On Sat 22 Jun 2024 at 12:31:41 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 09:52:39 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 21 Jun 2024 at 07:15:32 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > If I boot up two computers > > > > and they display different times, what term is appropriate in your > > > > opinion to describe the time displayed? > > > > > > They're out of sync. Or, at least one of them is. > > > > No, the kernel clocks are all in sync. > > Then you were unclear. You said "they display different times". That > means one of them is wrong. The other one may be right, or they may > both be wrong.
None of them is wrong. They're both showing the time appropriate for the nationality of the passengers who are going to be directed to them. > > > Or did you mean "the same time, but in two different time zones"? If > > The following are the same time, but in two different time zones: > > 12:00:00 -0500 > 13:00:00 -0400 > > The following are different times: > > 12:00:00 -0500 > 12:26:00 -0500 > > > Yes, they're set as desired. > > So you meant "the same time, but in different time zones". You should > have said that. That's how you and I see them, but a passenger from Bahrain, say, sees things differently. They just want to be directed to a system on Bahraini time, just like ones at home. That expression caused consternation in some. > Pick any damned word you want, then. I'm done caring. Yes, I picked "system", as in Operating System, and not Kernel. Cheers, David.
