Possible late addition - a RTC feature using a 32bit counter that is clocked at 1 sec.

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• wmosscrop Posts: 406

  2015-12-09 15:08

  Heater. wrote: »

  hatallica,

  I have been convinced that P2 should have an embedded RTC - relative time clock - that maintains Federation time regardless of speed.

  Cool, now the P2 will have built in accelerometers and gyros so it can make the time dilation adjustments.

  But will it handle temporal displacements?
  
• hatallica Posts: 175

  2015-12-09 15:13

  Loopy Byteloose wrote: »

  2038 dread? I will be 89 years old and unconcerned. And my bank's credit card division claims there is no future after 90-days. What me worry? By then, all I want is a good bedpan and a nice pretty nurse.

  
  I married a younger pretty nurse, just in case you guys tried to snag them all just before UTC expired.
  
  Thinking about what will happen 23 years into the future ... wow. Looking back 23 years ago, the fad was massively paralleled processing at 150MHz. What a crazy world that was.
• Heater. Posts: 21,230

  2015-12-09 16:25 edited 2015-12-09 16:26

  By my calculations a 64 bit "seconds since big bang counter" should just about see us through to the Prop II release date.
  
  
• kwinn Posts: 8,697

  2015-12-09 16:39

  Heater. wrote: »

  By my calculations a 64 bit "seconds since big bang counter" should just about see us through to the Prop II release date.
  
  

  
  Now now Heater, be nice.
• Heater. Posts: 21,230

  2015-12-09 16:43

  Only joking, honest.
• Publison Posts: 12,366

  2015-12-09 16:46

  Yes, smiley face noted.
• Heater. Posts: 21,230

  2015-12-09 17:29 edited 2015-12-09 17:30

  Makes me glad they Oxford English Dictionary added he smiley to the English language this year.
  
  
• User Name Posts: 1,451

  2015-12-09 22:58

  evanh wrote: »

  Heater. wrote: »

  Hey, could you explain what your sig is about?

  
  I picked it out from http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/11/23/1530232/new-ibm-tech-lets-apps-authenticate-you-without-personal-data

  
  Is that also where you found the reference to the wolf population expanding after a disaster?
  
  
• evanh Posts: 15,171

  2015-12-12 03:21

  Ya, Slashdot is about the only place I check for any news.