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It's been two years....
Ace Rimmer [pretending] Posted Mar 29, 2004
Come on boss, throws us a bone here, if you do, we'll stop sending you those nasty e-mails 
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Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Mar 29, 2004
I've just forewarned Peta.
Thingites at 5.0'clock 
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Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Mar 29, 2004
But it's only 10 minutes to!
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 29, 2004
What are our chances of persauding the adrmiral, Mr Crowe?
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Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Mar 29, 2004
I think, if we got someone to write the code and create the clock, Jimster would just have to check it, test it and bung it on the system.
Am I close Jimster?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 29, 2004
I think the words of today are "not yet." 
but everyone cracks under enough pressure - so just give 'em time!
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Mar 29, 2004
Poor, disillusioned, demented Thingites
Gotta give them full marks for trying though 
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 29, 2004
and that is the very fuel that feeds our fire.
It may be pointless and impossble. but you've got to laugh haven't you?
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Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Mar 29, 2004
It's having a laugh that keeps you on here!
And if Jimster won't give us our clock - who else can we annoy?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 29, 2004
Not annoy. 
no no no - Convert. 
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Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Mar 29, 2004
OK - annoy the hell out of, so they convert and allow us our clock!
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Peta Posted Mar 29, 2004
What about:
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html for a bit of variety...
or the playschool clock at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/tv/playschool/videoclips/video7.shtml
The last one is *very* nice.
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Lady Scott Posted Mar 29, 2004
But we'd *really* like one you can let us put on our pages...
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 29, 2004
I can now reveal after intensive negotiations - it's not going to happen.
Largely due to h2g2 now being one of many DNA comunities, small or limited group requests cannot commmand the attention of the italics and technical bods that they used to be able to.
Novelty items, which this ultimately qualifies as ,just don't qualify especially in the current climate of reduced staff and higher maintennence.
Sad, I know.
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Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Mar 30, 2004
But if somebody like Peet wrote one - like he already has, can't we just send it, let the italics check and test it and bung it on?
It would reduce the time that the italics would need to writing and so on to virtually nil.
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Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Mar 30, 2004
::Clears throat::
Ahem.
Excuse me Italics, but if we wrote this in something other than Javascript and made it work, would you be willing to install it? We'll do all the work on writing, testing, etc.
Please?
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Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Mar 30, 2004
Not just ducking the discussion now, but it's really not up to us. This would still need to go through the DNA development team. I suppose it all comes down to how it might be used, and how it might affect other DNA sites, none of which we have enough technical knowledge to answer.
So I'd suggest this is a matter for The Hub now...
Good luck!
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Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! Posted Mar 30, 2004
OK Jimster - one final (and probably stupid) question......how do we contact the Hub/Development Team?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 30, 2004
Mr I - I think we've got our answer. Best quit while we are behind.
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- 21: Ace Rimmer [pretending] (Mar 29, 2004)
- 22: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Mar 29, 2004)
- 23: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Mar 29, 2004)
- 24: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 29, 2004)
- 25: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Mar 29, 2004)
- 26: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 29, 2004)
- 27: Peta (Mar 29, 2004)
- 28: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Mar 29, 2004)
- 29: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 29, 2004)
- 30: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Mar 29, 2004)
- 31: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 29, 2004)
- 32: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Mar 29, 2004)
- 33: Peta (Mar 29, 2004)
- 34: Lady Scott (Mar 29, 2004)
- 35: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 29, 2004)
- 36: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Mar 30, 2004)
- 37: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Mar 30, 2004)
- 38: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Mar 30, 2004)
- 39: Mr Inertia - Now new, improved and mostly human! (Mar 30, 2004)
- 40: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 30, 2004)
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