Februrary 28/29 - the Overclocker's Day!

Over at overclockers.ru, guys came up with an idea to have an Overclocker holiday. Like the day of the overclocker or something :D All sorts of professions have their own holiday, so how are WE different?

Seems like a great idea to me and many people agree. So we figured that it should be February 29 - the overclocked day of an overclocked year :banana:

And well, if so it happens that only February 28 is available - so be it. The last day of winter - the season of low temperatures and high overclocks.

And obviously, when February 29 comes along - major holiday :toast:

Are you guys in? Spread the word!

last day of winter sounds good to me. :P

the last day of winter is the overclocking stop;).....kidding.

I think its not a bad idea, but i think it will not work.

forwarded to eocf's forums :)


comon now, someone has to start holidays... right? ;)

skate2snow
Why not? Overclockers.ru get a few tens of thousands of people every day. Now, when they put this up on the front page... :D

Actually about 100 people in the forums voted on this positively, so I figure it's gaining momentum. Let's let as many people as possible to know about this and let them decide :)

yea, do like me, and spread the word... doubtful that we will get a national holiday :P, but if we can get it posted at places like the inquirer, slashdot, etc... it will count for us, ;)

i'll spread it to sharky forums. it's a good idea, especially if it's an excuse to upgrade.

great im in if bowman, kunakk, mricee, captaincascade, fugger and the rest of the gang will join

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Originally posted by J0k3r3
great im in if bowman, kunakk, mricee, captaincascade, fugger and the rest of the gang will join

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Why not just be in?

I think it's a great idea. I'll just get naked, have a couple beers, and do a little overclocking to the Ramones.

Oh wait, that's what I do every other weekend... :confused: Oh well... one more time a year won't hurt me. :up:

Who the hell needs 1 day for overclocking when you can have it everyday!!

`schr0et
Who said you can only overclock on that day? This day is to CELEBRATE overclocking :D

Gread idea Ivan :toast:

do i get a day off from work if the 29th is a weekday?

if we form a overclocking/labor union. :D

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Originally posted by DjTonic
Gread idea Ivan :toast:

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it wasnt his idea, some people over at overclockers.ru came up with it. ;)

ivan, can you post a link to that thread? ;)

Sure. It's in Russian though:
http://forums.overclockers.ru/viewto...0fffc954bde3fa

i like the idea a vote for "OwNz! February 28/29 - the International Overclocker's Day!"
but overclocking day for us it's every single day for years now hehe

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Originally posted by IvanAndreevich
And well, if so it happens that only February 28 is available - so be it. The last day of winter - the season of low temperatures and high overclocks.

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btw, last day of winter is march 19th. ;)

and im using babel fish to translate. ;)

If that's how you like to count it. However, be advised that only you folks in North America think so. The rest of the world is Dec 1 to Feb 28/29.

I especially like the 29th cause it's the TRUE overclocked day :D

Bond_
>>but overclocking day for us it's every single day for years now hehe

Well, it's like a teacher saying that it's teacher's day every day :) This particular day is to get together with your overclocking buddies and have a lan party or something :banana:

hm... didnt know that... but feb. 28/29 sounds good to me either way. ;)

I have spread the word! :D

OwNz! February 28/29 - the International Overclocker's Day!

Consider the word [url=http://www.over-clock.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=15;t=3493]spread[url]. :D

LoL very thoughtfull idea!:toast:

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Originally posted by IvanAndreevich
skate2snow
Why not? Overclockers.ru get a few tens of thousands of people every day. Now, when they put this up on the front page... :D

Actually about 100 people in the forums voted on this positively, so I figure it's gaining momentum. Let's let as many people as possible to know about this and let them decide :)

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Im not saying its not a good idea, and NO im not one of those that voted for the 4th.

Its only those kind of things never really work.

Don't really see how anyone would go about celebrating. I don't really know if I'd want to be involved in an "overclockers party" no offense :P
However the words "Overclockers day special" do appeal to me :D

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Originally posted by skate2snow
Im not saying its not a good idea, and NO im not one of those that voted for the 4th.

