| Cool! I like. |
| We can't have this! I didn't get where I am today... |
| Nah, it's funny. Makes Adrian look like an enormous idiot :) |
| Still haven't gotten around to deleting this - and how could I, when it's the most commented article! |
| Unfortunately, you are now in a runaway increasing-returns situation. Because it is the most-commented article, still more people will comment on it in the future. |
| That fact, my dear DeLong, had not escaped my noticed when I posted my first comment to this thread :) Mwuhahahahaha! |
| Re: "Changed time format of first update." Problems!
(i) Infinite regress problem, as now have second update to reformat
(ii) Thought point of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format was that a simple ascii string sort would sort it properly. Change of first update to dd--mm-yy hh:mm does not seem to do it!
(iii) Number of comments not growing fast enough. Falling short of super-exponential trend growth necessary to attain infinite number of comments in finite time...
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| Why is the cdr suddenly reporting my browser type (Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC) ) at the top of the screen? |
| Why are comments 12 and 13 not being displayed? |
| Why are comments 12, 13, and 14 being displayed, but out of order? |
| So the only remaining question is how rapidly the stack of comments grows. Does it reach infinity in finite time, or is it always finite (although, of course) for every value X there is a time t(X) such that number of comments at t(X) > X |
| How edible is poo? Isss it more nourishing than Sharon Stone'sss husssband'sss toesss? More nourishing than Rich Baker'sss toesss? More nourishing than Rich Baker'sss emailsss? |
| In the beginning there was the project. And with the project there was a plan and a specification. But the plan was without form, and the specification was void. Thus the darkness was on the face of the implementers thereof. The implementers therefore spake unto their supervisor. "This is a crock of sh*t and we can not abide the stink which abounds." And the supervisor spake unto the department manager. "This is a crock of excrement and we can not abide the odor which abounds." And the department manager spake unto the director. "This is a vessel of excrement and the odor is very offensive." And the director spake unto the division vice president. "This vessel is full of that which makes things grow, and its characteristics are very strong." And the vice president spake unto the CEO. "This vessel promotes growth of the division, and it is very powerful." And the CEO looked at the project and saw that it was good. |
| Why say [Update 23:45 GMT 10/4/02] ?
Isn't the standard to express the time in a way so that it sorts properly? Something like:
[Update 2002/04/10 23:45] |
| In order of nourishment, from most nourishing to least:
Richard Baker's emails Richard Baker's toes a big pile of poo Sharon Stone's husband's toes |
| i) Problem has now increased. Oh well.
ii) Did not read initial comment properly
iii) Clearly the semi-sentient nature of the CDR has cottoned on to our universe dominating plans and is attempting to thwart our efforts by moving the comments about in a chaotic, yea, even haphazard manner. |
| Actually, looking at the time stamps for Brad's wayward comments, it appears that the server's time setting probably got buggered up somehow. That pesky CDR... |
| It's clearly down to Brad living in California. He gets everything wrong |
| I don't understand. Why does living in California make my time stamps come out wrong?
More to the point, why does this machine think that it is 1:14 AM on 15 April? At this point, it is 5:06 PM on April 15 here in California. There is nowhere in the world right now where it could possibly be 1:14 AM on April 15... |
| I personally think that it is the corrupting influence of California - all that sunshine and good weather is bad for the soul, and even worse, bad for timestamps. I can only hope that I shall be able to resist its insidious evil when I (maybe) go to San Diego. Luckily, that haven of propriety, Mexico, is not too far away... |
| Why have there been no comments on this item since mid-April, 2002? |
| Perhaps I should be asking you that question. |
| woo hoo ha ha hee hee! [:] |
(i) Infinite regress problem, as now have second update to reformat
(ii) Thought point of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format was that a simple ascii string sort would sort it properly. Change of first update to dd--mm-yy hh:mm does not seem to do it!
(iii) Number of comments not growing fast enough. Falling short of super-exponential trend growth necessary to attain infinite number of comments in finite time...
Isn't the standard to express the time in a way so that it sorts properly? Something like:
[Update 2002/04/10 23:45]
Richard Baker's emails Richard Baker's toes a big pile of poo Sharon Stone's husband's toes
ii) Did not read initial comment properly
iii) Clearly the semi-sentient nature of the CDR has cottoned on to our universe dominating plans and is attempting to thwart our efforts by moving the comments about in a chaotic, yea, even haphazard manner.
More to the point, why does this machine think that it is 1:14 AM on 15 April? At this point, it is 5:06 PM on April 15 here in California. There is nowhere in the world right now where it could possibly be 1:14 AM on April 15...