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Do you think that there are a greater number of black triangles in proportion to geographical data?

I am wondering if there is a geographical breakdown that shows the number of west coast vs. east coast black triangles. Does the time zone difference give either coast an advantage over the other?

by aksman44
asked 5 months ago

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I don't live on a coast. I live near dead center.

you guys are welcome to your oceans, and rising sea levels and tsunamis, and super hurricanes... I'll stick with my tornadoes, and blinding blizzards.

waltertangofoxtrot
5 months ago

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East coast state representing here; however, I'm 4 hours from the water and less than 2 hours from the mountains.

missellienc
5 months ago

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@missellienc:

Yeah, but you're down south. ;)

I think the west coast has an easier time of it since the woot day rolls over so early fro them. I have to stay up until 1AM (since becoming active on deals.woot, I frequently go to bed at 8 or 9PM, sleep until 1AM, then go back to bed about 4 or 5 for a few hours.

baqui63
5 months ago

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Ok, how about we just go by PST, MTZ, CST, and ETZ (sorry GMT, Etc...).

aksman44
5 months ago

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@baqui63

You are definitely a dedicated wooter.

aksman44
5 months ago

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Why no love for the Central time zone? Or Mountian Time? or Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time? Those guys have it really easy they can check woot at 8pm if my math is correct.

gideonfrost
5 months ago

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Shandong, China here (Qingdao, middle-east coast).

Even though woot doesn't ship here, I have all of my goodies stockpiled at my alternate address in the states. Can't wait to get back home in March! :D

dmaz
5 months ago

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I live in Germany.... I don't think there are many wooters 'round here.

achyder
5 months ago

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@baqui63: I think your math is wrong. The far west (Pacific) is three hours behind central, I believe, so they'd have to stay up until 3 am to woot.

captainsuperdawg
5 months ago

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@captainsuperdawg:

Huh? Maybe I'm missing something, but ignoring Daylight Saving Time (which annoys me), Atlantic is -400 (ie. four hours behind GMT), Eastern is -500, Central is -600, Mountain is -700, Pacific is -800, Alaskan is -900 and Hawaiian is -10. (What I find interesting is that part of Alaska is in the Hawaiian time zone).

Thus 12:00 AM (midnight) in Carrolton, TX is

02:00 AM in St Thomas (US Virgin Islands)
01:00 AM in New York
12:00 AM in Carrolton
11:00 PM in Denver
10:00 PM in San Diego
09:00 PM in Fairbanks
08:00 PM in Honolulu

On days that I have to be up at 6AM, going to bed at 2AM is not so great. Most days I don't have to be up until 9AM, so it isn't as bad.

baqui63
5 months ago

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@captainsuperdawg: Not sure what you're talking about, unless the earth is now spinning in the opposite direction. When it's Midnight in the Garden of Deals and Woot, it's 8PM in Honolulu.

Here's a fun link for the curious.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html?continent=namerica

I do point out that, except for shirts, folks in Honolulu aren't going to care much, though, since the other Woot sites don't ship to AK or HA.

On the other hand, this was originally a question about black triangles, not about who could or couldn't woot. Just pointing out the obvious. It's my job.

[Edit] Just saw that @baqui63 had responded, but I like my links, so I'm leaving the post up.

shrdlu
5 months ago

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@baqui63 and @shrdlu: You're both right. I wrote that comment about 5 minutes after waking up. My brain wasn't functioning properly, so don't mind my stupidity.

captainsuperdawg
5 months ago

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@jumbowoot A black triangle map would be interesting to see. Your JUMBOWOOT, you can make it happen!

gthuffines
5 months ago

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East Coast...three hours from the beach; two from the mountains, also.

ecwhitt77
5 months ago

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