Its only those kind of things never really work.

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and how did days like "earth day" get created?

im pretty sure nothing like this will get publically recognized any time soon... but if we keep at it, it will happen sometime. ;)

skate2snow
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Publically recoginized? Who cares! This is a holiday for overclockers! As long as WE recognize it, it's all that counts.

...A date to go spend some $ for those RAMsinks or have a ghetto lan party with some benchmarking. Or make this an occasion to bring the prommie to your friend's house and have some beer, while you beat some records and reflect on your overclocking achievements :D

Maybe we could even have an overclocker's meet in a couple of years if this becomes popular.

heh, that 1st sentence is nearly exactly what i said in the 5th post in this thread. ;)

local elections on feb 29th here, will be working in an ellection-office all day...

Count Me in.

I´m in...!!!!!
'I have spread the word to sweden to.... :banana: :D :banana: :D

saaya, take your rig into the polling office, spread the word to all the voters. ;)

Who cares about recognition?

As long as everyone is sat about in their pants with all the windows open, freezing their nuts off for "one last bench", who gives a damn?

Different date IMO, needs to be at a colder time of the year, its feb and starting to warm up. ;)

Just my :2cents:

lol feb 28/29 is allready saturday and sunday here in melbourne.. not ideal if u ask me cos id prefer it if i could use this as an excuse to stay home from school LOL but either way im in and ill do some benching on those days for sure:D

i like it but think the same as others, colder date please xD. althoug at nights on feb it is really cold, but this year that we have been over 20 days on a heat wave.
yesterday talking about this to a friend he said !saint overclocking!! i said of course it is my religion, my good is Gigaherzio and i pray to him offering blessed volts, the demons are Heat (he has came to earth two times, 1st in the form of fx5800 and 2nd in form of presscot) and Popobawa(http://www.overclockers.com/articles965/) the responsible of blue screens and other hang ups.

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05-15-2004 11:31 PM

yeah this feb was really cold so far, it was snowing on my b-day! :eek:

I wonder if the administration of this site would support this? What do you guys think?

Cause THIS is the place where the overclockers hang out in masses.

I missed it, went to work.. didnt overclock a thing :(

But ill make the most of it next year.

Holst. It's on the 28/29th of feb, today is the 20th (unless i am SERIOUSLY mistaken.... man was that weed good though :) )

Seek help guys.... really.

Maybe I'm just bitter because I'd be celebrating by my lonesome. :( My friends are sick of hearing about my computer on one of those days when a project or upgrade just fires on all cylinders.... or the exact opposite.

I dont mean any offense, I'm only kidding. But anyone who voted "OwnZ, february 28th/29th," lets just say the inner geek is strong and really exuding itself at that moment ;)

edit: mmm...dank weed.

We know how darkfold is celebrating!:banana4:

Spread to the 3DGameMan forums. Hope you don't mind I copied your post :D

why not buy stuff on the 29th of february... the waranty will last for four years :)

Cool!

Spread to www.iamnotageek.com and www.bigbruin.com as well as my personal site. :)

wierdAl
What do you mean by 4 years?

leap year comes around every 4 years. ;)

most warentees are either 1 or 3 years, not 4. :(

pik-ard v1.1
Well, yeah a 4 year warranty would be cool :)

Up for maximum exposure.

IvanAndreevich
It was a great idea to spread this topic here!
Well, one more vote for 28/29.02...
www.ModLabs.net forum already have a thread for this:) And we'll post a news too...

Sounds cool to me. It's all in the spirit of fun which is why we are here to begin with.:bday:

I'll get a web cam for the event and broadcast me frying some equipment. I have some things that have been just asking to be torched. :devil:

:toast: Beer is good! :toast:






/Jeff says... in thinking about being 34 with a wife and 2 kids... boy oh boy does life fly by. :D

Jeff
How about you do that for real?

It's getting closer and closer. Any plans? We're getting a huge UT2004 game happening @ forums.amd.com :D

Maybe something of this sort here?

