[mythtv-users] FYI: The Current Zap2it survey/Reqeust.

[Devan Lippman]

On 11/15/05, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> Marshall Crocker wrote:
>
> > I saw that too when I did my survey last month. I said I would change
> > the update time from the morning hours to 9am - Midnight but never
> > did. If everyone who does this survey changes then they'll end up
> > with everyone switching to this time and their servers will be
> > overloaded during the 9am-Midnight hours. Maybe it's not asking
> > everyone to do that?
>
> Or, perhaps they're going to ask everyone to use specific times and
> customize those times based on the user's location (i.e. making sure
> they specify the proper local time) and perhaps renewal date.
>
> Just asking the whole world to use some time between 9:00am and midnight
> would accomplish little (because 9:00am and midnight come at different
> times in each time zone)... Now, if they said, "Between 9am-Midnight
> EST," that would be a different story... Also, if they really wanted to
> get the message out, they could have easily put some info on the forum
> (Has anyone seen a post there? I couldn't find anything.) or even a
> recommended download time on each user's account page.
>
> So, I would say don't make any changes until you're explicitly asked to
> do so. If anyone finds any specific instructions for the community at
> large, please let us know.
>
> Mike
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 Maybe they're just trying to keep people out of their backup windows.

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Thanks,
Devan Lippman <devan at lippman dot net>
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