On 28 Oct 2006 at 12:03, John Cowan wrote: > An obvious counterexample is taping TV shows: you don't want to miss > the first or last minute (modulo the presence of commercials). > I go to some trouble to keep my VCR synchronized with NTP time > to the nearest second or two.
That's assuming the TV stations / networks broadcast their programs in sync with NTP time, consistently with the official start times of the programs as shown in program guides. In reality, there's some variance; local stations can be somewhat sloppy in their timing, while national networks sometimes play intentional games with making their shows start/end a minute or so early/late to screw up people who channel-surf between their programs and competing networks; also, if there's a sports event earlier in the network's schedule all bets are off as to what time any show might air or whether it will be shown in its entirety. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/
