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[challenge entry] A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second

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(I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:20, archived)
# that made
me spit mint aero out of my mouth! most woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Jobe, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:21, archived)
# but he doesn't dissappear at all?
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:23, archived)
# He's apparently so quick the human eye
cannot detect his movement,
either that or it's only a two frame animation. ;o)
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:25, archived)
# yes he does
for 1/100th of a second
(The Cosmic Boy Zombie (Formerly Pirate Cat), Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:25, archived)
# afraid not
i checked
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:27, archived)
# I don't think
Imageready has a 1/100th of second timing function.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:26, archived)
# But strangely it has a 'no delay'
timing which defies physics.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:30, archived)
# How?
All it means is just goes through each picture without lingering...like me leafing through porn.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:33, archived)
# but 'no delay' means it has no time relation to it
so what is the smallest quantity of time possible. Probably the time it takes for MPs to vote themselves a wage rise.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:36, archived)
# oh well...
(I helped save b3ta! Toma_o, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:33, archived)
# hehehe
a moment is 1.5 minutes, but i'd rather not see that one animated
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:24, archived)
# go on
you know u want to
(The Cosmic Boy Zombie (Formerly Pirate Cat), Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:24, archived)
# ok

it animates in a minute and a half, really
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:30, archived)
# I can do you
several thousand years...



If that's any use?
(I helped save b3ta! matsimpsk, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:39, archived)
# it is
in the Linux kernel.

/sad geek
(I helped save b3ta! stup0t, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:25, archived)
# Winner!
Bonus round!
(chrismuzz, Sat 25 Oct 2003, 20:04, archived)