How long does it take to send out the weekly Newsletter?
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I understand the real challenge is to get the squirrels running the server farm to type the bloody thing each week. Apparently the thought of addressing 4+ million "assorted nuts" is terribly distracting to the staff, and it can take Chris several hours to days (not to mention quite a quantity of beer) to settle things down.
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Roger Wright wrote:
I understand the real challenge is to get the squirrels running the server farm to type the bloody thing each week
and the reason they chose squirrels instead of pigeons?[^] -- modified at 17:40 Monday 30th July, 2007
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sonsam wrote:
what happens if no one elses enters....... do i win or lose by default??
:) Eh...both. First you must be executed so that you can live forever! Oh wait... :doh:
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Head of Vecna comes to mind...
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Roger Wright wrote:
I understand the real challenge is to get the squirrels running the server farm to type the bloody thing each week
and the reason they chose squirrels instead of pigeons?[^] -- modified at 17:40 Monday 30th July, 2007
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
they chose squirrels
When did Chris do that? I thought it was hamsters :laugh: Or his he just using both for a little diversity?
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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El Corazon wrote:
they chose squirrels
When did Chris do that? I thought it was hamsters :laugh: Or his he just using both for a little diversity?
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Paul Conrad wrote:
When did Chris do that? I thought it was hamsters
If google runs on pigeons, that still leaves the same question, why does CP use hamsters? do they eat less than a pigeon? do they complain less? as to the confusion... not sure... maybe someone applied a bit of electric current to the hamsters to encourage them, and then the tail fluffed up and started all the confusion over squirrels....
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Paul Conrad wrote:
When did Chris do that? I thought it was hamsters
If google runs on pigeons, that still leaves the same question, why does CP use hamsters? do they eat less than a pigeon? do they complain less? as to the confusion... not sure... maybe someone applied a bit of electric current to the hamsters to encourage them, and then the tail fluffed up and started all the confusion over squirrels....
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
why does CP use hamsters? do they eat less than a pigeon? do they complain less?
Hamsters just keep on going like the Energizer Bunny, they may eat less than pigeons, thus saving $$$ on feed, probably don't complain and any slow down can be fixed with a 9V battery :rolleyes: Squirrels could probably be in the mix, as long as they have an ample supply of peanuts and acorns, but that is probably cost money unless Chris has a supplier that he can buy in serious bulk orders :)
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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El Corazon wrote:
why does CP use hamsters? do they eat less than a pigeon? do they complain less?
Hamsters just keep on going like the Energizer Bunny, they may eat less than pigeons, thus saving $$$ on feed, probably don't complain and any slow down can be fixed with a 9V battery :rolleyes: Squirrels could probably be in the mix, as long as they have an ample supply of peanuts and acorns, but that is probably cost money unless Chris has a supplier that he can buy in serious bulk orders :)
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
Paul Conrad wrote:
Squirrels could probably be in the mix, as long as they have an ample supply of peanuts and acorns, but that is probably cost money unless Chris has a supplier that he can buy in serious bulk orders
you think with "4,355,705 members and growing! 7,537 now online." Chris can't find an endless supply of nuts? ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I understand the real challenge is to get the squirrels running the server farm to type the bloody thing each week. Apparently the thought of addressing 4+ million "assorted nuts" is terribly distracting to the staff, and it can take Chris several hours to days (not to mention quite a quantity of beer) to settle things down.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Roger, you still planning to be in the Phoenix area this week? Thirsty throats want to know!
Rob Manderson My bloghttp://robmanderson.blogspot.com[^]
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Paul Conrad wrote:
Squirrels could probably be in the mix, as long as they have an ample supply of peanuts and acorns, but that is probably cost money unless Chris has a supplier that he can buy in serious bulk orders
you think with "4,355,705 members and growing! 7,537 now online." Chris can't find an endless supply of nuts? ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
"4,355,705 members and growing! 7,537 now online." Chris can't find an endless supply of nuts?
:laugh::laugh:
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Paul Conrad wrote:
Squirrels could probably be in the mix, as long as they have an ample supply of peanuts and acorns, but that is probably cost money unless Chris has a supplier that he can buy in serious bulk orders
you think with "4,355,705 members and growing! 7,537 now online." Chris can't find an endless supply of nuts? ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I have enough squirrels and acorns in my yard that if he needs either, I will supply him for free!!!
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I have enough squirrels and acorns in my yard that if he needs either, I will supply him for free!!!
_____________________________________________________________________ Our developers never release code. Rather, it tends to escape, pillaging the countryside all around. The Enlightenment Project (paraphrased comment) Visit Me at GISDevCafe
Aaron VanWieren wrote:
I have enough squirrels and acorns in my yard that if he needs either, I will supply him for free!
Same here. Probably a good 50 squirrels on my little block, and my newly paved street (county did the job 6 weeks ago) is already covered with mashed up acorns. Must be a bad winter coming if the squirrels are loading up on acorns already :suss:
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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I suppose this question is for the CP staff, but I can't think of a better place to put it. How long does it take to send out the Monday newsletter: minutes, hours? How many people does it go to: thousands, hundreds of thousands? I've always wondered about that...
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. - Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Days. But, coming up on my TODO list and now actually within site is the item:
Rewrite mailout systemWe have around a milliomn subscribers to the newsletter and aim to have them allsent within a few hours.cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Me too. But it seems that the Insider e-mails always arrive on the "right day." Perhaps they don't send out as many of those as they do the weekly Newsletter. :confused:
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. - Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Insider is a smaller list (400K), can be broken up and sent in parallel, and consumes a lot less processing power to create so goes out around 5X as fast as the newsletter.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Days. But, coming up on my TODO list and now actually within site is the item:
Rewrite mailout systemWe have around a milliomn subscribers to the newsletter and aim to have them allsent within a few hours.cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Thanks for the info, Chris. That satisfied my curiosity. :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. - Michelangelo (1475-1564)
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I suppose this question is for the CP staff, but I can't think of a better place to put it. How long does it take to send out the Monday newsletter: minutes, hours? How many people does it go to: thousands, hundreds of thousands? I've always wondered about that...
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. - Michelangelo (1475-1564)
I think it should have been configured as a late night Sunday through early Tuesday job considering the huge amount of members to which the newsletter has to be sent. We have take into account the various factors that the CodeProject SMTP server would be facing: 1) Slow connecting SMTP servers 2) Incoming SMTP load 3) Other system activity like Antivirus etc. I think, CP can consider geographically distributed mailing list like mailing lists for Asia Pacific can be sent on a particular day; Europe on a different day etc. That should distribute the load evenly making the server to breathe a bit more comfortably. Isn't it?
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Days. But, coming up on my TODO list and now actually within site is the item:
Rewrite mailout systemWe have around a milliomn subscribers to the newsletter and aim to have them allsent within a few hours.cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Days. But, coming up on my TODO list and now actually within site is the item: Rewrite mailout system We have around a milliomn subscribers to the newsletter and aim to have them allsent within a few hours.
...that could help you out here, Bill Serg...
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noooo :(( 1 minute just let me check my goverments deportation laws...... ok..., i'm off to china... catch me now :laugh::laugh:
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Roger, you still planning to be in the Phoenix area this week? Thirsty throats want to know!
Rob Manderson My bloghttp://robmanderson.blogspot.com[^]
I'm here at the Airport Marriott, trying to get the damned email to work on the hotel system. Incoming works fine, but sending keeps getting a block. I wonder if someone else has been messing with the settings(it's a company laptop)? I'll give a call this evening...
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"