Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> writes:
> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Andrew Brown wrote:
> > i see what you're trying to fix, but i still don't see why.  unless
> > it's "just because it's there".
> 
> Because when you have no NTP server available, it's annoying to
> have random time changes on a machine you reboot all the time.

Precisely. On my laptop, which I sleep something like 20 times a day,
the clock slews at least 20 seconds a day, which is really annoying.
(Note that the problem hits the APM code as badly as reboot.)

.pm