[time-nuts] US New Year countdown - accurate?

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Mon Jan 2 05:42:39 UTC 2012


Could well be. The ball-drop guys could have been off too. I've no idea
who or why any were off. And it really doesn't matter much. In all
probability, nobody other than a real time nut cares anyway.

-John

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> On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 09:14:03PM -0800, J. Forster wrote:
>> I was referencing anything to an external, local reference. My comment
>> was
>> the time difference between the FOX on screen timing and the ball
>> dropping
>> fireworks. Presumably, the on-screen timing was inserted at their local
>> control center in NYC, not after satellite hops.
>
> 	Fox was producing and uplinking that in NYC, though I suspect
> the primary link back to their master control was fiber through the NYC
> media switch with very low delay.    I was not watching the Fox show
> (don't watch much Fox) but I rather suspect the production trailer was
> where the screen overlay got added to the video.
>
> 	Doubtless nobody bothered to get the time on the graphics
> inserter system  set to match the real time and camera video... most of
> the
> time nobody cares or notices.   Quite possibly it has manually set time
> of day from a web page or front panel rather than even house time codes,
> which
> themselves may not be GPS synced.
>
>
>
> --
>   Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, die at dieconsulting.com  DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass
> 02493
> "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten
> 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole -
> in
> celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now
> either."
>
>





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