darkinc wrote:I just want to say Merry Christmas to all of the wooters reading this. (All 3 of you before its buried like a dead leaf in a snow storm!)

I still have a few hours of work left!

Thanks, and Merry Christmas to you as well.

Happy Christmas to you too woot! staff

and a happy New Year!!!

Sweet, I finally got one! I wasn't very hopeful once the servers crashed. Perhaps having 50 mb internet connection helped?

zen21tao wrote:That or the numerous conflicting data packets sent from multiple browser windows clogged up the port being used to connect to the server.

That's not really how the internet works.

Happy Dance!
Got one

darkinc wrote:I just want to say Merry Christmas to all of the wooters reading this. (All 3 of you before its buried like a dead leaf in a snow storm!)

I still have a few hours of work left!

Man, it can wait. Merry Christmas Woot!

Merry Christmas to all!

Enjoy your first west coast Christmas, Woot staff!

And to all, a good night.

Logged in at ten after; kept refreshing until I finally got my first crap at half past. Woot!

Thanks a million WOOT!!! Hugs & Kisses!

Meh, didn't get in on this one, but I don't really mind. It's all cool. Maybe I'll try again next time.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Woohoo Merry Christmas crap! in for one and im amazed

Well, and there you have it! I was too late to get crap fro Christmas! Darn!

corruptsoulx wrote:First bag in 5 years!

Lol, looks like your only Woot in 5 years too!

Congrats to all who scored a Bag O' Crap. I tried for 25 minutes until it sold out and never even got a sniff of a buy page.

Merry Christmas!!!

i'm 15 minutes late, are you kidding me?

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

bryte wrote:That's not really how the internet works.

The way client/server technology works is that servers have a passive socket with an event listener listening for communications (interrupts) from the client. Once a request is received an active socket is opened on a defined port for all communications. These communications are messages that are divided up into packets that are sent from the client and then reassembled by the server and processed. The server then does the same.

A problem arises when you have more packets sent to a port than can be immediately processed. This results in a backup of packets at the port waiting to be processed, which in turn, causes some packet to be lost. The server , not receiving all the packets for a message, is unable to recompile a complete message so after a period of time it terminates its connection with the client ("timing out").

In fact, an intentional attempt to keep the server waiting for message that can not be reassembled without the ability to terminate the connection is a denial of service attack.

crap. i always miss it.

Stumpy91 wrote:Congrats to all who scored a Bag O' Crap. I tried for 25 minutes until it sold out and never even got a sniff of a buy page.

Merry Christmas!!!

Yeah...me too. I tried to get in with four different devices, but not one of them was able to the buy page. In fact most couldn't even load the "I want one page. Sadly, no Christmas Bag of Coal for me. It probably wouldn't have worked with my Mac anyway!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Foiled yet again. Sigh.

galenanderson wrote:Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house
Every creature was stirring, I was clicking my mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
Only I was nestled all snug in their bed,
While visions of paper bags danc'd in my head,
And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I buying my crap,
Had just settled our brains for a long wait for my crap —
When out on the internet there arose such a clatter,
It was already quarter past but it didn't seem to matter.
Away to the "I Want One!" I flew like a flash,
I clicked on that button and hoped the page would refresh.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
The confirmation page, i no longer had fear.
Down the driveway the mailman came with a bound:
He was dress'd all in fur, from his head to his feet,
And he carried some mace just to fend off the mutts;
He handed me the package then made a hasty retreat.
And into the box i quite eagerly cut.
My eyes — how they twinkled! I couldn't wait to see,
The three items in this box, what could they possibly be;
Could it be a kindle book reader from Amazon,
or perhaps the bluray edition of Tron.
Instead the first item I received in the mail,
was a Terraillon Wall-Mount Glass/Silver Kitchen Scale.
Although i was hoping for a 40" LCD,
Instead from the box flew a screaming monkey.
Dispute know that i would not likely get nice things,
I was dismayed that the third item was Todd's Dirt Seasonings.
I had learned my lesson and like Ceasar Augustus I made a decree,
That henceforth I would never buy another Bag of Coal.
I wasted an hour of pay and five weeks waiting for SmartPost,
And my cr*p didn't even come al teh way from the other Coast.
To me, this bag was plain and simple a blight, despite this
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

Excellent work!!! Deserves a favorite present!

