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LeoMA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 2 years ago

Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

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LeoMA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 2 years ago
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Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985.
  • chirospasm
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    38•2 years ago

    Guess it was … his time.

    • @cm0002@lemmy.world
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      11•2 years ago

      Hey! Knock off the puns before I clock ya!

      • @kautau@lemmy.world
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        7•2 years ago

        Now wait a minute, no need to be hasty

        • @SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
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          7•2 years ago

          It was his turn, next may be hours.

          • SharkAttak
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            3•2 years ago

            And not a moment too late.

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