On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 03:31:31PM +0000, the hatter wrote:
> Another obscure but official unit which I occassionally use in the correct
> context is a jiffy, as in "just a jiffy", which is actually 1/50th (or
> occassionally 1/60th of a second depending on what video standard you're
> using)

Hmm.. Have you checked what the Linux kernel source thinks about jiffies
recently?

tjc

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Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.

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