March 10, 2015 Volume 13, issue 3 PDF There is No Now Problems with simultaneity in distributed systems Justin Sheehy "Now." The time elapsed between when I wrote that word and when you read it was at least a couple of weeks. That kind of delay is one that we take for granted and don't even think about in written media. "Now." If we were in the same room and instead I spoke aloud, you might have a

