Our last record attendance was:
Most users ever online was 99 on Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:40 am
Australian Eastern Summer Time
Using that as a template... We can try to break our record of 99 on Dhamma Wheel's birthday! Try to login, if you can at the following time (or before, just stay active, refresh the index page), based on your timezone:
Las Vegas (U.S.A. - Nevada) Thursday, 31 December 2009 at 3:40:00 PM
Madison (U.S.A. - Wisconsin) Thursday, 31 December 2009 at 5:40:00 PM
New York (U.S.A. - New York) Thursday, 31 December 2009 at 6:40:00 PM
London (U.K. - England) Thursday, 31 December at 11:40:00 PM
Berlin (Germany - Berlin) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 12:40:00 AM
Moscow (Russia) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 2:40:00 AM
Mumbai (India - Maharashtra) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 5:10:00 AM
Kolkata (India - West Bengal) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 5:10:00 AM
Bangkok (Thailand) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 6:40:00 AM
Beijing (China) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 7:40:00 AM
Perth (Australia - Western Australia) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 7:40:00 AM
Auckland (New Zealand) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 12:40:00 PM
SEE YOU THEN ! ! !
(thanks to Ben for calculating these times!)
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Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
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Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by David N. Snyder » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:58 pm
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Ben » Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:25 pm
No problem David
Just to point out, those on the East Coast of Australia, the time for our 'bomb' is
Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart: 10.40 AM 1st Jan
Brisbane: 9.40 AM 1st Jan
My advice is for people to log on at least a few minutes early and perhaps say 'hello' here on this thread.
It'll be cool!
See you then!
metta
Ben
Just to point out, those on the East Coast of Australia, the time for our 'bomb' is
Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart: 10.40 AM 1st Jan
Brisbane: 9.40 AM 1st Jan
My advice is for people to log on at least a few minutes early and perhaps say 'hello' here on this thread.
It'll be cool!
See you then!
metta
Ben
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by zavk » Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:37 am
Fantastic idea, David and Ben!
Erm... I have a NYE party the night before but I'll do my best to wake up early enough just to log in.
Erm... I have a NYE party the night before but I'll do my best to wake up early enough just to log in.
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Ben » Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:10 am
Countdown timer:
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/fullscreen.html?mode=m&year=2010&month=1&day=1&hour=10&min=40&p0=396
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/fullscreen.html?mode=m&year=2010&month=1&day=1&hour=10&min=40&p0=396
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar)
Buddhist Global Relief
UNHCR Somali Emergency Relief Appeal
e: ben.dhammawheel@gmail.com
-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar)
Buddhist Global Relief
UNHCR Somali Emergency Relief Appeal
e: ben.dhammawheel@gmail.com
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Mawkish1983 » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:12 am
I'll be at work 
. I'll try to get on but, alas, it's not likely. Hey, wouldn't it be good to get everyone into chat to celebrate! Chat is so rarely used here, maybe this 'bomb' will kickstart it
. I'll try to get on but, alas, it's not likely. Hey, wouldn't it be good to get everyone into chat to celebrate! Chat is so rarely used here, maybe this 'bomb' will kickstart it - Mawkish1983
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Fede » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:40 am
I've set my mobile 'phone alarm to remind me! I'll be here!! (Do we need to bring a bottle?) 
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Annapurna » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:51 am
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Guy » Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:32 pm
David N. Snyder wrote:Perth (Australia - Western Australia) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 7:40:00 AM
You think I have nothing better to do at 7:40AM on new year's day than to log on to DhammaWheel?
...Well, you're right! Looking forward to it!
Four types of letting go:
1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
- Ajahn Brahm
1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
- Ajahn Brahm
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Vardali » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:41 pm
Forgive me, I am a blonde.
I am always getting confused with those time zones:
so, UK times I understand, this is 20 minutes to midnight on New Year's Eve in the UK.
I.e. the Berlin time (relevant for me) would be 00.40 hrs (in Germany) on New Year's Day, right?
All this AM - PM stuff is confusing for someone on a 24-hrs system
It would be good if you could confirm or correct my translation before I am wasting a good night's sleep for nothing
I am always getting confused with those time zones:
David N. Snyder wrote:
London (U.K. - England) Thursday, 31 December at 11:40:00 PM
Berlin (Germany - Berlin) Friday, 1 January 2010 at 12:40:00 AM
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SEE YOU THEN ! ! !
(thanks to Ben for calculating these times!)
so, UK times I understand, this is 20 minutes to midnight on New Year's Eve in the UK.
I.e. the Berlin time (relevant for me) would be 00.40 hrs (in Germany) on New Year's Day, right?
All this AM - PM stuff is confusing for someone on a 24-hrs system
It would be good if you could confirm or correct my translation before I am wasting a good night's sleep for nothing
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by David N. Snyder » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:01 pm
Vardali wrote:All this AM - PM stuff is confusing for someone on a 24-hrs system
It would be good if you could confirm or correct my translation before I am wasting a good night's sleep for nothing
For times with PM next to them, just add 12, for example:
3:40 pm = 1540
6:40 pm = 1840
with the exception of:
12:00 pm = 1200
12:00 am = 0000 (or 2400) midnight
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Monkey Mind » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:05 pm
I am at work. I will log in, but will probably be a "silent participant". Happy Birthday!
