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Originally Posted by pizanno
1) I start the shot clock. NCAA womens 30 sec shot clock.
2) Shot clock runs, but display still indicates 30.
3) I deduce this to mean "30" on the shot clock means 29.1 to 30.0 in actual time
OR:
"30" = 29.1 to 30.0
"29" = 28.1 to 29.0
"28" = 27.1 to 28.0
..and so on until:
"2" = 1.1 to 2.0
"1" = 0.1 to 1.0
So: how is "0" on the shot clock possible without a horn?
My brain tels me if we had zero on the shot clock, this must mean:
"0" = 0.1 to 0.9
"1" = 1.0 to 1.9
...and so on until:
"28" = 28.0 to 28.9
"29" = 29.0 to 29.9
which means:
"30" = 30.0 to 30.9 ?!!!
Does this make sense? Again, there was a delay from starting the shot clock to when the 30 changes to 29.
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While I can't tell you how the specific clock you're referencing works, there are at least 3 common alternatives.
- Truncate/Round Down...may display up to 0.99 seconds less than what really remains.
- Round Up...may show up to 0.99 seconds more than what really remains
- Round Closest...may show up to ~0.5 seconds more OR less than what really remains.
The last is fairly common in the mathematical and engineering world and would translate to:
- 30 => 29.5 - 30.0
- 29 => 28.5 - 29.4999...
- ...
- 1 => 0.5 - 1.4999...
- 0 => 0.0 - 0.4999...
This last option may explain the delay in the display moving upon starting AND the display of 0 without a horn.