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   Message 69 of 216   
   Richard Webb to Paul Quinn   
   another convoluted brainteaser for the g   
   08 Feb 12 02:08:02   
   
   Hi Paul,   
      
   On Wed 2012-Feb-08 09:42, Paul Quinn (3:640/384) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
    RW> The whole thing keys for number of days in a given month off a little   
    RW> text file which contains that info which my system creates at the    
    RW> beginning of each month.  Of course I have to edit it for leap years,    
    RW> since by default it assumes February has 28 days. So, it should be    
    RW> quite happy rolling over as it's supposed to when invoked on 2/26.   
      
   PQ> You know, I was only thinking about this the other day.  I had   
   PQ> thought to ask how the doo-hickey had operated during the rollover,   
   PQ> and was gonna prompt you.  I'm glad you got in first.  Thanks for   
   PQ> the update.  :)   
      
   YEp, I watched it run first couple weeks, I was pretty sure   
   it would operate alright during the rollover, but now I feel safe letting it   
   run when I'm not here to attend it .  Had to fix a couple minor errors the   
   first week it ran, but   
   nothing fatal, I'm rather proud of myself.  That means I'll   
   break something really good next time i get to fiddling i   
   guess .   
      
   YOu know I was really surprised, as I had a house full of   
   stepdaughter and her boyfriend and their zoo going on at the time, which was   
   one reason I was finding something to do   
   that would keep them away from me.  If I was doing a lot of   
   radio they'd be in here doing the "hey wow cool ... " thing, but programming,   
   they'd leave me alone, she's mouse potato   
   gui only, and he's not literate enough to even handle that   
   one, so I figured I'd leave them with their version of Jerry Springer dealing   
   with her mother in the other room and bury   
   myself in a programming project.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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