Blxter to [email protected]English • edit-211 months agoInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.commessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1993 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1987external-linkInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.comBlxter to [email protected]English • edit-211 months agomessage-square55fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarenoughtnautlinkfedilinkEnglish49•edit-211 months agoVery. And he was going blind, too. I read a marvellous interview with him not too long ago, I’ll see if I can find it. Ah, here it is: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-thorny-problem-of-keeping-the-internets-time
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•11 months agoWow! What an interesting read about someone I’ve never heard of, but whose work has impacted daily life in so many ways. Its amazing how many systems rely on accurately telling time and the intricate solution that NTP is.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•11 months agohttps://archive.is/2fw9A With no paywall. Thanks, what an interesting read!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoThank you for the link to the interview!
Very. And he was going blind, too. I read a marvellous interview with him not too long ago, I’ll see if I can find it.
Ah, here it is: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-thorny-problem-of-keeping-the-internets-time
Wow! What an interesting read about someone I’ve never heard of, but whose work has impacted daily life in so many ways. Its amazing how many systems rely on accurately telling time and the intricate solution that NTP is.
https://archive.is/2fw9A With no paywall. Thanks, what an interesting read!
Thank you for the link to the interview!