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| NNTP-Posting-Date | Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:46:54 -0600 |
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| Subject | Re: New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity |
| Date | Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:46:54 -0500 |
| From | Professor Bubba <bubba@nowhere.edu.invalid> |
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In article <a2353a63-5305-410f-bd72-0647fad2bbb1@b32g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Remysun <remysun2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jan 1, 7:10 pm, denni...@dennism3.invalid (Dennis M) wrote: > > A couple of days before New Year's I put a digital javascript countdown on > > my website just for the heck of it, you just insert the date you want (Jan > > 1 2012 0:00:01 in this case) in the script and digital numbers that come > > with the script will count down to that time. > > > > But I noticed the javascript countdown -- which uses my computer's clock of > > course which is periodically adjusted by the Apple Americas > > (time.apple.com) server -- was about 10-12 seconds faster than all the > > countdowns that were going on live on TV. Is this because of the lag time > > of the signal on TV? > > > > Not a huge issue but I was just wondering if anybody had an explanation. > > Yes. I once watched a game at Michigan Stadium with a portable > television, and there was quite a lag from what I saw on the field. > That was analog, and I know from the transitional days that the > digital signal was even further behind from the analog signal. Macs call into the time server during reboot. If you haven't rebooted in a while, that might account for some of the discrepancy.
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New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity dennism3@dennism3.invalid (Dennis M) - 2012-01-01 18:10 -0600
Re: New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity Remysun <remysun2000@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-01 16:50 -0800
Re: New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity Professor Bubba <bubba@nowhere.edu.invalid> - 2012-01-01 23:46 -0500
Re: New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-03 20:54 +0000
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