Big Billion Bumper Bonanza

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#1 Big Billion Bumper Bonanza

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It's a comp much as you know it.
The challenge is to guess, to the hour, when TSBT will tick off our first billion. The prize will be a bottle of single malt whisky & the rules are:
  • The comp is open to any active member of TSBT.
    All entries must be made by posting in this thread.
    You have one guess but you can revise it as often as you wish until we pass 999 million.
    We use Temujins excellent stats.
    In the event of any dispute or ambiguity what I say goes.
To start the ball rolling here is the first guess:-

Megacruncher 18:00hrs 30th Dec
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Aardvark 03:00 0n 31st December (P.S no water in the whisky)
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18.00 29th Dec
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Reeltime 18.00 29th Dec
FlyingfocRS 12:00hrs 30th Dec
Megacruncher 18:00hrs 30th Dec
Aardvark 03:00 0n 31st December (P.S no water in the whisky)
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January 2nd 18:00

Sorry to be the party pooper :)
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30th December 01:00 hrs.

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PinkPenguin 08:00 on 28th December ...now where did that other bottle of sweet sherry disappear to...
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The only correct answer to that question is the trifle!
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The guesses, with just over 33 million to go, so far are:

  • PinkPenguin 08:00 28th Dec
    Reeltime 18.00 29th Dec
    IanMBaker 01:00 30th Dec
    FlyingfocRS 12:00hrs 30th Dec
    Megacruncher 18:00hrs 30th Dec
    Aardvark 03:00 0n 31st December (P.S no water in the whisky)
    JockMacMad 18:00 2nd January [or has he changed his guess to the trifle?]
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I'm really optimistic, plus I think JockMacMad has a new toy to play with.

12 noon 27th December
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#11 BBBB

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Airculpret's crystal ball told him "01:00 GMT US & Canada"
29th December :clock:. Hope my guess hasn't clashed.
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I'm really optimistic, plus I think JockMacMad has a new toy to play with.
He's certainly playing with something big & impressive. Which along with Merlyn's recovery, Lyall's awesome debut & my,comparatively inconsequential, return to adequacy, make a 2009 billion much more certain than it was looking a week or so back.

So I'm advancing my guess hugely, making the betting:

Nightlord ....................... 1200 27th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1800 27th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 0800 28th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 0100 29th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 1800 29th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 0100 30th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1200 30th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 0300 31st Dec
JockMacMad ................... 1800 2nd Jan
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2200 on 27 December
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2nd guess :D

Aardvark 20:00 0n 25th December (P.S no water in the whisky)
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Round up (& revision) time:
  • Aardvark ....................... 2000 25th Dec
    Megacruncher ................ 1300 26th Dec
    Nightlord ....................... 1200 27th Dec
    Mr Thinhead ................... 2200 27th Dec
    PinkPenguin ................... 0800 28th Dec
    johnn/Airculpret ............. 0100 29th Dec
    Reeltime ........................ 1800 29th Dec
    IanMBaker ..................... 0100 30th Dec
    FlyingfocRS .................... 1200 30th Dec
    JockMacMad ................... 1800 2nd Jan
Despite jock's shock announcement about downing tools on the 23rd the fact remains that we are only 23.3 million short of our target and currently tucking away 5 million per day. Even if that halves after the 23rd then boxing day is a reasonable aspiration.
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26th 03:00 is my revision.

I appologise for my tardy shutdown...

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I'll revise I think to the 28th at 4am

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:arrow: 2359Z

25 December

YOOL 2009
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Hmmm, JockMacMad's planned dereliction of duty, has got me thinking I that need to ease back a little on my first guess. On the otherhand, we are motoring so fast now, I'll leave it for a day or so to see what pans out.

