Re: All computers in the world MUST sync with ATOMIC clock before 12:00 AM 21 July 2001!!!

> > All computers in the world MUST sync with ATOMIC clock before 12:00 AM
> > 21 July 2001!!!
> >
> > hello:
> > You must sync your PC's date and time with Cesium Atomic clock.
> >
> > Use this very small and tiny program written in PHP.
 

> > [snip]
> > Please download the program from:
> > http://phpclasses.upperdesign.com/browse.html/package/285
>
> Uhhhhh. ... What am I missing here. ... I get it! ... He's putting me on.
>
> Do I need to say that it is a good idea to keep your machine's clocks
 sync'd
> all the time. One good reason is so that your CVS (you do use CVS, or
> something like it, don't you) check-in timestamps are consistent with
> everyone elses. Your log timestamps can be corelated with events on other
> machines, ... yadda.
>
> You do know that the NTP protocol is made just for this. ... Right! ...
 That
> on Windows a very good program to sync your clocks is called D4Time; it's
> free. That on most UNIX flavors, an open source program called xntpd works
> wonders too.
>
> Sorry if I offended everyones intelligence. I'm new around here.
>
>
This was originally posted as an april fool joke some years ago and has been doing the rounds ever since (with some versions being converted into distributions for Trojans and virusses no doubt). Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 11:33:17 CET