30-03-2004 12:52									#31
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* Skanky Burns ignores Locutus.

	30-03-2004 12:58									#32
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I've gotten the "30 seconds" notice for almost an hour. I suspect it's because the 30 secs are determined from the clock and therefore when I posted at n:58:00 it's waiting for n:58:30 to take place, but it rolled over to n-1:58:15 in the middle so that it takes much more than just thirty seconds. If this message goes through (with Poly time finally at over n:58:30) it supports my theory. I already tried to send this five and two minutes earlier but to no avail.

	30-03-2004 13:00									#33
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Yes, I got some reports about the 30 seconds thing from others as well, though I didn't experience it myself (that's what my test was for -- you know, usually ignoring someone involves less spam )

	30-03-2004 14:53									#34
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I don't see how posting 11 minutes apart tests the 30 second barrier somehow...

Thanks Kassi, that may just explain why posts are being rejected due to timing issues.

	30-03-2004 15:57									#35
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Or it could be they take less than 30 seconds to type.

	30-03-2004 16:04									#36
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No, I'm quite familiar with the 30-second typing too fast rule.

Actually for me, I couldn't send a PM despite having not sent one for at least 30 minutes previously, well outside the 90 second asking time. But alls well and good as Poly finally decided that I had waited long enough and let my PM through.

	30-03-2004 16:28									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Doc You realise if you make it that way on 'Poly it wont be so in the real world right?

Like I care about the Poly time. My Poly clock says I'm GMT+9 at the moment.

	30-03-2004 16:52									#38
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Btw since I never see 5am I support your cause.

	30-03-2004 16:56									#39
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I see 5am all too often. Darn light keeps interferring with my gaming.

	30-03-2004 17:33									#40
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The UK now changes at the same time the rest of europe?

	30-03-2004 18:45									#41
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the server doesnt feel good with the european dst changes so i'm leaving it in it's peace until the weekend

	30-03-2004 19:11									#42
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hm,mmmm . just dont change the GMT time .... GMT is always GMT ....

	30-03-2004 20:02									#43
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quote: Originally posted by alva The UK now changes at the same time the rest of europe?

No, all of Europe now changes at the same time as the UK

	30-03-2004 20:56									#44
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Will London stop at nothing, how long before the EU is ruled by London dammit !!!
Don't even think of taking away my beloved € and changing it in that wrethched £
Countless of generations have used that € for christ's sake....

	30-03-2004 21:15									#45
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So for now we are supposed to adjust it all manually?

	30-03-2004 21:28									#46
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yeap

	30-03-2004 22:28									#47
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quote: Originally posted by alva Will London stop at nothing, how long before the EU is ruled by London dammit !!! Don't even think of taking away my beloved € and changing it in that wrethched £ Countless of generations have used that € for christ's sake....

Whilst I said it in jest, I also meant that the UK hasn't changed its daylight saving days for over 20 years. Most (if not all) other EU countries adopted the same DST implementation dates as the UK back in the late 90s.

	30-03-2004 22:47									#48
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I did not actually know that. Might come in handy for some trivia show some day.

	31-03-2004 03:18									#49
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this is confusing.

You know what's even more confusing is the earth's rotation is slowing down like 1 second every few years or so. I believe it is due to that annoying moon. So not only do you have leap years, you have leap seconds.

	31-03-2004 03:28									#50
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More trivia:

Leap years:

When year/4 = a whole number
but NOT when it's century turnover unless you can divide it by 400.

Maybe a example will make it easier to understand my gibberish

code:

Leap year       Not a leap year
2000                      1900
1996                      2001
1904                      500
1600                      1700
8                              7

	31-03-2004 05:22									#51
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident You know what's even more confusing is the earth's rotation is slowing down like 1 second every few years or so. I believe it is due to that annoying moon. So not only do you have leap years, you have leap seconds.

Actually, its not slowing down that fast, a day increases in length by 1.5-2 milliseconds per century. Since 'the second' was defined in the 19th Century the Earth's rotation has slowed such that a day is ~2 milliseconds longer. Over the course of a year that accumulates to about 0.7 seconds.

	31-03-2004 05:40									#52
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I wonder if the year 8 was a leap year; was there even an August then?

	15-04-2004 19:37									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Jamski BST (British Summer Time) which itself is GMT+1

Correct. The Time Zones on Apolyton should read: BST +X instead of GMT +X.

Example: I'm in Central Europe. I can select the "GMT +1" time zone for my country, but I'm actually on GMT +2 now since we have daylight savings. Therefore, the country/city display does not match with the time display.