OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt: 'ppm means “you are stupid”'

#1

Post by naetius » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 12:39 AM UTC

Re: OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt: 'ppm means “you are stupid”'

#2

Post by wkdneidbwf » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 12:49 AM UTC

ah, theo, a knob till the end.

#3

Post by pestatije » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 1:01 AM UTC

> 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".

#4

Post by rgbrenner » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 1:18 AM UTC

#5

Post by johng » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 2:10 AM UTC

wkdneidbwf wrote: post #2

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.

#6

Post by znpy » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 6:33 AM UTC

Classic theo, being toxic and stuff.