anakinsolois Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 I took a moment to watch the second-hand on the XP clock tick (not worth explaining why I did this) and noticed that every four or five seconds it pauses a little longer than its other ticks, then begins ticking normally again. Is anybody aware of why it does this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 cool i never noticed...i wonder why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipp5 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 holy crap, that's pretty bizzare. anyone know the answer to this? i'm interested now as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golazo Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 never noticed , dont really care lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregstar05 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 its called a bug lol...but does anyone care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMonkey Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 On real clocks the second hand sometimes ticks backwards - just once though. I have a feeling that they might be connected ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anakinsolois Posted August 5, 2004 Author Share Posted August 5, 2004 Yeah but they dont tick back EVERY 5 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Does it on mine, the 5th tick everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJerman Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Noticed it before, didn't care.... it's just a clock :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawai Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 mine too hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokar Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 ive known about this for a long time... who knows... who cares... theres the possibility that the clock isnt real-time with the computer CPU...giving you that pause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted August 5, 2004 Supervisor Share Posted August 5, 2004 It looks like the refresh rate on the animation was set at 1200ms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 I knew bout this long time ago... I knew it was the bad programing code... it's not a bug.. they use a different way of calculating ticks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golazo Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 lol that windows xp clock is some low quality **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anakinsolois Posted August 5, 2004 Author Share Posted August 5, 2004 Wonder if theyll rectify it in Longhorn?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tktino Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 wow....must need a new battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECEGatorTuro Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 :laugh: Mine stops every 4 or 5 ticks too... what a weird bug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 LOL what a crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em_te Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Weird. The numbers follow suit too. Yet it remains on time in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anakinsolois Posted August 5, 2004 Author Share Posted August 5, 2004 Yeah im wondering about it since the numbers on the clock reflect the same thing. But the time is undoubtedly accurate in the long run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deactivated Account Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Look at the Vid LOL http://david.techlike.com/images/Time.wmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br3tt0 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 g0t lag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTX Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 I don't think it to be anything major... just something weird... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 strange indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokar Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 as long as the minute hand is in check, everything is cool :). then again, thats why Atomic Clock sync programs exist :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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