-={ Monday, 02 May 2016, 09:48:51.846974977 +1000 }=-

Hey Tony!

 TL> Maintaining nanosecond synchronisation with latency and jitter of
 TL> intervening links orders of magnitude greater is tricky!

I imagine so.  If I suggested nanosecond synchronisation it was 
nintentional.  All I suggested was exploitation of a precision that is already
built into the system.  I never meant to suggest that it was or that it be
accurate.  Did I?  I believe the only suggestion of nanosecond accuracy on my
part was in a possible future where we become visionaries.

 TL> I was thinking something like millisecoond accuracy.

I am guessing we already have that accuracy.  However we do have access to %N
which, albiet of questionable accuracy, offers increased uniqueness at no
additional cost.  Why not exploit it?

 TL> But where do we have to be unique? On a single system? Across all
 TL> systems?

Everywhere for all time.  :-)

 TL> causing time to pass more slowly here.

Stinkin' gravity!

Life is good,
Maurice

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