Now, if you really got your act together, you could fly back up, top up the key, plug it into the meter and fly back down to Mrs JMM's family without breaking sweat.....that, or employ a highly trained gang of white mice dressed in ninja suits to swap a newly topped up key at just the right time :wink:
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:arrow: 2359Z

25 December

YOOL 2009
You've lost me.
Do you mean 00:00hrs on 26th December? :?
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Hmmm, JockMacMad's planned dereliction of duty,
Dinnae be sae sure laddie. :twisted: We had 8 inches of snow here last night (in Aberdeen), and it looks like it might be the same tonight. Snowing heavily at the moment. :santa:
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Regardless of the feasability of JockMacMad's travel plans (and I'm sure we all wish him a safe & speedy journey back to Mrs JMM) his output is already dropping from nearly 1.9M yesterday to just under 1M today. All the same we racked up 4.6M today which, with 987M done, would extrapolate to 1B late on Xmas day. I'm going to assume some further drop off & go for a slightly earlier time on boxing day, leaving us with:
  • Aardvark ....................... 2000 25th Dec
    CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec [as far as I can decipher! :wink: ]
    JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
    Megacruncher ................ 0900 26th Dec
    Nightlord ....................... 1200 27th Dec
    Mr Thinhead ................... 2200 27th Dec
    Reeltime ........................ 0400 28th Dec
    PinkPenguin ................... 0800 28th Dec
    johnn/Airculpret ............. 0100 29th Dec
    IanMBaker ..................... 0100 30th Dec
    FlyingfocRS .................... 1200 30th Dec
Roughly half these guesses are insultingly pessimistic so get them revised now folks.
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Yup. it's a tough call this one. We had the same snow yesterday, so if JMM is traveling (and this chart suggests he is: JockMacMad's output), our output will be reduced in line with Willie's ideas.

However, maybe he will have a box running for a wee while longer?

Anyway, time for a revision:

1200 26th December .... Mrs N's birthday don't you know :wink:
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0400 hours, boxing day
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Aardvark 11:00 on 26th December
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CycloneRanger ...............0000 25th Dec
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 0400 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1100 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1200 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 1200 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 2200 27th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 0800 28th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 0100 29th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 0100 30th Dec
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I think I had better revise my time a bit. Don't want to be too pessimistic.

14:00 26th December.


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OK, I'll revise to 0900 on 26 December.
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Didn't Willie choose 0900 on 26th?
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The Big B on Boxing Day / St. Stephen's day... now there's a thought... :grommit:

15:00 on 26th December

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! :santa:
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#31 BBB guess revision

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I hope this rev. being so close to turnover doesn't seem cheeky,
26 Dec. 1300 hrs.
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i guess 10:00 am 26th December if no ones taken it.
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Didn't Willie choose 0900 on 26th?
I did indeed. The last round-up introduced some, erm.., anomalies which I will try and sort out. Doubtless I will increase the confusion 10 fold. :roll: If your guess isn't where you think it should be tell me and I'll do my best to fix it.

Whatever, I've given Mr Thinhead 0900 on the 26th and opted for the unacustomed role of team pessimist by shifting my guess to late on boxing day afternoon.

Although we are now just 9.4M short of the big one Jock's farm has switched off almost totally & I reckon that we will be reduced to a mere 3.5 million per day.

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec [as far as I can decipher! :wink: ]
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 0400 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1100 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 1200 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1700 26th Dec
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sorry! 1800 26th!
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No need to apologise - I don't particularly want to be team pessimist & anyway to maximise the fun I've left the guessing open until 999 million so you can keep changing your mind for a while to come.

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec [as far as I can decipher! Wink ]
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1100 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 1200 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1700 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 1800 26th Dec
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Didn't Willie choose 0900 on 26th?
I did indeed. The last round-up introduced some, erm.., anomalies which I will try and sort out.
oops slight error in the old copy and paste there. :oops: :oops:
I'll blame Rocky who decided to jump up and sit on my knee/laptop mid post. Either that or senility!!!!!! :wink:
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A major fly has just landed in the predictive ointment.
Collatz has gone tits-up and their Admin is away for Xmas.
So make sure you've got Milkyway attached as a back-up & be prepared for this turning into a guess when Collatz gets back on-line comp. C'est le Boinc! :?
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Didn't Willie choose 0900 on 26th?
I did indeed. The last round-up introduced some, erm.., anomalies which I will try and sort out.
oops slight error in the old copy and paste there.
Wow... I couldn't figure out why my new choice had become a subject of international diplomacy all of a sudden, but I see from a close reading of the scrolls what went wrong.

