real-time

[Jonathan Lighter]

"In reality rather than by means of special effects."  In a feature on
Turner Classic Movies, comedian Lewis Black explains that Harold Lloyd and
others "did their stunts in real time."

JL

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Administration official Steve Rattner on CNN on the auto industry bailout:
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> "We were working against a fast-ticking clock and we had to decide this
> thing in real time."
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> Perhaps "under the familiar Einsteinian temporal constraints," but more
> likely "under compulsion of time; quickly."
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> Or it might just sound cool, like "going forward."
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> JL
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> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > At 10/5/2010 08:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >2010 _New Yorker_ (Oct. 11) 35: "Bob Woodward, while writing five books
> > >about wartime White House decision-making, has acted not only as an
> > >investigative reporter but also as a real-time archivist.
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> > >"Instantaneous"? Or just "acting before time itself comes to an end
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> > >just the next few billion years"?
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> > Simultaneous to (at the same time as) his investigation?  A bit like
> > the distinction in computing -- He's doing the archiving in the "real
> > time" of his main job, as he comes across a document worth
> > preserving, rather than "batching" what he finds for later execution
> > (archiving).
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> > Joel
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