The "last one to post on this thread wins" Thread

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Originally Posted by leojose

mebbe your influence on these threads makes me feel so... :ehh: ...you're all over the place that's why ;)

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ROTFL! Yeah.. I guess so. :blush: Okay, I'll disappear for a while. ;)

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Originally Posted by leojose

you think so..?...there maybe a dozen of them! You're lucky he is giving you 5 :eek: ...no wonder he tried to keep me out with that 'everybody is a winner' stuff :lol:

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LOL. Probably. ;) :D

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Originally Posted by cherish

Gee, where are all those guys aiming to win this thread for 2005??

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what..!??? its already 2006? I thought still got few more days to go.. darn, I missed calculating otherwise I would have won...:D

anyway congrates to you.. but don't think I would let you win for 2006, I better count the days from now, today is D-3..:p

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Originally Posted by Max Payne

I better count the days from now, today is D-3..:p

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you meant...D-362 right? 362 days for D-day! ;)

why are you counting backward..? thats weird.:p

B'coz that's how its done...the new year ushers in with a countdown...rockets are launched with a countdown...every race in olympics is started with a countdown! Just a universal phenomenon I guess... :rolleyes:
Fortunately, our lifespans are not a countdown...else.... :eek:

i prefer count-up... its a lot easier.. count-down is just too much stress to my brain.:p

I think it should be the other way round.. :ehh:
You see...with a countdown, you (and everybody else) know when the counting is going to end. Anything that has a 'limit' or end-point allways follow the countdown.
But things like a...mmm...say a distress beacon...it follows a countup with a fixed time interval...b'coz its not going to end till somebody catches it. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by leojose

B'coz that's how its done...the new year ushers in with a countdown...rockets are launched with a countdown...every race in olympics is started with a countdown! Just a universal phenomenon I guess... :rolleyes:
Fortunately, our lifespans are not a countdown...else.... :eek:

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hmmm.... i didn't think about it too thoroughly, but i can't imagine even one race which starts with a countdown. usually they start with a "ready - set - go" sequence or with light signals switching colors, don't they? but i agree that in sports, count-ups have some negative touch because of e.g. boxing, where you count up to 10 when one fighter goes down in the rink... the same is true for other martial arts and fighting sports.

I like the countdown because you get to see when it's going to end. And um, it's trippy I guess? =/

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Originally Posted by JBudOner

I like the countdown because you get to see when it's going to end. And um, it's trippy I guess? =/

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I hate countdowns... because they have a clear end. And sometimes it can be very bad to see one, especially when combined with tickin'.

countdown would require more logic gates than count up...:p

LOL nice. =P Maybey that's what I meant by, 'trippy'. Hehe.

is countdown has an end?...after 0, there're still -1,-2,-3 and so on:confused:

EDIT: unless you set the end is 0...and we can applied to the count up too...let set the end is 10 or 3 or something :p

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Originally Posted by reset-leo

but i can't imagine even one race which starts with a countdown. usually they start with a "ready - set - go" sequence or with light signals switching colors, don't they?.

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agreed...but "ready-set-go" actually relates to 3 different stances the runner takes before he dashes off to the finish, so they cannot be considered as a count-down (or count-up) :cool:

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Originally Posted by reset-leo

but i agree that in sports, count-ups have some negative touch because of e.g. boxing, where you count up to 10 when one fighter goes down in the rink... the same is true for other martial arts and fighting sports

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hmmm...something worth pondering :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by mrRee

is countdown has an end?...after 0, there're still -1,-2,-3 and so on

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oh yes...that again is a count-up...don't let the negative signs fool ya ;)

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