damont ([personal profile] damont) wrote2008-09-29 01:25 pm

Geek wisdom

From an email today at work: "Clue is a shared resource."
penumbren: Jeremy Clarkson wearing a crown on QI (idiots are fun)

[personal profile] penumbren 2008-09-29 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
If only.

[identity profile] dr-zrfq.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
The problem here is that there's only one clue, and we have *how* many people trying to access it at once?
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[identity profile] dr-zrfq.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
From the context it was, alas, clear that they weren't. [livejournal.com profile] fosveny below is probably closer to correct in this regard than any of us would like.

[identity profile] fosveny.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The amount of clue on the planet is a constant.

[identity profile] dr-zrfq.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
*sigh* It does seem that way, doesn't it...
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[identity profile] adelheid-p.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Some network connections to clue seem less reliable than others, too.

[identity profile] dr-zrfq.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
All too true.

[identity profile] shaunacarrick.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Want to borrow my 'clue by four'? It really does exist - ask Athenais :-) I am always happy to share the clue-force.