From the Article:
Of course, the definition of real time isn't really well known.
The definition is, of course, very well defined...
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=definition+of+real+time
... and anyone that thinks or says otherwise is why real Engineers laugh at us especially when they see definitions as to how the human perceives what "real time" is. How anyone can think that something like a 5 second delay, never mind a totally insane inclusion of 24 hours, is even close to being "Real Time"?
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.