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Author:  pnm  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

eclipsegirl wrote:
My guess: Something about it being either the 1st or the 15th of the month.


Sure, because today is the 15th [flapper]

Hint: I had just read this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=967
and saw that I had to set the country for berka and michaele in the forum database
(a relic from the failures of using the ip2location service).

I then thought "Ah I still have to look at this gold star issue."

... [huh]

Author:  eclipsegirl  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

I agree that Michaela's puzzle yesterday was something different, but there was no user submitted puzzle on Aug 15, or Sept 1.

Have fun. [thumbup]

Author:  pnm  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

eclipsegirl wrote:
I agree that Michaela's puzzle yesterday was something different, but there was no user submitted puzzle on Aug 15, or Sept 1.


Hm, got me there. I somehow thought I remembered the previous incident was on August 11th...

ah well.

Author:  frederick  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

Ha
Gotta be solar storms

Author:  pnm  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

frederick wrote:
Gotta be solar storms

I blame the eclipse.

Author:  pnm  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

Interesting how I was wrong-footed by that user puzzle thing.

It turned out to be quite a tricky "race condition", it'd take a bit too long to explain here..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_condition for the interested reader.

Author:  eclipsegirl  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

pnm wrote:
frederick wrote:
Gotta be solar storms

I blame the eclipse.



NO. Eclipses are cool. Every one should try and experience totality some time in their life.

[thumbsup]

ETA : And you expected us to be able to guess "race condition?" [confused]

Author:  pnm  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

eclipsegirl wrote:
ETA : And you expected us to be able to guess "race condition?" [confused]

Not quite, for a moment I thought "it must be the user puzzle", but it wasn't [blush]

Author:  eclipsegirl  [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Where is the golden star?

Finding a race condition is very diffiicult. You deserve credit.

[namaste] [thumbsup]

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