I am happy to concede 0900 if Willie wants to lay first claim. But if not I will stick with that.

Must go now, my private jet awaits, and I hope to be back in my very own remote corner of Perthshire before midnight.
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Collatz seems to be back. Perhaps it doing it's holiday bounce and will be up and down till new year.

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I am happy to concede 0900 if Willie wants to lay first claim. But if not I will stick with that.
Not a problem - I was planning a revision anyway so 0900 is yours for as long as you want it.

Watch that private jet now - the runways are icy up here.
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I lost a power supply fan last night. :(

Managed to rig something this morning, but it sounded dreadful and more importantly, the psu was complaining like it was about to expire in flames (I've seen that only once before and it's frightening). So I'm one cruncher down on MW until I can get a big enough psu to replace it.

That and with JockMacMad's festive jaunt down South, it's time to move the guess again.

2000 December 26th
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The abacus (8 bit, No floating point, 3 bits/second) has just predicted the following time :)


Aardvark 19:00 on 26th December
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If my cut & paste skills are better than Mike's then the state of the art is:

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec [as far as I can decipher! Wink ]
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 1800 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1900 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 2000 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 2100 26th Dec

As you will see I've decided to be a wee bit more pessimisic. We have just over 6 million to go and managed 3.3 million in the last day.

Keep watching & keep revising those guesses.

PS Merry Xmas!! :reindeer: :reindeer:
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CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
MacDitch ....................... 1700 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 1800 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1900 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 2000 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 2100 26th Dec

Late to the competition, almost too late, but I've stuck a guess in a gap I spotted.

Merry Christmas everyone. Enjoy the day, it's almost over here. :(
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You'd only be too late if we had passed 999 million. As it is we are still 2.5 million short of our historic landmark.

With an hour of the day gone I think it's reasonable to assume that we will make the grade sometime in the second half of today.

Those guessing a time before lunch might want to think about grabbing one of the evening slots whilst they remain available.
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damn it, hate to be a party pooper but 22.00 26th Dec
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Too pessimistic and a little rash methinks. We are 1.25 million short as of 10 am. Just to show my faith in our crunching ability I shall pinch the 1800 slot vacated by Reeltime.

CycloneRanger ...............0000 26th Dec
JockMacMad ................... 0300 26th Dec
Mr Thinhead ................... 0900 26th Dec
Robbie .......................... 1000 26th Dec
johnn/Airculpret ............. 1300 26th Dec
IanMBaker ..................... 1400 26th Dec
PinkPenguin ................... 1500 26th Dec
FlyingfocRS .................... 1600 26th Dec
MacDitch ....................... 1700 26th Dec
Megacruncher ................ 1800 26th Dec
Aardvark ....................... 1900 26th Dec
Nightlord ....................... 2000 26th Dec
Reeltime ........................ 2200 26th Dec
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Hi guys, hope you all had a great time yesterday and if you were traveling that you got to where you wanted to be safe and sound despite the weather.

It looks a tight call. Even 8-10 hours out, it's difficult to be certain, but I think there are three guesses that are close to being on the mark, starting with Willie, then Aardvark, followed by yours truly.

Out of those, it seems to me that Aardvark has the best chance of pulling it off.

However, it only needs one project to report some credits early and Willie will indulge himself in a bottle of malt: or if a project goes offline I may still snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
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hey can you put me down for 2100 today please.
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According to Temujins stat's http://ubt-seti.dyndns.org/tsbt/UBT.php the total at 12:00 was 999,043,505. It's now in the lap of the gods :) (that would be a good name for a song :wink: )

I hope everybody had a good Christmas and manage to achieve all that they wish for in the New Year to come.
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