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OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt: 'ppm means “you are stupid”' (marc.info)
7 points by naetius on July 6, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



Classic theo, being toxic and stuff.


ah, theo, a knob till the end.


I always loved his name. I said it in my head "Theo the Rat" every time. Not for any particular reason, but just because it sounded cool to me.


> Hi,

>

> I noticed when: ntpd logs time adjustments in: /var/log/daemon it uses a

> unit of "ppm":

>

> Jun 22 23:22:20 server ntpd[45813]: adjusting clock frequency by

> -1.127600 to 0.056400ppm

>

> I checked: man ntpd and: man 2 adjfreq, and while: man 2 adjfreq

> mentions the same unit - "ppm" - it doesn't explain what that means.

>

> What does "ppm" stand for ?

Since you can't use a search engine to figure that out, I'll give you

a hint. ppm means "you are stupid".




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