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Article #432Re: Synchonizing watches
From: pds
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 14:08
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 14:08
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> Unless I'm missing something, this is fairly straightforward. > > 1) A zeroes watch, calls B and hangs up. B hears ring at t=AB. > 2) B waits till phone ends ringing then calls A and hangs up. B calls at t=AB. A hears phone at t=AB+BA (so A knows AB+BA) > 3) B calls A again and hangs up. What does this mean? Does B call back again at t=AB (that doesn't make sense) or are you assuming that B can instantaneously "hear" the ring from A's end at the first call and so calls A at t=AB+BA ringing at A's end at AB+2BA? I think this is where this method comes apart. Patrick --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engineers think that theory approximates reality | Mathematicians never Physicists think that reality approximates theory | make the connection --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Surry, JCMB 2254, Edinburgh, Scotland e||) Edinburgh Parallel EMail: pds@epcc.ed.ac.uk Tel: (031) 650-5960 c||c Computing Centre ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!sun-barr!sh.wide!wnoc-snd-ss2!akiu!hakata!kyu-cs!lab!nttlab!daemon From: pds@epcc.edinburgh.ac.uk Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.parallel Subject: Re: Synchonizing watches Message-ID: <314974@nttlab.ntt.JP> Date: 4 Sep 92 14:08:56 GMT Sender: daemon@nttlab.ntt.JP Distribution: fj Lines: 22 Approved: news@nttlab.ntt