Re: You Are In A Groundhog Day Scenario

On May 13, 6:59=A0pm, Paul Colquhoun <postmas...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Tue, 13 May 2008 19:57:27 +0200, Matthias Warkus
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> | mra...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> Scenario: =A0The day after you read this you wake up at whatever time
> |> you woke up on the day you first read this message (Day 0). =A0The
next=

> |> time you fall asleep you again wake up on Day 0. =A0If you stay up
for
> |> 24 hours straight you are jolted into waking up on Day 0. =A0If you
die=

> |> you wake up on Day 0. =A0Basically you are in a situation that is the
> |> same as Phil Connors in one of my favorite movies, Groundhog Day.
> |>
> |>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_%28film%29
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> |> You don't know if your condition will end like Phil's did when he had
> |> "a good day" and became at peace with himself. =A0Maybe if you
improve
> |> yourself enough it will end. =A0Maybe it will end randomly. =A0Maybe
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> |> will never end. =A0For now, all you know is that you keep repeated
the
> |> same day over and over again.
> |>
> |> What would you do if you were in a Groundhog Day scenario?
> |
> | Pretty much the same I do now, but without having to work. I assume my
> | bank account does not carry over across copies of Day 0. Thus, I can
> | spend all my money plus all the overdraft and quick loans I can get
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> | day, which is equivalent to earning a pretty awesome salary.
>
> Which brings up another point. What day would you choose for this to
> happen on?
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> I'd want a Friday just after a payday, to maximise the available cash.

For me, Wednesday or Saturday, so I can have bought the winning
lottery ticket when time stops looping.