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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Mr_Dr_Oink 48 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I always really liked that NTP uses port 123 which is the same number that you can dial, in the uk, on a analogue, landline phone, to call an automated service that tells you the precise time.

[–] discozombie 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

1194 in Australia, it was discontinued in 2019 after 66 years. It's now on the internet http://1194online.com/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Was that the one you could use to set callback alarms as well?

[–] discozombie 6 points 10 months ago

Nah that was just the talking clock. The wake up/reminder service was a 'premium' service accessible via 1234.

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