Originally posted by zeitghost
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Previously on "First New Year post competition"
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Speak for yourself. As the Countess Scarlioni will confirm, I'm "all man".
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Fook
Fsck it, overshot.
Time travel is not so difficult you know, it's the right angle turns at the start and end that are a bit of a booger.
Are the aliens here yet? On your time line the little green men make themselves known this year (except they are not little, green or infact men).
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In hope that this year, you'll get lots of pussy I presume.Originally posted by zeitghostOh dear.
I greeted the Noo Year cuddling the cat who was scared sh!tless because of all the small atom bombs going off all around us...
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It is the Russian view that the way you meet the new year will determine how this year is going to be.
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There was a New Year?...a few drinks too many perhaps...in which case I can't answer that!What are your achievements so far in the New Year?
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No. On that evening I was working on multi-way merging algorithm to replace current two-way merging that is not as efficient in a long run.Originally posted by Joe BlackAtW, please tell me you were not on here the entire evening,
I have actually succeeded near 8am and now I just need to augment new code with smarter minimum-comparison algorithm and then parallelise code to run more efficiently on dual (or more) cores/processors.
What are your achievements so far in the New Year?
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As far as I recall my good lady wife (who earlier in the evening claimed to be fantastic at pacman in her younger days) and I decided it would be a good idea to play a pacman challenge versus our friends for vodka shots, but it gets a bit hazy from there. I think we lost.Originally posted by Joe BlackToday, 01:01
AtW
Contractor Among
Contractors
AtW, please tell me you were not on here the entire evening, date and time properties open, hitting the 'Update Now' button every few seconds just to check that your post would be sent on time...
"Bugger, I came home too late to win this enthralling contest." - likewise BFG, please tell me that the most exciting thing you could think of on coming home this morning was not fire up the PC and check this forum for new posts...
In any case, a Happy New Year!
Why the hell I went onto this board I have absolutely no idea.
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Today, 01:01
AtW
Contractor Among
Contractors
AtW, please tell me you were not on here the entire evening again, date and time properties open, hitting the 'Update Now' button every few seconds just to check that your post would be sent on time...
"Bugger, I came home too late to win this enthralling contest." - likewise BFG, please tell me that the most exciting thing you could think of on coming home this morning was not fire up the PC and check this forum for new posts...
In any case, a Happy New Year!
Last edited by Joe Black; 1 January 2006, 17:47. Reason: because I remember AtW posting the same question last year :(
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Most of us have a life and were away from a PC!Originally posted by AtWGee people, where is your spirit
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This would be one for windows 3.11 "Windows Recorder"
Just get it to click the post botton @ midnight.
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In which case it is obvious that GMT settings are appropriate since its UK Contractors.Originally posted by Fortune GreenThread dates and times are based on your time zone settings.
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"the first person who posts a message in this thread that will be dated being in new year of 2006."Originally posted by Fortune GreenSurely that depends on your time zone setting.
Post dated in this thread - whatever happens in real world is totally irrelevant.
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