I was adjusting the time on the clock on my computer and noticed something funny. I was watching the seconds tick by, and I noticed that generally the clock counts three or four seconds at a speed that is clearly too fast, then hangs on the next second for a bit too long while time catches up to it. Why does it do that? Do all computers work that way, or is mine just weird?
Your OS clock , usually goes by the bios chipset in the CPU , normally this is a sign that it needs to be replaced.
Declan
No, I think he’s talking about the aliasing artifact caused by the fact that the OS doesn’t (actually can’t) update the displayed time exactly every second. Some seconds seem to update too fast, others too slow. The average is correct, however.
AH , I stand corrected
Declan