Oh yes.. The 29th of February made into Overclockers.ru news:
http://www.overclockers.ru/news/news...&id=1077622807

Woo-hoo. Now if some other sites would do that.. like say modlabs.net :)

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Originally posted by IvanAndreevich
It's getting closer and closer. Any plans? We're getting a huge UT2004 game happening @ forums.amd.com :D

Maybe something of this sort here?

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Looks like it's finally time to grab a copy of the UT2004 demo. ;)

It does seem to be a lot more fun than 2k3. Onslaught is cool as hell with vehicles that dont take months to learn. Im happy assault has found its way back as well. That holds promise regardless of the fact the demo level of it is only so-so.

I seem to fair a bit better in the games that dont require the patience to hide and go prone, or wait for enemies to be about, so Im a bit biased. As a working adult who has only been into comps for two years or so Im still not exactly clan worthy anyway. Lucky for me the demo has various skill level players. I'll be a walking target when the real deal hits but Im down to play! :D

So does anyone here have 2 comps with a good enough connection to host any sort of game?

The demo has lower quality textures than the real thing will :D

UT2k4 = UT2k3 + some new textures, models, and a few new vehicles, etc.

Should of been an expansion pack

Çhrist0ph
I have to disagree - onslaught really owns! However, this is getting offtopic here heh.

Any in Vancouver, BC interested in a meet? We are having a get-together in Richmond here. I remember there was a user from Richmond here - want to come?

Happy overclocker's day! Some us should already be celebrating!!!
:banana:

Happy overclockers day!!!
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Originally Posted by IvanAndreevich

If that's how you like to count it. However, be advised that only you folks in North America think so. The rest of the world is Dec 1 to Feb 28/29.

I especially like the 29th cause it's the TRUE overclocked day :D

Bond_
>>but overclocking day for us it's every single day for years now hehe

Well, it's like a teacher saying that it's teacher's day every day :) This particular day is to get together with your overclocking buddies and have a lan party or something :banana:

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Last day of the winter in 28/29 FEB??? only in russia or something like that...
the season's of the year are regulated by the solstice/equinox of the year, so the spring starts exactly @ 21st march 00:00 hours... that's the day of Spring Equinox, than you have Summer Solstice @ 21st june, Autumn Equinox @ 23rd septemper and finally Winter Solstice @ 21st December

w00t! it's my birthday today too :D ;)

Happy overclocker's day :toast: :banana: :banana: :D

Sounds good to me...

I think that the Overclockers day should be not on 28February when it`s already warm, but somewhere in the middle of winter (around 15January).

Um...

February only has 28 days... There is no February 29... It's March 1 today...

What the heck is going on.

And it's blizzarding outside here in Canada... Last day of winter my butt! It's the first day of winter. :) :)

You all mistaken. We`re(overclockers.ru) celebrate this day not because that it is the last day of the winter and he is cold, but because this is one of the most overclocked day in 4 year: 28+1
Respect to VRoman for this great idea...

iron3k Registered User - it`s so strange to see it...

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Originally Posted by rob[GL]

Um...

February only has 28 days... There is no February 29... It's March 1 today...

What the heck is going on.

And it's blizzarding outside here in Canada... Last day of winter my butt! It's the first day of winter. :) :)

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leap year's there is a Feb 29, but for the other years, the 28th is good enough

29th would only work every 4 years ... just thought i would point that out if noone else had so far

voted for 28/29.

Spread to forums.amd.com, though I doubt the thread will last that long. Next feb 29th, all of xs should get together somewhere! :D

It's coming up again :)

Count me in!

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Originally Posted by skate2snow

the last day of winter is the overclocking stop;).....kidding.

I think its not a bad idea, but i think it will not work.

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wow, havent seen you in ages :D
good to see your still around :toast:
hows it goin?

ocing day... meh...
make it december 25th or 26th, that makes more sense cause everybody has free time and probably just bought himself some new gadget hehe :D
plus, its colder, so you can oc better...