Comment Re:READ THE GD ARTICLE (Score 1) 626
Programmers work with what they're given. You often don't have a choice on what the rate is. For example, the "standard" tick rate of a PC in DOS and Windows is 18.2 ticks per second. Where in the world did this weird rate come from? It came from the fact that the original DOS set the timer to 0xFFFF, and the timer was clocked by one third the color burst subcarrier frequency. This gives the exact tick rate of 3579545 / 3 / 65536 = 18.206507365 ticks per second.