{"id":3460,"date":"2024-07-27T22:19:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T21:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2024-07-27T22:19:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T21:19:35","slug":"2024-august-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=3460","title":{"rendered":"2024 August Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><strong>1st August 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard Steedman.<br>\u2018How Computers tell the time\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard is Hon Secretary of the BHI Wessex Branch and a strictly amateur horologist. He works as a consultant in the semiconductor industry and has a keen interest in electrical horology. His talk arose from a request by the Technical Editor of the HJ, Justin Koullopis, for an article about how NTP (the protocol that computers use to synchronise their clocks over the internet) works. Richard prepared the talk during Covid lockdown to get his thoughts straight and eventually produced a written article which was published in the January 2024 issue of HJ.<br>Richard\u2019s talk will cover in detail the various messages that computers send to each other over the Internet to set their clocks as accurately as possible. He will conclude with some photos of his electrical horology collection, some of which use the NTP to keep accurate time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"892\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rsteedman-892x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3461\" style=\"width:448px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rsteedman-892x1024.png 892w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rsteedman-261x300.png 261w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rsteedman-768x882.png 768w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rsteedman-1338x1536.png 1338w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rsteedman.png 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Doors open at 19:30, Starting 20.00 hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting will be held at The White Hart Barn in Godstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE WHITE HART BARN (Godstone Village Hall)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GODSTONE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SURREY RH9 8DU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7.30pm for 8.00pm Start<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/map.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/map.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/map-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st August 2024 Richard Steedman.\u2018How Computers tell the time\u2019. Richard is Hon Secretary of the BHI Wessex Branch and a strictly amateur horologist. 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