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I have ten servers for which the 100 millisecond accuracy of OpenNTPD is perfectly fine. I have one server where I may need more accuracy than that.

So I'd rather run the risk of having only one server with the bloated mess of ntp, and having a valid alternative for my other ten servers.

... Sorry, but your comment is just a blatant, "Look at us, the ntp project provides more accuracy, so just ignore everything else that is wrong with it."

To my eyes, it looks like the ntp project is the arrogance of the openssl project all over again.

There have been two compelling reasons to move recently.

I just the USPS label printer a lot, and I've not had any problems..

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Maybe, just maybe, the problem does not reside with the website.

fwiw, I read the first few paragraphs and then decided "what a waste of time this story is."

Then I look at who wrote it. Well, there's part of my life I'll never get back......

Does this BH idiot own a part of /.? Why is he given such preference here?

Unfortunately, you present not a single shred of evidence, nor do you provide any evidence to counter what the FBI has said.

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Devil's advocate or not, without any evidence the credibility of what you assert is zero.

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The authors of that related article: "Grover G. Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform. Patrick Gleason is the organization’s director of state affairs."

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The tech firms will collect as much data as possible, and sell that data to their "partners".

imo, That's already been proven by Microsoft over the years....

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Religion is answers that may never be questioned.

But... but... but... but... I thought Apple's build quality was the best there can be?!?!?

For driverless cars to work, they would have to work under more than just ideal conditions. They would have to be able to, for example, navigate around potholes in the road and other stealthy road hazards that the current crop of driverless cars tend to overlook.

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Have a driverless car navigate a New England winter, stop showing them running in sunny California and the western deserts.

I don't consider code quality to be a petty thing.

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I have not written a NTP server.

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Then there's this gem:

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The NTP people are generally more concerned about accurate & precise network time than about code quality or security.