Re: points today

From: Daniel de Rauglaudre (daniel.de_rauglaudre@inria.fr)
Date: Fri Dec 17 1999 - 01:52:34 MET

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> Isn't the new "points today" a confusing statistic given the different
> time zones involved. Perhaps "Points in the last 24 hours" would be
> more appropriate.

Alas no. The meaning of "today" is "today in France", which can be 5
minutes ago, when just Midnight passed (with very few points then).

With our facilities, I have no way to know how many points were found
in the last 24 hours.

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Daniel de RAUGLAUDRE
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