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Re: Synchonizing watches

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From: pds
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

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