How long does it take to send out the weekly Newsletter?
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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 would say that it goes to at least one hundred thousand address and it takes at least a couple of hours to complete. But this is a guess only. I'm curious if my bets are close to the truth... ;)
Network integrated solutions A practical use of the MVC pattern
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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)
can who ever guess the closest to the correct time win a prize? if so, i recon hmmm around 6hour 43minutes for the last mail. 4+million members using SAMs algorithm T=(P^S)/(tx-PI)^o about 6ms for the first :) p.s yes that is a Bull S*** algorithm ;)
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can who ever guess the closest to the correct time win a prize? if so, i recon hmmm around 6hour 43minutes for the last mail. 4+million members using SAMs algorithm T=(P^S)/(tx-PI)^o about 6ms for the first :) p.s yes that is a Bull S*** algorithm ;)
sonsam wrote:
can who ever guess the closest to the correct time win a prize?
Yes, the winner receives the gift of immortality. The losers must be executed immediately (to harvest the requisite life-force to sustain the winner's unending life). I hope you're confident with your answer... ;P
: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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sonsam wrote:
can who ever guess the closest to the correct time win a prize?
Yes, the winner receives the gift of immortality. The losers must be executed immediately (to harvest the requisite life-force to sustain the winner's unending life). I hope you're confident with your answer... ;P
: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)
sure am! sounds like a good deal to me... what happens if no one elses enters....... do i win or lose by default??:sigh:
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sure am! sounds like a good deal to me... what happens if no one elses enters....... do i win or lose by default??:sigh:
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:
: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)
Seriously - i get mine anywhere from AM Monday to afternoon Tuesday. No idea if this is sluggish servers or sluggish writers... ;)
You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale...
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Seriously - i get mine anywhere from AM Monday to afternoon Tuesday. No idea if this is sluggish servers or sluggish writers... ;)
You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale...
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)
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can who ever guess the closest to the correct time win a prize? if so, i recon hmmm around 6hour 43minutes for the last mail. 4+million members using SAMs algorithm T=(P^S)/(tx-PI)^o about 6ms for the first :) p.s yes that is a Bull S*** algorithm ;)
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As I first worked on the algorithm: T=(P^S)/(tx-PI)^o I feel SonSam has plagerised it and so if he wins I get the eternal life part, however if he loses he can keep second prize. Dan
DanB1983 wrote:
I feel SonSam has plagerised it and so if he wins I get the eternal life part, however if he loses he can keep second prize.
Roger 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)
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DanB1983 wrote:
I feel SonSam has plagerised it and so if he wins I get the eternal life part, however if he loses he can keep second prize.
Roger 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)
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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noooo :(( 1 minute just let me check my goverments deportation laws...... ok..., i'm off to china... catch me now :laugh::laugh:
sonsam wrote:
ok..., i'm off to china... catch me now
If you lose, the next time you log in to CP, Bob will leap from the screen and live up to his alias: "The CP Strangler". :suss:
: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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Seriously - i get mine anywhere from AM Monday to afternoon Tuesday. No idea if this is sluggish servers or sluggish writers... ;)
You must be careful in the forest Broken glass and rusty nails If you're to bring back something for us I have bullets for sale...
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"
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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"
Thanks go to Chuck Norris for keeping an eye on the squirrels !
Network integrated solutions A practical use of the MVC pattern
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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'm not sure how long, but I get it on a good regular basis with only a few hiccup here and there :)
"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 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 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)
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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:
: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)
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)