[Dixonary] OT: On the Road Test Message

[Guerri Stevens]

I am on the road. Thus far I cannot get our portable wireless network to
work, so I am using the hotel's computer. This is a test to make sure I can
properly send Email to the group.

-- Guerri

[Judy Madnick]

And your email has been received!

Judy



Original message
From: "Guerri Stevens"
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Received: 12/28/2011 4:21:22 PM
Subject: [Dixonary] OT: On the Road Test Message


I am on the road. Thus far I cannot get our portable wireless network to work, so I am using the hotel's computer. This is a test to make sure I can properly send Email to the group.

-- Guerri

[Dodi Schultz]

On 12/28/2011 4:21 PM, Guerri Stevens wrote:
> I am on the road. Thus far I cannot get our portable wireless network to
> work, so I am using the hotel's computer. This is a test to make sure I
> can properly send Email to the group.

You can. But you never did tell us the day/date of the deadline.
Personally, I assumed it was today (despite the fact that it was only a few
hours from when you posted the word) and have already sent you my def.

Others may still be wondering. I know Jim is, because he has posted the
same question.

—Dodi

[Paul Keating]

The message was datestamped 05h43 EST on 28 December, and set a deadline of
19h00 EST.

If that deadline were the same day, 28 December, that would be a deadline of
13h17m, which would be exceedingly short, and we know that Guerri intended
to set "a slightly longer deadline" than usual. So add a day, and we get a
deadline of 37h17m, which is ever so slightly longer than normal.

Conclusion: the deadline is 19h00 EST on 29 December.

[Stephen Dixon]

Nicely done, Prof. Keating. Worthy of old Sherlock. The real one, not the
steroid-freak, gunsel of current moviedom.

sd

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Paul Keating <keating (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:

> The message was datestamped 05h43 EST on 28 December, and set a deadline
> of 19h00 EST.
>
> If that deadline were the same day, 28 December, that would be a deadline
> of 13h17m, which would be exceedingly short, and we know that Guerri
> intended to set "a slightly longer deadline" than usual. So add a day, and
> we get a deadline of 37h17m, which is ever so slightly longer than normal.
>
> Conclusion: the deadline is 19h00 EST on 29 December.
>

[Guerri Stevens]

Dodi, I am sorry about forgetting the day for the deadline. I have
corrected that now, but for those still wondering, the deadline for
submitting definitions is Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 7 p.m. EST in
the U.S.

Because I was on the road for a good part of the day, and because I then
struggled to get online, and because I was then involved with friends
and family, I didn't get to the messages telling me about forgetting the
actual day/date until after 9 p.m.

Once again, I am sorry if it has caused problems for anyone.

Guerri

Dodi Schultz wrote:
> On 12/28/2011 4:21 PM, Guerri Stevens wrote:
>> I am on the road. Thus far I cannot get our portable wireless network
>> to work, so I am using the hotel's computer. This is a test to make
>> sure I can properly send Email to the group.
>
> You can. But you never did tell us the day/date of the deadline.
> Personally, I assumed it was today (despite the fact that it was only a
> few hours from when you posted the word) and have already sent you my def.
>
> Others may still be wondering. I know Jim is, because he has posted the
> same question.