Re: [spoon-discuss] Voting Deadline

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dammit, I'm a dumbass.

What I meant to say is that Dave's announcement is the beginning of 
nday *8*. So voting ends on the 10th, not the 11th.
I'll repeat that, so my error doesn't cause anyone to miss the vote:

********
The deadline for voting this nweek is 7:00 PM EST on April _10th_.
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--
Wonko
Minister of Stupid Mistakes

On Apr 7, 2004, at 11:22 PM, Daniel Lepage wrote:

> To everyone confused by voting deadlines:
>
> The ballot was issued at 8:46 PM EST time on April 7th. This marks the 
> beginning of nday 7 of this nweek. Nday 7 will end at the next 
> 00:00:00 UTC, which I believe is seven o'clock on April 8th, EST. It 
> then follows that nday 8 ends on the 9th, nday 9 on the 10th, and the 
> nweek on the 11th.
>
> Thus,
> *****
> The deadline for voting this nweek is 7:00 PM EST on April 11th.
> *****
>
> **Note**:
>    Daylight savings time messes with my head. To be absolutely safe, 
> submit your votes before 6 PM EST on the 11th, or figure out the 
> deadline yourself.
>    If you do the latter, please let me know the answer, so I can 
> correct this in future notices.
>
> ------------------------
> Oddities about the Clock
>
>
> Note that the length of nday seven depends heavily on when Dave 
> submits the ballot - had he submitted it five minutes before midnight 
> UTC, nday seven would have been only 5 minutes long. This is a defect 
> in the Clock, which was not originally meant to be turned on and off 
> in the middle of ndays; I also suspect that this is why people tend to 
> get confused about the length of the voting period.
>
> One possible fix would be a clause that states that when the Clock is 
> supposed to be turned On, but it's after noon UTC, the turnon is 
> delayed until just after midnight, so that every nday is at least 12 
> hours long. Any thoughts?
>
>
> --
> Wonko
>
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