I thought the difference between soft vs hard realtime wasn't one of magnitude, but context. Soft: After X time, usability of the data degrades with age. Hard

I thought the difference between soft vs hard realtime wasn't one of magnitude, but context. Soft: After X time, usability of the data degrades with age. Hard: After X time, the data is useless (example: realtime car control systems; if you take too long the car has already crashed)