Sgt Colon Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 I know the US of A is the centre of the universe and every place has its own EST :confused: :confused: but the centre of the world is GMT and CMBO is international, lets get with it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hensworth Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 Second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 Uh, so long as the server resides in Maine, it will likely be kept on local time, Eastern Standard Time. Grenwich ceased being the center of the world after 1918 or so anyways <G>. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrashb Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Sgt Colon: [...] but the centre of the world is GMT and CMBO is international, lets get with it!!! <hr></blockquote> If you're going to be that way, do it right. It's "UTC" and has been for years. GMT is from the days of the British Empire - 'Greenwich Mean Time'. And it's a silly request anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopenfaust2 Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 Its only because me and Sarge have a tournament PBEM underway. He's in Australia and I'm in Canada and the time difference is crazy. We're smart enough to figure it out. Hey Sarge you figure on TCP/IP tonite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by aaronb: If you're going to be that way, do it right. It's "UTC" and has been for years. GMT is from the days of the British Empire - 'Greenwich Mean Time'. And it's a silly request anyway.<hr></blockquote> Gee, obviously no one told the mainframe and unix developers that (ever looked in your email headers as well?). However, on a more serious note, when I saw the title of the thread, I thought someone else had noticed that FO's seem to work on a different time scheme to the rest of the world, in the game. Ever notice that a "minute" for an FO can last a great deal longer than a single turn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 As far as I am concerned, I would be happy if somebody set the clock on the bulletin board machine, or even better activate the NTP that is part of every Linux distribution (there's plenty of server on the net to automatically synchronize with). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hensworth Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 I took this post as a stand against the creeping evil of American cultural imperialism which besets our Old Continent, the true berth of western civilization. As such I wanted to voice my support for it. And now if you'll excuse me, I've got 542 taped Jerry Springer shows to get back to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Sgt_Kelly: [QB creeping evil of American cultural imperialism.[/QB]<hr></blockquote> (sigh) I just love that phrase. It brings back all the warm feelings I got watching "Gilligan's Island" and "Car 54 Where Are You?" (Sniffs back a tear) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PondScum Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Brian: However, on a more serious note, when I saw the title of the thread, I thought someone else had noticed that FO's seem to work on a different time scheme to the rest of the world, in the game. Ever notice that a "minute" for an FO can last a great deal longer than a single turn?<hr></blockquote> FO's count down at half-real-time if they are targetting something out of LOS, or if they're moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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