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18652.8 in reply to 18652.7
Date: 3/7/2008 8:43:56 PM
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i think my thinly veiled insult did make some sense as, you said:

I kept an eye on the clock on my computer, since bidding too early is pointless, and at about 2 minutes before the time the player was up


from that, it sounded like you usually wait until the last minute or two to bid (you wouldn't be all that rare in that), and if so, was confused why your or anyone would do that.

as for the time, the clocks are different. the one on the website doesnt sink to your computer, it sinks to their webserver which sinks to some external source. BB time is accurate to almost the second compared to say, the official us time website:

(http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Central/d/-6/java)

Your local computer prob sinks to a server at work and depending on how often it sinks to the your network time, and how accurate that network time is, explains why their might be a slight difference.

"Well, no ones gonna top that." - http://tinyurl.com/noigttt
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18652.9 in reply to 18652.7
Date: 3/7/2008 8:46:33 PM
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If I sound cranky I apologize but my wife is 7 months pregnant

Sincere congratulations :)

Many thinks can go wrong in the last minute... next time do not wait so long :)

PS: I read all your posts.

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18652.10 in reply to 18652.9
Date: 3/7/2008 9:06:46 PM
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If you read it then you would realize, as I have explained twice now, that I did not wait by choice, but by necessity. If I had lost out because I could not get there on time then I wouldn't have made a thread. The thread exists because I was pretty sure I did make it on time but was not able to bid anyways.

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18652.11 in reply to 18652.8
Date: 3/7/2008 9:20:24 PM
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I see. I think you ahave simply misunderstood what I meant by too early. The last time befoer this I could have logged on would have been about 20-25 minutes before the auction. I was hurrying to try and finish what I was doing in time to bid, but felt that there was no point bidding on my last login because I simply would have been outbid anyways.

You are right when you say there is no point waiting until the last 2 minutes to bid... unless that was the earliest you could get there, which I thought I had mentioned, but apparently not, since nobody seems to have caught that ;)



All of which I repeat is irrelevant, because EVEN IF I HAD WAITED UNTIL THE LAST 2 MINUTES I should have had time to bid.



Now what you are saying about the clock is exactly what I originally thought, so now I am back to square one. The BB clock is what I was going by when I said I had made it in time.

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18652.12 in reply to 18652.11
Date: 3/7/2008 9:35:49 PM
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you can try to sync your computers' local time yourself. if your on xp (not sure about vista), go to start -> run and enter:

w32tm /resync

that will sync the clock to wherever your computer has been directed to get its time. if its directed to a server in your domain that thats also off, it will still be off then.

"Well, no ones gonna top that." - http://tinyurl.com/noigttt
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18652.13 in reply to 18652.11
Date: 3/7/2008 9:36:17 PM
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I think you should realize that BB takes priority over a paying job, so log on earlier from now on.

P.S. - my wife is 7.5 months pregnant, and I hear ya loud and clear.

Friends Do not Let Friends Play 2-3 Zone
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18652.14 in reply to 18652.12
Date: 3/7/2008 10:19:28 PM
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My machine is already synched and it has the correct time, and even if it wasn't this is not the problem.

The problem is that when I logged on I still had time to bid according to the BB clock.

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18652.15 in reply to 18652.14
Date: 3/7/2008 10:45:58 PM
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ah..why didnt you say that in the first place

you have to admit it does come off a bit confusing! probably a good thread for the bugs section if its not already there.

"Well, no ones gonna top that." - http://tinyurl.com/noigttt
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18652.16 in reply to 18652.15
Date: 3/7/2008 10:57:29 PM
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I think I did say that in my very first post. The BB Clock part anyways.

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18652.17 in reply to 18652.1
Date: 3/8/2008 1:43:55 AM
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Adjust the time in your computer

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18652.18 in reply to 18652.17
Date: 3/8/2008 3:58:45 AM
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You sir, are one funny guy. A true comedian from the old school. Thanks for your input.

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