It seem to me there's some confusion between what is client side and what is server side.
When Beas pushed the button on the phone (the client) the phone begins initiating the process of trying to send the information. The phone must then establish a connection with Facebook (the server) through the cell phone company's towers. This can take anywhere from milliseconds to hours depending on the circumstances. When Facebook finally receives the message, it process the message, posts it, and puts a time stamp on it (the time shown on the Facebook post).
It is key to note that this time may not indicate the time of the button press. How well the two times correlate to one another can be determined through a statistical study (information that may or may not be available). This information will only tell the probabaility of Beas pushing the button within an interval of time (however long is determined to have an effect on her driving). Beas' button press may also be a statistical outlier and not fall into the interval of time being looked at.
However, if Beas' cell phone keeps timestamp of when the button was pressed (client side), then we just look at that and forget everything else.
Remember, the media throws things like, "Who won E3?" into their headlines in order to grab readers. No one actually wins or loses the event. The media is here to report the news and, at times, give their opinion of an event. Some things you'll agree with; some things you'll disagree with. Some do a good job of summarizing; some do not. However, the point of the article is to give you information while giving you another perspective to take into consideration while forming your own.
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If only I had mod points. But the slight correction may help some people understand it better.
Kind of like my stories of being 3rd grade Scrabble champion and 7th grade spelling bee champion. Yeah... I'm a pretty big deal.
It seem to me there's some confusion between what is client side and what is server side.
When Beas pushed the button on the phone (the client) the phone begins initiating the process of trying to send the information. The phone must then establish a connection with Facebook (the server) through the cell phone company's towers. This can take anywhere from milliseconds to hours depending on the circumstances. When Facebook finally receives the message, it process the message, posts it, and puts a time stamp on it (the time shown on the Facebook post).
It is key to note that this time may not indicate the time of the button press. How well the two times correlate to one another can be determined through a statistical study (information that may or may not be available). This information will only tell the probabaility of Beas pushing the button within an interval of time (however long is determined to have an effect on her driving). Beas' button press may also be a statistical outlier and not fall into the interval of time being looked at.
However, if Beas' cell phone keeps timestamp of when the button was pressed (client side), then we just look at that and forget everything else.
Because happiness is clearly measured by how long you live and how much money you have...
This just in: Companies market their product using different words to make their product sound better than the competition!
Remember, the media throws things like, "Who won E3?" into their headlines in order to grab readers. No one actually wins or loses the event. The media is here to report the news and, at times, give their opinion of an event. Some things you'll agree with; some things you'll disagree with. Some do a good job of summarizing; some do not. However, the point of the article is to give you information while giving you another perspective to take into consideration while forming your own.