from his desk of paper-work, he
>>  needed the papers to be 'stacked' in the same ORDER when he returned.
>>  Even if the cleaning-lady, had 'been there' during his absence, and
>>  <accessed the files>, provided the 'order' was maintained, the
>>  real-time attributes were not needed.
> 
> One option, forget the idea of timestamps entirely. Name the files with
> sequential numbers. Be sure to zero pad so ls works as expected. You
> could even do the Basic programming trick of skipping numbers (e.g. by
> 10s) so you could insert items higher in the queue without renumbering.
> 
> 000000010-playme.mp3
> 000000020-thesis.mp3
> 000000030-soothing.mp3
> 000000040-jamz.mp3
> 
> uh-oh, breaking news, add
> 000000000-sungoingnova.mp3

That's the kind if original good idea which we need !!
With the 'thread overflow' I nearly missed this 1 month old post.
I'll try to implement your idea, when I've cleared the chaos.

Thanks.