OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt: 'ppm means “you are stupid”'
marc.infoan actual explanation: https://www.best-microcontroller-projects.com/ppm.html
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".