pl correct me for a better solution if this one is not a suggested one.
Generally, there are usually lots of functional and non-functional ways to do something. That non-functional ways are to be avoided is obvious, but less obvious is that some functional ways should be avoided too.
If you know that going from A to B in a direct way means having to pass the traffic jam at C this makes the direct rooute less desirable and maybe the route over D E and F better overall, despite the route over C still being "functional" as it finally will get you where you want to go.
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Originally Posted by nanz143
2nd point. Thanks for pointing, even i forgot about this, and yes every week it should check for 3 times only then it should, so for every first run number file should be reset.
can you or wise cracker help me updating this script.
No problem. Here is how i would do it:
Notice, that illegitimate attempts on non-Sundays will not affect the attempts-log because the script terminates before even checking that.
The script relies on the fact that two consecutive Sundays will not have the same day of month. It could be fooled, though, if sufficient time between two attempts to run it would pass so that Sunday falls on the same day of month than the Sunday of the last attempt.
I hope this helps.
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Last edited by bakunin; 06-23-2014 at 03:52 PM..
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