Yea this will by my first Christmas Bag of Coal. I was at my mother-in-laws and they are in the middle of nowhere so they can only get satellite.

I from there remote into my computer at home on a FiOS and was able to get one. The total load time took about 20 min and the first indicator I got was PayPal sending me a receipt as Woot Crashed once I pressed the final purchase button.

Now time to go to sleep and dream of a Bag of Coal heading my way.

What has anyone received in past Bag of Coal's?

Woooot! My 2nd Bag of Coal. Hurray for tmobile "4g". Somehow it was faster than my comcast 20mbps cable plan.

Hell yeah. Glorious festivus to all. My first bag o' crap. Droid x did me right. It took a few, but I got one.

ewilliams2 wrote:What has anyone received in past Bag of Coal's?

I had a stuff toy that had a night light, portable dvd player with 2screens, 35mm camera, some pads for the pain shock treatment thing, and, some really cool mechanical pencils.

Am I missing something? why is everyone so hyped to get one of those bags of crap?

ewilliams2 wrote:What has anyone received in past Bag of Coal's?

nothing any good.

PabloPalmeri6837 wrote:my 100th woot... was the Bag of Coal, on Christmas... Thanks woot, and Merry Christmas to all

It's nice to see people that actually buy other things on Woot get a BOG. You deserve it.

Well.. this is my last day to search for a deal at woot.. Same for my friends as well!
To see a Bundle of Coats on great day like Xmas.
reindeer scat...

there are a thousand other deals-site byetheway.

J

richellelander wrote:(sigh) guess I should be happy I got an iPad for Christmas and not get disappointed that I didn't get my Bundle of Coats.

Uh, Yeah. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) I'll trade you and throw in a $100 if you want one that bad.

again with the selling out wayyyy too damn fast.

Aww... I've never paid that much attention to Christmas woot!age, but I wanted to give it a go this year. Only I thought it was tomorrow night.

Nuts! But congrats to the getters, especially the first-timers.

Guess I'm tossing in my hat here too.
I did get one. But I was certainly late to the party. I was playing A Link to the Past on the Wii's Virtual Console, and looked at my clock to see 10:04 (California), so I rush upstairs to my computer and give it a shot. Oops, not logged in. While waiting for it to log in, I checked my new phone, and was already logged in there. Then it just.. went through. I was in disbelief for a bit until I checked my email box a bit later.

Anyways, I'm hoping there'll still be happy posts coming up, rather than the bitter ones I've been seeing. 'tis the season for happy jolly times, y'dig? There's always next time.

I didn't get a BOGGY but I did get another Sansa 4 gig... over at Deals..weeeeeeeee I am very excited.... I love Sansas!!

35 minutes of trying and I finally got my confirmation. Congrats to everyone who got one and sincere condolences for those who didn't. You can be just like the Cubs: There's always next year!

Arghhh! Every Christmas, when you offer a Bundle of Coats, I'm in church! Oh Woot gods, you should have a second chance offering for those of us who are praying for world peace and good loot while your clock strikes midnight...

Anyway, congrats to those who snagged some crap today!

woohoo~ got one after missing the last year's christmas Bag of Coal.!

I have long since given up on ever getting a Bag of Coal. I came to this party back in like 2004 when this place first started and have yet to get one.

I was bummed that i had to leave my house before my "ugly xmas sweater" shirt arrived (?) but then my little ubuntu laptop got me a Bag of Coal!

/I was late to the party
//i was not loged into woot
/// i wasted time searching, in vain, for an "amount" option
////xmas miricle ?