Freezing Saddles 2018

[cvcalhoun]

As noted by Amalitza in the sticky:

Usually sometime around Halloween, planning threads pop up on the forum (in the Freezing Saddles subforum, here http://bikearlingtonforum.com/forumd…ng-Competition ), where we argue about things like e-bikes, and whether 10 points per day is the right number and other rules minutia. Past rules are subject to change in the yearly planning process.

So I figure it’s about time for the annual arguments to begin. I’ve put up a draft registration form at this link. Note that there is no “Submit” button on this form, because for the moment, it is only to give people something to discuss. I am reconciled to the fact that at least one person will try to submit in spite of this, but at least the attempt will be unsuccessful. You can respond to this post with any comments on the draft registration form.

Last year, the leaders were:

Hozn: Software/backend. (This year, it will be jrenaut and hozn.)
Amalitza: Sticky. (This year, it will be Henry.)
Sunyata: Team assignments.
CBGAnimal and wheels&wings: Happy hours.
Steve O: Pointless prize organization.
Me: Registration.

Please let me know if you’d like to continue your role this year. If not, we’ll need to find new people for those roles. Edits above show replacements for this year.

Any other suggestions for what we need to argue about?

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[cvcalhoun]

@sjclaeys 168421 wrote:

Obviously not. Put in “about 1500” and the confirmation email had nothing in the field. Have fun with that.

I don’t think it accepts nonnumerical entries in that field, so it just didn’t record anything at all. But I fixed it.

[rcannon100]

@sjclaeys 168421 wrote:

Obviously not. Put in “about 1500” and the confirmation email had nothing in the field. Have fun with that.

The computer does not accept imaginary numbers.

[sjclaeys]

@rcannon100 168428 wrote:

The computer does not accept imaginary numbers.

So you’re saying that I can’t enter my millage as the square of 2,250,000i? (I rode backwards the entire time)

[DismalScientist]

The square of 2,250,000i is merely negative, not imaginary. :rolleyes:

[lordofthemark]

@sjclaeys 168432 wrote:

So you’re saying that I can’t enter my millage as the square of 2,250,000i? (I rode backwards the entire time)

Oh get real.

[lordofthemark]

@DismalScientist 168435 wrote:

The square of 2,250,000i is merely negative, not imaginary. :rolleyes:

Try to be positive.

[rcannon100]

@sjclaeys 168432 wrote:

So you’re saying that I can’t enter my millage as the square of 2,250,000i? (I rode backwards the entire time)

First, I’m pretty sure you cant “enter” your mileage. We outlawed manual mileage entries last year (because of all the imaginary miles)

Second, it doesnt matter to the GPS which direction you rode around the square.

[Steve O]

Note that the last full day of winter is March 19. Freezing Saddles ends at 1 second before midnight on March 19th. Henry, please correct the sticky.

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[cvcalhoun]

@Steve O 168465 wrote:

Note that the last full day of winter is March 19. Freezing Saddles ends at 1 second before midnight on March 19th. Henry, please correct the sticky.

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Nope, this year the last full day of winter is March 20.

[lordofthemark]

Oh. My. G-d.

[cvcalhoun]

@lordofthemark 168471 wrote:

Oh. My. G-d.

Yeah, you’ve got to keep it up for one extra day this year!

[hozn]

@cvcalhoun 168468 wrote:

Nope, this year the last full day of winter is March 20.

Are you sure? I see that spring starts in 2018 on March 20 at 12:15pm.

(The app was/is configured right now to end on midnight of the 20th.)

[cvcalhoun]

@hozn 168474 wrote:

Are you sure? I see that spring starts in 2018 on March 20 at 12:15pm.

(The app was/is configured right now to end on midnight of the 20th.)

You’re right, I misled Henry. I made the mistake of asking Google when the last day of winter was, and it lied.

[Judd]

@cvcalhoun 168477 wrote:

You’re right, I misled Henry. I made the mistake of asking Google when the last day of winter was, and it lied.

Freezing Saddles always ends on my birthday and we always celebrate by riding laps at Hains Point until midnight. It’s in the official rules.

[cvcalhoun]

@Judd 168482 wrote:

Freezing Saddles always ends on my birthday and we always celebrate by riding laps at Hains Point until midnight. It’s in the official rules.

Well, research on this has left me more confused than before. This claims that spring began on March 19, not March 20, in 2016–which would mean that the last day of winter should have been March 18. But the last day of FS 2016 was definitely March 19, not March 18.

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