363 more days until Christmas! in Off Topic

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Dec 26 2002, 10:28 am
Are you getting excited yet?
#1 Dec 26 2002, 10:41 am
no :-|
#2 Dec 26 2002, 10:42 am
I still can't decide what I want, I wish I had more time.
#3 Dec 26 2002, 10:48 am
if this thread continues till next christmas im going to kill santa and roast his blubbery hide in your fireplaces
#4 Dec 26 2002, 11:21 am
I'm sorry, but it had to be done!
#5 Dec 26 2002, 11:49 am
Can't wait.
#6 Dec 26 2002, 11:53 am
In response to Dareb (#3)
Thats a good idea... lets try to keep this thread up till next christmas...
#7 Dec 26 2002, 12:39 pm
In response to Koolguy900095 (#1)
Oh santa PLEASE bring me that 10 speed I wanted!
#8 Dec 26 2002, 1:35 pm
Skysaw wrote:
Are you getting excited yet?

Getting confused, actually. What kind of messed-up calendar is only 364 days long?

Lummox JR
#9 Dec 26 2002, 4:13 pm
In response to Lummox JR (#8)
Lummox JR wrote:
Skysaw wrote:
Are you getting excited yet?

Getting confused, actually. What kind of messed-up calendar is only 364 days long?

One that's been messed up by timezone calculations. :D
#10 Dec 26 2002, 5:05 pm
In response to Lummox JR (#8)
Lummox JR wrote:
Getting confused, actually. What kind of messed-up calendar is only 364 days long?


a leap year? But thats not til next year. err. 2004. yeah.
#11 Dec 26 2002, 5:36 pm
In response to ThreeFingerPete (#10)
Leap years are 366 days long, normal years are 365.
#12 Dec 26 2002, 5:39 pm
In response to Crispy (#9)
Crispy wrote:
Getting confused, actually. What kind of messed-up calendar is only 364 days long?

One that's been messed up by timezone calculations. :D

I think Skysaw is in PST; at any rate he's no further east than I am, so he's still missing a day.

Lummox JR
#13 Dec 26 2002, 5:42 pm
In response to Lummox JR (#12)
Nope, he lives in EST.
#14 Dec 26 2002, 5:44 pm
In response to Sariat (#13)
Sariat wrote:
Nope, he lives in EST.

Ah, I couldn't remember if that was it or not. Well anyway, that puts him in my time zone, which means he's inexplicably jumped a day ahead of the rest of the world. That also means he missed all the good sales, and those horrendous lines of traffic.

Lummox JR
#15 Dec 26 2002, 10:28 pm
In response to Lummox JR (#14)
Leaped a day ahead of the rest of the world!? Get time to stock reports!!! BUY BUY BUY!!!
#16 Dec 27 2002, 5:41 am
In response to Lummox JR (#8)
Lummox JR wrote:
Skysaw wrote:
Are you getting excited yet?

Getting confused, actually. What kind of messed-up calendar is only 364 days long?

Lummox JR

Christmas eve is christmasy enough, especially since we usually open one small present then.

- or -

I don't see the big deal in rounding to the nearest 363 days.
#17 Dec 27 2002, 8:54 am
In response to Skysaw (#16)
I wouldn't be very good at calculating time zones, seeing as how I've never been outside of EST...

This would make a good topic to keep arguing over until next holiday season. I can't wait! Also, the stock thing wouldn't work, as time zones do not provide time travel. As far as we know, there is no way to travel through time, only distort it (by going very, very fast, or traveling near a black hole).
#18 Dec 27 2002, 4:48 pm
In response to Cybermattr (#17)
Cybermattr wrote:
I wouldn't be very good at calculating time zones, seeing as how I've never been outside of EST...

Damn annoying time zones... you have no idea how long it takes me to work out just one "simple" timezone calculation... arrgh. :-(

That's where the BST clock in the bottom-left corner comes in real handy. I must now go and worship Dantom for their inclusion of that feature on their website. :-)