Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:51 pm
Get excited!
(In other words, I've taken off my socks)c4countdown
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Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
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Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:00 pm
I am officially dancing around the room in a state of semi-undress. (In other words, I've taken off my socks)
(In other words, I've taken off my socks)Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:26 pm
Pix or didn't happen.Ben Wilson wrote:I am officially dancing around the room in a state of semi-undress.
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:10 pm
Excellent! I'm going out in a bit but this means that when I get back, I'll be able to play Drunken Hyper Unlimited and try to get SLEEPLESSNESSES or something equally silly. Actually, there must be new hypothetical longest words for Unlimited and Hyper Unlimited now, I wonder how long they are?
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:10 pm
Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am?
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:28 pm
It's up!
Transition seems to have gone smoothly. I've also added Hypertouchdown to win the masochist vote.
Transition seems to have gone smoothly. I've also added Hypertouchdown to win the masochist vote.
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:53 pm
12 midnight not 12amKai Laddiman wrote:Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am?
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:27 pm
12 midnight IS 12am.Ian Volante wrote:12 midnight not 12amKai Laddiman wrote:Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am?
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:42 am
Not it's not! AM stands for ante meridien, and midnight is neither ante nor post. The same goes for midday. Convention of recent times has been to use 12am/pm, but that doesn't make it right.Daniel O'Dowd wrote:12 midnight IS 12am.Ian Volante wrote:12 midnight not 12amKai Laddiman wrote:Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am?
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:06 am
That would presumably mean that 12pm is midday, which is clearly wrong.Daniel O'Dowd wrote:12 midnight IS 12am.
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:34 am
Everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that I said "midnight tonight", which is pretty hard to interpret as the midnight which already passed.
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:24 am
Gah this whole thing is a crock of scheißeIan Volante wrote:12 midnight not 12amKai Laddiman wrote:Shurely midnight tonight would be 11/7/09 12:00 am?
Not it's not! AM stands for ante meridien, and midnight is neither ante nor post. The same goes for midday. Convention of recent times has been to use 12am/pm, but that doesn't make it right.Daniel O'Dowd wrote:12 midnight IS 12am.
My own mother decided to argue recently that Sky had fooled her into thinking she could phone to renew at a time she couldn't, based on the logic that it was still Saturday at 12:00:01... and that logically the phone line was closed Remarkable what people will believe. As far as midnight being equivalent to 12 am, your point is correct, but common usage makes it rather a small thing to be standing up to I think.Wikipedia wrote:The 30th edition of the U.S. Government Style Manual (2008) sections 9.54 and 12.9b recommends the use of "12 a.m." for midnight and "12 p.m." for noon.
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:46 am
Not very happy with midnight on Apterous as I started the daily duel at 11.54pm last night and it rejected me at 1201am
as the new duel started
as the new duel started
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:13 pm
What part of that are you unhappy with?Marc Meakin wrote:Not very happy with midnight on Apterous as I started the daily duel at 11.54pm last night and it rejected me at 1201am
as the new duel started
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:26 pm
That I didn't know that daily duels have to be FINISHED by midnightCharlie Reams wrote:What part of that are you unhappy with?Marc Meakin wrote:Not very happy with midnight on Apterous as I started the daily duel at 11.54pm last night and it rejected me at 1201am
as the new duel started
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:37 pm
I guess it's fairly obvious to me that you need to finish by the time the results are published and you can read everyone else's games, but maybe it should give you some kind of warning at the time.Marc Meakin wrote: That I didn't know that daily duels have to be FINISHED by midnight
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:38 pm
Marc Meakin wrote:That I didn't know that daily duels have to be FINISHED by midnightCharlie Reams wrote:What part of that are you unhappy with?Marc Meakin wrote:Not very happy with midnight on Apterous as I started the daily duel at 11.54pm last night and it rejected me at 1201am
as the new duel started
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:05 pm
I appreciate that it's me who is at fault (especially after Matts post) my computer clock has now been updatedCharlie Reams wrote:I guess it's fairly obvious to me that you need to finish by the time the results are published and you can read everyone else's games, but maybe it should give you some kind of warning at the time.Marc Meakin wrote: That I didn't know that daily duels have to be FINISHED by midnight
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:15 pm
Common usage makes me more inclined to stand up to it. Common usage is to blame for the likes of Big Brother, Manchester United, organised religion and Michael Portillo.Daniel O'Dowd wrote:common usage makes it rather a small thing to be standing up to I think.
Wikipedia wrote:The 30th edition of the U.S. Government Style Manual (2008) sections 9.54 and 12.9b recommends the use of "12 a.m." for midnight and "12 p.m." for noon.
And when I start paying attention to proclamations of the US Government, then maybe I'll have bigger things to worry about anyway...
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:19 pm
Ian Volante: Sticking it to the man, one temporal designator at a time.Ian Volante wrote: And when I start paying attention to proclamations of the US Government, then maybe I'll have bigger things to worry about anyway...
I'd definitely watch the TV series of that.
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:19 pm
Just on the off chance that you were even slightly offended Marc, for the record it's nothing personal.Marc Meakin wrote:I appreciate that it's me who is at fault (especially after Matts post) my computer clock has now been updated
I'm sure you can imagine how frustrating it is when you spend so many hours creating the help section and nobody reads it (not even to check an issue before complaining).
It's become pretty out of date with all the new features Charlie's popped in over the last couple of months, and it's hard to bring myself to spend all the time going through it when no one cares
Re: Hyper is reborn: Midnight tonight
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:28 pm
None taken Matt, I am the typical bloke who only reads a map after I get lost and only reads the instructions from IKEA only after I turned a chest of drawers into a bookcaseMatt Morrison wrote:Just on the off chance that you were even slightly offended Marc, for the record it's nothing personal.Marc Meakin wrote:I appreciate that it's me who is at fault (especially after Matts post) my computer clock has now been updated
I'm sure you can imagine how frustrating it is when you spend so many hours creating the help section and nobody reads it (not even to check an issue before complaining).
It's become pretty out of date with all the new features Charlie's popped in over the last couple of months, and it's hard to bring myself to spend all the time going through it when no one cares