May 2014 SLUG meeting - A Brief History of Time Synchronisation

====== May 2014 SLUG Meeting ======

====Summary====

  * Date: Friday, May 30, 2014, 6 p.m.
  * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start
  * Format: TBA
  * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/900001
  * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks

==== Details ====

Our main talk will be A Brief History of Time Synchronisation by Julien  
Goodwin.


<i>Managing time is one of the minor, but most critical tasks of a  
sysadmin. This talk explains clock strata (quality), accuracy, and  
synchronisation methods for both general purpose servers, and more  
specialised hardware. It also covers some of the danger areas like leap  
seconds.</i>

<i>Julien is a Network Engineer at Google Sydney, working day-to-day
maintaining one of the worlds largest IP networks. In the past he has
worked as a (primarily Linux) Sys Admin on educational networks, and in
small businesses. He has a long history working with the Australian FOSS
community and was a member of the LCA2008 team.</i>

As usual, there will also be lightning talks on the night; if you have  
something you want to share, something you found or used or wrote for  
Linux, please do put your name up on the board toward the beginning of the  
meeting.

====Location====

   Google Sydney
   Level 5, Workplace 6
   48 Pirrama Road
   Pyrmont, NSW

  Map: http://www.slug.org.au/map

-- Getting there --

The Google office is the big black building marked "Accenture" opposite
Star City Pirrama Road facade.

If using the trains, you can go either get off at;

  * Town Hall station, head towards Darling Harbour, walk across the Pyrmont
    footbridge and then follow Pirrama Road towards Star city.
  * Central station, then follow the light rail instructions.

If using the buses, the route 443 stops right out front of the building.

If using the light rail, get off at Star City station and walk across the
street.

If you drive, then you can look for parking on the suburban streets around
the office (or pay for parking at the Casino), and then walk from there.

=== Afterwards ===

We'll be aiming to finish by 8pm and will be heading to the Pyrmont Bridge
Hotel (PBH) afterwards to socalise and eat dinner. The PBH is marked on the
map.

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