"The Great Cracking Game--When Will TA Pass /." Continued

[ViRGE]

Well, as most of you should remember, we started a bet on when TA would pass Slashdot(http://forums.anandtech.com/arcmessageview.cfm?catid=39&threadid=197754). Now, we're nearing the first of the dates that people betted on, so here's an update.

Sep 14 Train
Sep 19 Rastus
Sep 20 TOOCOOL
Sep 22 TwoFace
Oct 12 Possessed Freak
Oct 13 PhotoLenny
Oct 14 viztech
Oct 15 BoberFett
Oct 18 Xede
Oct 30 Kwatt
Oct 31 Dantoo
Nov 01 Windogg
Nov 02 thecool1
Nov 03 KingHam
Nov 10 Semper_Fi
Nov 15 MooCow
Nov 19 talfin1
Nov 20 LeBlatt
Nov 23 HeavyIron
Nov 24 Qythyx
Nov 25 Virge
Nov 29 Engine
Dec 01 UmbrAC
Dec 03 Ne0
Dec 06 Jani
Dec 07 Networkman
Dec 08 H8tank
Dec 09 crYnOid
Dec 14 Skaven
Dec 16 Slacker
Dec 24 bphantom
Dec 25 Jatwell
Dec 26 strates
Jan 01 Russ

Now, according to Strates' numbers, we have 55 days left until we pass, which means Kwatt is the closest. Now, I know you truely want BoberFett to win(Ok, not really), so we need more blocks(really, we do)! Everyone get out there and assimilate every machines you can, because 55 days is way too long!

PS Grand prize is 34K blocks

 

[chrixvh]

dangit! my bet isn't in there!!
whats up with that!?

i'll tell you my bet in a month or so

 

[Train]

not fair, i guessed those numbers BEFORE OGR kicked in and knocked us all of track for so long. sheesh

 

[dkappos]

I can't find my name on the list
Can I vote now?

5 Jan

 

[ViRGE]

Sorry Train.

PS EH, you need a time machine to place a bet, we got done with that months ago.

 

[KingHam]

Hey ViRGE if we're 55 days away then Kwatt is right on the money. Engine and UmberAC are about 1 month late.

KingHam

 

[ViRGE]

Doh!

 

[Kwatt]

As much as I like being right.

I would just as soon be wrong if we can pass the / faster.




P.S. Sould I start working on my speach now?










Na I'll wait another month.
I work better under pressure.

 

[MTP]

Actually, we are hoping that Train will win

the sooner the better

 

[Russ]

HMM...how did my guess get changed from Nov 1 to Jan 1?

Russ, NCNE

 

[JonB]

Russ, I thing the TA Cube is suffering from time dilation. Too much time at Warp Speed can get you out of sync (probably irregular, too). Now that #2 has those extra CPU's, your guess is probably March 7 or later.

 

[jatwell]

Ummm... let's see....

Yeah, Let's All Hold our blocks starting now for a Christmas Super Mega Flush!!

Who's with me?

 

[Viztech]

Now, If I can get a lot of TA OGR guys doing RC5 for a month, then get some Slash dot RC5 guys to do OGR, then I can win the blocks, The TA OGR guys can go back to OGR, we beat slash there....

This could work out after all.

viz

 

[Dantoo]

sorry kwatt,

but on the 29th I'll probably check in and see if I need to hold off for a day before I dump!! GL.

 

[MooCow]

hmm..looks like who ever gets this is going a have a good couple of days as all those blocks come into the fold....

 

[Kwatt]

Hey Dantoo

I guess I need to switch the rest of my cpu's to RC5 from OGR. And then save up for a big dump on the 29th



Just kidding

 

[vss1980]

Actually, how long roughly does it take to complete an OGR work unit (for a PIII-600).

 

[sciencewhiz]

VSS1980, OGR work units vary quite a bit in size. my P3-500 on average does 1-3 work units a day. I've had work units that take only 1/2 a minute or ones that take a day or more.

BTW: why did Jatwell have to take my birthday?

 

[dawks]

 

[TOOCOOL]

Bump-o-matic

 

[Russ]

jatwell,

I think it would be a better idea to celebrate the dawning of a new year.

Russ, NCNE

 

[vss1980]

sciencewhiz, "why did Jatwell have to take my birthday?"

Same here. (not a j/k)

 

[TOOCOOL]

One down 33 left (sorry Train)

 

[Train]

I still got today!

Everyone DUMP!!!

lol, yeah right, like we could dump 45 million blocks in one day, that would be something. DNET servers would probably start a nuclear reaction under that much load

 

[Joe O]

Looks to me like it's going to be between KingHam and SemperFi!