On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:33:14 -0700
Rick Moen <rick@???> wrote:

> > When you install a new machine? Or whenever you boot and there is a
> > network problem, you will have to wait until ntp times out before
> > you can do anything. Normally it doesn't bother, but when you're
> > mucking about with machines you can run into this problem.
>
> When you're mucking about with machines, you would temporarily disable
> problematic services. ;->

I agree. Unfortunately the machine remembers me to disable that service
when it's rebooting :)

> Certainly, a service that waits to timeout
> for lack of network access is annoying -- on some micrometer scale in
> a universe that also includes death taxes, and bilious orange buffoons
> aspiring to the USA's Presidency.

:-)

R.

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