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donc:

I left mine on all night and when I got up and saw the alert, I rebooted. It
wasn't until 11:56 CST that my quote pages began showing any meaningful net
changes. Is that better late than never? Or...useless when 3/4 of the trading
day is done?

Best,

Tim Morge

dcountach wrote:
> 
> It seems that I was saved from this BMI bad date by .... OMEGA !
> 
> I turned my server off last night because I wanted to MISS the opening.
> I am trying to document that TS can't calculate the Net Change if it
> doesn't receive the first tick.  Of course it should use the previous
> day's close, but it AIN't doin' it.  And I've now got the screen
> captures
> to prove it.
> 
> If not for this TS defect I, too, would have crashed today.
> 
> Thanks, Omega !   Now fix this.
> 
> donc
> 
> >Subject:          The best things in life are free...
> >   Date:          Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:27:13 -0500
> >   From:          Timothy Morge <tmorge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     To:          "omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Folks with Omega server date problems...
> >
> >A little fly [without the chips in its head] whispered a clue concerning the
> >mysterious 12/31/98 date that suddenly popped onto everyone's Omega server in
> >the night. Seems it wasn't a software problem, but merely a rather new techie
> >that had problems typing the right time and date and then compunded their error
> >by resetting a server...and *poof* !! We all woke up checking our watches and
> >calendars.
> >
> >For those of us still using paper bags to hand chart, you can ignore this
> >explanation, as well as any technical explanations regarding fixing the date and
> >time and data on your server. Quality paper bags have a fail safe no-net
> >non-connection built into them. Remember! Always buy quality paper bags. If you
> >can't find a quality paper bag distributer near you, call 1-800-MARKBRN. Modern
> >mail has made quality paper bags available to the mases!
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Tim Morge