Honestly, I can't tell exactly what happened, so a backup is always safer...
Peter On Tuesday 02 December 2008 20:07:00 notstrom wrote: > Yeah, but that didn't happen, I only graded cards after having > corrected the date and time...apart from that...do you think I am > right-in principle-about the problem of incorrectly graded cards > cancelling out in the long run? > > Thanks, Jakub > > On 2 dic, 19:45, Peter Bienstman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The timezone thing is one issue, but I've you've graded some cards while > > Mnemosyne thought the date was 1970, the scheduling could be completely > > off... > > > > Peter > > > > On Tuesday 02 December 2008 19:34:14 notstrom wrote: > > > Dear Peter, > > > > > > thank you very much for your reply. Interestingly, today the program > > > appeared to re-schedule again some time between 17:00 and 20:00... > > > Maybe some time zone-setting that I have inadvertedly changed? > > > Anyway...I thought that if I'd just go on learning the worst thing > > > that could happen would be that some cards would get shown too early > > > while others would come up too late, which would cancel out anyhow in > > > the long run (as I would grade them as being to simple and to > > > difficult, respectively during the first few presentations). Would you > > > agree? > > > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > > Jakub > > > > > > On 2 dic, 18:21, Peter Bienstman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's hard to say what exactly happened. The safest would be to > > > > restore from a backup. > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 02 December 2008 17:49:52 notstrom wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I wonder whether somebody could help me with this: yesterday around > > > > > 6 pm, I had gone through all the cards that had been scheduled for > > > > > that day. Then, around 10 pm, I had to set the system date and time > > > > > anew, because, after resetting my (linux-based) computer it had > > > > > been set to 01.01.1970. After correcting for this, I ran mnemosyne > > > > > again and suddenly I had 40 cards scheduled (where there should > > > > > have been none; these didn't seem to be exactly the same cards as > > > > > those that I had learned that day). This morning, I still had these > > > > > 40 cards scheduled (not more). The only explanation I could come up > > > > > with is that mnemosyne had exceptionally made the date transition > > > > > (re-scheduling) somewhere between 6 pm and 10 pm. Is this possible? > > > > > From what I've experienced, the program does not re-schedule > > > > > (switch date) at 24:00 but only around 3 am... Can I just go on > > > > > learning or should I restore from an earlier backup? > > > > > > > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > Peter Bienstman > > > > Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > > > Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > > > tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > > > WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Peter Bienstman > > Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------ > > -- ------------------------------------------------ Peter Bienstman Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
