Real Time; "plausibly live"

[Peter A. McGraw]

I think I've heard "real time" used as Lynne describes it, but I've also
heard it used to contrast Internet communication of the type that occurs in
chat rooms, as opposed to bulletin boards, listservs or other e-mail. I.e.,
you are reading a message as the sender types it, as opposed to reading a
previously typed message at your leisure.

Peter Mc.

--On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 4:01 PM +0100 Lynne Murphy <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
wrote:

> "real time" in the contexts I've heard it means "every minute
> represents one minute", not that it's live or anything.  (Granted,
> I've not heard the Olympics broadcasts--no TV.)  For example, Mike
> Figgis' recent movie _TimeCode:2000_ was said to be in 'real time'
> since it's a 90 minute movie that chronicles a certain 90
> (consecutive) minutes.  Figgis happened to do this with no camera
> edits, so it's essentially a 90-minute play on film. (Although they
> filmed it about 30 times in order to get the version he wanted.)
> However, the film _Nick of Time_, which presumably took more than 90
> minutes to shoot and then was whittled down to 90 minutes that
> represent 90 minutes, is also claimed to be in "real time"
>
>  From http://www.paramount.com/nickoftime/01.html:
>
> This unique thriller propels you through the most important 90
> minutes of a man's life in real time, 90 of the most exciting minutes
> ever put on film.
>
> Lynne, who really does do other things than read websites and go to movies
> --
> M. Lynne Murphy
> Lecturer in Linguistics
> School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
> University of Sussex
> Brighton BN1 3AN    UK
> phone:  +44(0)1273-678844
> fax:    +44(0)1273-671320



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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu