[Dixonary] Length of deadlines

[Dodi Schultz]

>> How do you find out when the new word was actually posted?

If you're talking to me, Guerri: I think you have to ask the poster. My
note simply reported the time that Toni's original arrived in my mailbox
(which CompuServe indicates) and Toni's stated deadline, and the difference
between the two was 36 hours, 45 minutes.

I don't know whether it took five seconds, five minutes, or maybe some
longer time for the posting to reach me--but in any case, she gave us at
LEAST the time noted above.

--Dodi

[leonardgoran]

--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Dodi Schultz <schultz@c...> wrote:
> I don't know whether it took five seconds, five minutes, or maybe some
> longer time <

Dodi, I read the messages on/line via Yahoo--they usually come in
within seconds--the def came in at

From: Toni Savage <toni@...>
Date: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:24 pm
Subject: Round 1626: New Word== FIDDLEY Regards, Len

[Toni Savage]

Actually, I made them as long as possible within the
rules, and I was thinking that we might want to make
it more like 36 to 48 hours because of "Internet
delay"...

Toni

--- Dodi Schultz <schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:

>
> Nancy writes,
>
> >> It seems like your deadlines are awfully short
> -- 25 hours this
> >> time.
>
> The rules specify between 24 and 36 hours.
>
> I don't know exactly what time Toni posted the list
> of defs, or how long it
> took to get from where/when she posted it, to the
> listserv, and then to me,
> but it landed in my e-mailbox on Tuesday at 7:15
> a.m. EDT.
>
> The deadline she gave: today, Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT.
>
> The way I figure it, that's almost 37 hours.
>
> --Dodi
>


-- Toni Savage

[Toni Savage]

Ah! I was looking at the voting time, not the
def-submission time.

My problem was that I got home at 10 or so, and by the
time I posted, it was 11:30pm. My choices for
deadlines on Tuesday would be either 6am (so I can
post before I leave for work at 8) or 7pm (when I get
home). If I had picked the 7pm time, it would have
been more than the 36-hour maximum. Frankly, I would
rather see 2 days (48 hours) as max.

Toni (who still has to count the votes!!)

--- "Daniel B. Widdis" <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Guerri Stevens wrote:
>
> > How do you find out when the new word was actually
> posted? What I have
> > in my Emailed copy says Sunday (7/10) at 11:24
> p.m. Looking at the
> > headers reveals a time of Sunday, 7/10 at 20:24
> PDT (note the PDT). That
> > means 23:24 EDT or 11:24 p.m. for those of us on
> the east coast. Still
> > more than 24 hours for the deadline, though.
> Unfortunately I didn't look
> > at my mail until after 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
>
> The information is buried in the internet headers.
>
> The "Sent" date shown in your emailed copy is the
> timestamp from Toni's
> computer, which may or may not be a correct time.
> It's simply a
> representation of the header "Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005
> 20:24:33 -0700 (PDT)"
>
> As far as when it was "actually posted", the further
> "Received:" headers
> (reading from the bottom up) give indication when it
> passed between
> various servers. It looks like it finally left
> Yahoo! and went to my
> gmail account at Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:26:35 -0700
> (PDT). A reasonably
> short (2 minute) processing time. With a 3am PDT
> (on Tuesday) deadline,
> that's over 36 1/2 hours. Your results may vary.
>
> --
> Dan
>
>


-- Toni Savage

[Toni Savage]

Nah... I wasn't even home at 8:24. Just barely landed
at the airport.

Toni

--- "Daniel B. Widdis" <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Dodi Schultz wrote:
>
> > I don't know exactly what time Toni posted the
> list of defs ...
> > The way I figure it, that's almost 37 hours.
>
> Actually, I think Nancy was referring to the
> definition submitting time
> period.
>
> However, it was still near the maximum length
> deadline, posted Sunday at
> 8:24pm with a deadline Tuesday morning at 6am (times
> eastern), a total
> of 33 hours, 36 minutes. And as you pointed out,
> the definition posting
> (4:14am eastern) and voting deadline (5pm eastern
> next day) window was
> 36 hours and 46 minutes. This round had some of the
> longest permissible
> deadlines according to the rules.
>
> No wonder I kept checking my email box and seeing no
> messages. :)
>
> Dan
>


-- Toni Savage

[Toni Savage]

True. The 36+ was for the voting. The defs were
under 36 but over 24 (31, as you say)

--- Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:

> Perhaps I am mathematically challenged or too tired
> or ...
>
> My results do vary. 20+ PDT on Sunday to 3+ on
> Tuesday: I get 31 hours.
> 4 hours on Sunday, 24 hours Monday, 3 hours Tuesday.
>
> Guerri
>
>
>


-- Toni Savage

[leonardgoran]

--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Toni Savage <tonicsavage@y...> wrote:
> Frankly, I would rather see 2 days (48 hours) as max.<

Toni, you got my vote! Regards, Len