"As I am, so are others;
as others are, so am I."
Having thus identified self and others,
harm no one nor have them harmed.
Sutta Nipāta 3.710
as others are, so am I."
Having thus identified self and others,
harm no one nor have them harmed.
Sutta Nipāta 3.710
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Laurens » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:37 pm
Unfortunately I won't have access to a computer at that time. Sorry!
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Rhino » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:42 am
I don't see any sense in this intention. In my opinion it is just another bigger, greater, higher,more, ... Samsara.
With best wishes
Only in a vertical view, straight down into the abyss of his own personal existence, is a man capable of apprehending the perilous insecurity of his situation; and only a man who does apprehend this is prepared to listen to the Buddha's Teaching.
Nanavira Thera - Notes on Dhamma
Only in a vertical view, straight down into the abyss of his own personal existence, is a man capable of apprehending the perilous insecurity of his situation; and only a man who does apprehend this is prepared to listen to the Buddha's Teaching.
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Guy » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:53 am
Hi Rhino,
While what you say is true in the short term, at least we are all going to be logging on to a website dedicated primarily to Dhamma discussion (and secondarily to fun and games). We could be all agreeing to log on at the same time to a website devoted to man vs bear hot dog eating contests, or worse! Therefore perhaps an act of indulging in the trivial will help bring us closer to the non-trivial.
With Metta,
Guy
Rhino wrote:I don't see any sense in this intention. In my opinion it is just another bigger, greater, higher,more, ... Samsara.
While what you say is true in the short term, at least we are all going to be logging on to a website dedicated primarily to Dhamma discussion (and secondarily to fun and games). We could be all agreeing to log on at the same time to a website devoted to man vs bear hot dog eating contests, or worse! Therefore perhaps an act of indulging in the trivial will help bring us closer to the non-trivial.
With Metta,
Guy
Four types of letting go:
1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
- Ajahn Brahm
1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
- Ajahn Brahm
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by acinteyyo » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:00 am
Will the web-server hosting dhamma-wheel be capable of dealing with, let's say 500 or more logins at once?
Pubbe cāhaṃ bhikkhave, etarahi ca dukkhañceva paññāpemi, dukkhassa ca nirodhaṃ. (M.22)
Both formerly, monks, and now, it is just suffering that I make known and the ending of suffering.
Both formerly, monks, and now, it is just suffering that I make known and the ending of suffering.
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Ben » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:42 am
Hi Acinteyyo
I don't think it will be a problem. We had 99 on 14th November with no ill effects during or after.
metta
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acinteyyo wrote:Will the web-server hosting dhamma-wheel be capable of dealing with, let's say 500 or more logins at once?
I don't think it will be a problem. We had 99 on 14th November with no ill effects during or after.
metta
Ben
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-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Buddhist Global Relief
UNHCR Somali Emergency Relief Appeal
e: ben.dhammawheel@gmail.com
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Buddhist Global Relief
UNHCR Somali Emergency Relief Appeal
e: ben.dhammawheel@gmail.com
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Annapurna » Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:19 pm
I never log out, does that count as logged in?
Berlin is also not my time zone I think.
Can somebody give me the time for Ansbach, Germany, or Nuremberg, I'm having such a hard time with calculations.
I might be asleep by 0.40 am too.
Berlin is also not my time zone I think.
Can somebody give me the time for Ansbach, Germany, or Nuremberg, I'm having such a hard time with calculations.
I might be asleep by 0.40 am too.
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Rhino » Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:31 pm
Annabel wrote:I never log out, does that count as logged in?
Yes, the users who are at the same time online will be counted.
Annabel wrote:Berlin is also not my time zone I think.
Can somebody give me the time for Ansbach, Germany, or Nuremberg, I'm having such a hard time with calculations.
Berlin is your timezone. In Germany we have not different timezones. 14:00 in Berlin is also 14:00 in Cologne.
With best wishes
Only in a vertical view, straight down into the abyss of his own personal existence, is a man capable of apprehending the perilous insecurity of his situation; and only a man who does apprehend this is prepared to listen to the Buddha's Teaching.
Nanavira Thera - Notes on Dhamma
Only in a vertical view, straight down into the abyss of his own personal existence, is a man capable of apprehending the perilous insecurity of his situation; and only a man who does apprehend this is prepared to listen to the Buddha's Teaching.
Nanavira Thera - Notes on Dhamma
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Annapurna » Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:47 pm
Oh, damn, you're right....
It is just the sun that goes up earlier in Berlin and another timezone for astrological charts....
I need a vacation....lol....
It is just the sun that goes up earlier in Berlin and another timezone for astrological charts....
I need a vacation....lol....
Last edited by Annapurna on Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Dhamma Wheel members online "bomb"
by Annapurna » Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:50 pm
Am I also still logged in when my PC is turned off?
Please don't fall under the chair laughing.
Please don't fall under the chair laughing.
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