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www.memorysafety.org | ||
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www.abetterinternet.org
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nurkiewicz.com
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| | | | | Clocks are important to computers. Computers need to order events in a way understandable to humans. Every computer has a bunch of internal counters, like CPU ticks. But they only work within one machine. We need a way to have a reliable, global clock, that is synchronized between many computers. Why, exactly? Well, imagine you are selling tickets to The Rolling Stones concert. They sometimes sell within a few seconds. First come, first served. But who was first, if selling happens asynchronously in mult... | |
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www.lieberbiber.de
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| | | | | On January 19, 2038 all signed 32-bit timestamps representing time and date relative to the "UNIX epoch" will roll over. Just 68 years later, in 2106, all unsigned 32-bit values will do so. But even before that, timestamps used by the Network Time Protocol will roll over in 2036. Since it's only 19 years to Armageddon, I'll lok at what this means for Linux, Windows and other systems and how problems are being solved. | |
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thekittymaths.wordpress.com
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| | | A Compendium of Cool Internet Math Things | ||
