How long does it take to send out the weekly Newsletter?

Sam_c

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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Josh Smith

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

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Sam_c

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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Josh Smith

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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Shog9 0

Seriously - i get mine anywhere from AM Monday to afternoon Tuesday. No idea if this is sluggish servers or sluggish writers... ;)

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Josh Smith

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:

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Lost User

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

Josh Smith

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. ;)

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Sam_c

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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Josh Smith

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:

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Roger Wright

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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Thanks go to Chuck Norris for keeping an eye on the squirrels !

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Paul Conrad

I'm not sure how long, but I get it on a good regular basis with only a few hiccup here and there :)

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El Corazon

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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peterchen

Head of Vecna comes to mind...

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Paul Conrad

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?

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El Corazon

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....

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Paul Conrad

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 :)

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El Corazon

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

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Rob Manderson

Roger, you still planning to be in the Phoenix area this week? Thirsty throats want to know!

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