On the contrary i would argue the contrary -- there is a lot of fraud that can be carried out by changing the system dates on PCs. Having the time automatically corrected is a big benefit On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
Language!
'Necessary' is the main point -> chances are that you are not running stuff on your laptop that require time to be accurate to within say 10s.
-- Josiah Mugambi
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
Yesterday I discovered that KENIC has set up a NTP Server, ntp.kenic.or.ke, at KIXP "to provide a date and time integrity for computers".
Reading more about time synchronisation with NTP on the Ubuntu help pages (https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/NTP.html) this line jump out at me:
This page describes methods for keeping your computer's time accurate. This is useful for servers, but is not necessary (or desirable) for desktop machines. (emphasis own)
Why would it not be desirable for desktop machines? What are the disadvantages to regularly checking your clock on a desktop as opposed to a server?
-- Pamoja
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