tryTimer : a function to test time accuracy for a target of 1080ms. see http://ggendre.posterous.com/flash-time-accuracy for details

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private function tryTimer():void{
	
	var delay:uint=40;// <--- change this
	var t = new Timer(delay);
	var tNormal:uint=0
	var tReal:uint=0
	var lastDate:Date = new Date();
	
    t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, function():void{
    	var today:Date = new Date();
    	var diff:Number=today.getTime()-lastDate.getTime();
    	tNormal+=delay;
    	tReal+=diff;
    	
    	lastDate=today;
    	if (tNormal>=1080){
    		log.text+='\n'+ String(tReal-tNormal);
    		t.stop();
    	}
    });
    t.start();
}