How exactly does the deadline work? Which time zone?
This is important to me because I sometimes email friends in many parts of the world telling them about a giveaway of the day. I tell them you must download and install it before midnight today. I am on the west coast USA. Do they need to do it by midnight West Coast USA, or by their local midnight, or by GMT, or by what.
Thank you.
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RunesageMagik
MemberA very good question, blah. My answer may not help, seeings how the faster the US economy slides towards another great Depression, the less my posts resemble the writings of a sane man.
Fact: GAOTD's midnight release is the equivalent of 3AM EST. (east coast US, or GMT-5) The old software registration becomes null and void a second earlier, at 02:59:59 AM, but practically speaking, nobody ought wait til the last second to try to download and install and register.
This suggests that GAOTD software becomes available to you when the hands on your clock point straight up - Midnight PST - and on through 23:59:59 hrs same day. Near as I can figger, that puts GAOTD headquarters atop the San Andreas Fault.
Be glad you're not Bubby. He HAD to become a moderator. His Pitcarin Island home is on other side of the International Date Line, meaning the registration periods used to expire before the games were even released! :-)
Your friends can check with old Mercator to know what their particular 24-hour period is.
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His Pitcarin Island home is on other side of the International Date Line, meaning the registration periods used to expire before the games were even released!
That's why my services as Beta tester are in such demand - I read the user complaints and pass them onto the developers so the bugs can be fixed before the users see them for the first time. My next giveaway expires in minus 8 hours. But instead of getting giveaways for free - I get paid to download what I cannot have (due to an untrapped buffer overflow error). I've just proof read WhiteRabbits game review for this coming Saturday, which he will begin writing in two days time (on Friday). The US Meteorological Service calls me ever hour for updates on tomorrows weather. I am the person who decides if the sun will shine (btw - I am open to taking bribes).
To demonstrate the awesome powers of time travel and the benefits of living in tomorrow. Next a hybrid mashing combination of Thunderbird, Flickr and my Mum. You will understand when you are where I am now (in Time and Space) - I'm off for a drive in the Dolorean, with my mate "Doc".
Posted 16 years ago # -
RunesageMagik
MemberThanks, bubbyco! That was done so quickly, it's proof you must have known I was going to submit the request. :-)
Posted 16 years ago # -
RunesageMagik
MemberWhen I first received your suggestion tomorrow, I immediately consulted with the WordPress techs who expressed concern that the estimated volume of erratum requests I'd be submitting before the fact might crash the system. I can discuss this in more detail yesterday after today's typo count is tallied.
Blame it all on Leap Year's impact on Y2K.
Did I just pass you in low earth orbit?
Gotta go. Now we're under the tornado watch Copmom had earlier today. I want to go look for green clouds, any unusual rotation and the obligatory flying house.Posted 16 years ago # -
RunesageMagik
Member -
Janeway used to hate time travel too. Said it gave her headaches too. So you are in good company, graylox. :)
"Let's get started before my headache gets any worse."
- Captain Janeway, regarding the confusing nature of her time travel mission.
"We have a saying in our line of work: There's no time like the past."
- Captain Braxton, to Seven of Nine
"See you in the 24th century."
"I look forward to it. Or should I say backward?"
"Don't get started!"- Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine, about returning to Voyager from the 29th century
Posted 16 years ago # -
RunesageMagik
MemberI forgot to say, Bubby... "you'll be over it tomorrow" and "you'll look back" is so 90's. Perhaps it'd be more accurate to say, "You'll be over it before you have a chance to dread experiencing it, but at least you'll know what the fuss will be about."
Say what?
It's a pleasure to cross paths with females who actually enjoy sci-fi! I must have missed a lot by not attending various conventions and expos, or is this a new phenom?Posted 16 years ago # -
copmom
MemberBuBBy... another way to look at things.. since you are "down under", is your a day older before the rest of us!
Rune... the tornadoes bypassed us but it did get kinda 'greenish' out for awhile. We're in a good location.. in a cove, surrounded by a bowl of mountains and that makes the bad stuff bypass us. Except during hurricane's Francis & Ivan, we thought we were safe, we're in the mountains AND on a hill.. NOT TRUE!
Another way to look at things re: your "you'll be over it tomorrow", I usually say "this time next year" you'll be over it!Old&slo.. wasn't that title "I'm my own grandpa"??
And as for GOTD here, I get a daily email (when they send them) of that day's offerings, and it's usually showing around 4AM, so I'm wondering exactly where GOTD is based out of?? Anyone know?
And lastly, today is yesterday's tomorrow and tomorrow's yesterday!
Posted 16 years ago # -
Sorry for this :
What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with a calendar?
A leap year!
Posted 16 years ago # -
OldandSlo
MemberTo: Copmom.
I think that there was a "takeof" version more recently (??) of the song "He's His Own Grandpa" by the title you suggest. The song I am referring to was the above and was sung by Phil Harris, I believe. (Really showing my age now.) It was a loooong time ago!!
Anyway....
Keep up the hilarity everyone.
Old&SloPosted 16 years ago # -
copmom Happy Birthday and greetings from Berlin :
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg31/graylox/BDay/birthday01.jpg
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yes "pisces rule!" now, enjoy this time,
shortly Aries will take over...graylox
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