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will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« on: Sep 18th, 2008, 10:09am » |
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I suspect that towr will leave our midst when his post count hits 10,000.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #1 on: Sep 18th, 2008, 10:16am » |
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I doubt it.
Not before he starts talking about himself in the third person, anyway.
And I expect it'll still take 5 or so month before I get there.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #2 on: Sep 18th, 2008, 10:47am » |
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 It would seem unlikely to me. But then it would also seem unlikely to me that Icarus would leave these forums in a pique and pull a Goodwin in his parting post...  So take my judgment for what it's worth. 
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #3 on: Sep 18th, 2008, 3:14pm » |
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We can avoid that. We can make a change so that after 9999 posts, the count resets to 0 
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #4 on: Sep 26th, 2008, 4:47am » |
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on Sep 18th, 2008, 10:47am, SMQ wrote:| But then it would also seem unlikely to me that Icarus would leave these forums in a pique and pull a Goodwin in his parting post... |
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Still can't get over the fact he's gone, huh ? Well, I don't blame you, although, I'd thought towr would miss him the most, since they were the pioneer mods. ( Since I joined, anyway )
<Added : You're not thinking of leaving, now that's your university life is pratically over, eh towr ?>
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #5 on: Sep 26th, 2008, 5:24am » |
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on Sep 26th, 2008, 4:47am, JiNbOtAk wrote:| <Added : You're not thinking of leaving, now that's your university life is pratically over, eh towr ?> |
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Hah, my university life has been "practically over" for 6 years running.
Besides, there's more reason to hang out here after university, rather than less. You've gotta use those skills to keep them honed.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #6 on: Sep 26th, 2008, 9:07am » |
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towr, what do you do with your life professionally these days, other than this forum  ?
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #7 on: Sep 26th, 2008, 11:06am » |
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on Sep 26th, 2008, 9:07am, puzzlecracker wrote:| towr, what do you do with your life professionally these days, other than this forum ? |
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I don't do anything professionally; I'm still a student. Albeit I ought to have finished this degree a month ago, but such is life.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #8 on: Sep 28th, 2008, 4:31pm » |
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on Sep 26th, 2008, 11:06am, towr wrote:
I don't do anything professionally; I'm still a student. Albeit I ought to have finished this degree a month ago, but such is life.
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It has got to be something post-phd studies... post 2nd phd studies.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #9 on: Jan 25th, 2009, 8:12pm » |
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on Sep 18th, 2008, 10:16am, towr wrote:
And I expect it'll still take 5 or so month before I get there. |
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Hahaha, well you're ahead of schedule it looks like... only 18 more posts to go as of now and it's only been 4 months 
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #10 on: Jan 26th, 2009, 1:20am » |
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on Jan 25th, 2009, 8:12pm, ima1trkpny wrote:| Hahaha, well you're ahead of schedule it looks like... only 18 more posts to go as of now and it's only been 4 months |
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Close enough, 2 + 2 = 5 or so
And hey, haven't seen you around in a while. Don't tell me there's life beyond the forum, surely not?
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #11 on: Jan 26th, 2009, 7:59am » |
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I also suspect towr's only motivation to come here is to reach the 10000 mark. Well, we'll see.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #12 on: Jan 29th, 2009, 1:18am » |
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on Jan 26th, 2009, 1:20am, towr wrote:
And hey, haven't seen you around in a while. Don't tell me there's life beyond the forum, surely not? |
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hahaha I wish there wasn't *sigh* lots and lots of stuff to do and things to get accomplished  but have no fear I'm around checking in on you guys from time to time even if I don't always make it apparent.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #13 on: Feb 23rd, 2009, 2:06am » |
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Although 10,000 is certainly a milestone, I think it's more impressive that I broke the 10% line this last week. Over 10% of the posts in the forum are mine
So supposing my posting rate, and the posting rate of other people, hasn't change, what is the limit of my "share" of posts?
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #14 on: Feb 24th, 2009, 12:59am » |
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towr answered one of my questions to reach 10,000 mark.
Now start talking about me .
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #15 on: Feb 24th, 2009, 7:19am » |
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on Feb 23rd, 2009, 2:06am, towr wrote:| So supposing my posting rate, and the posting rate of other people, hasn't change, what is the limit of my "share" of posts? |
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Under that assumption, you're not even the most prolific poster! (edit: forgot about the database glitch that affected alien/Iceman)
Considering the long-term posting rates of "active" Uberpuzzlers (who have posted at least twice this year, as of ~15:00 UTC today):
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towr
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Grimbal
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #16 on: Feb 24th, 2009, 8:14am » |
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Have you discounted for the fact that Iceman used to be Alien, and inherited the (approximate) postcount from that account?
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #17 on: Feb 24th, 2009, 8:35am » |
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Ahh, no, I forgot about that. Looking back he had just made Uberpuzzler when it happened, so we'll dock Iceman a bit over 600 posts. Corrected above. (Alternatively, he states that alien had been about two years old at that point, so if we made that adjustment instead it would drop Iceman down to ~73 posts/month.)
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #18 on: Mar 2nd, 2009, 3:30am » |
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Egad, I'm only averaging 21 posts/month ? And I thought I was posting like crazy..
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #19 on: Mar 2nd, 2009, 1:16pm » |
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on Mar 2nd, 2009, 3:30am, JiNbOtAk wrote:| Egad, I'm only averaging 21 posts/month ? And I thought I was posting like crazy.. |
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I'm averaging 29, and thought I was barely posting...
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #20 on: Mar 2nd, 2009, 1:28pm » |
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Speaking of leaving, im going on a hiatus for a while.(as if i havent for the past few months)
until i feel that i deserve the Uberpuzzler rank.
Or create a new one for me(and other people)
Ive actually been a shell of myself, and im going in a mental "Hibernation" for a while. I'll still check in often.
See yah.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #21 on: Mar 3rd, 2009, 8:01pm » |
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Shouldnt number of posts be considered when calculating average posts per month.......
Otherwise some newbie might come and starting posting around 2 posts per day and he will be having 60 per month
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #22 on: Mar 4th, 2009, 1:36am » |
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on Mar 3rd, 2009, 8:01pm, howard roark wrote:Shouldnt number of posts be considered when calculating average posts per month.......
Otherwise some newbie might come and starting posting around 2 posts per day and he will be having 60 per month |
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That's not an issue when you only consider "uberpuzzler"s, which have over 600 posts.
Still, if you assume postrates are constant (which they aren't), then what's the problem with getting a number of 60 per month for a newbie that posts twice a day? In the long run that's a (numerically) significant share of posts.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #23 on: Mar 4th, 2009, 8:35am » |
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on Mar 4th, 2009, 1:36am, towr wrote:
That's not an issue when you only consider "uberpuzzler"s, which have over 600 posts.
Still, if you assume postrates are constant (which they aren't), then what's the problem with getting a number of 60 per month for a newbie that posts twice a day? In the long run that's a (numerically) significant share of posts. |
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Thats not a problem if above sentences are true. But what if it is a newbie and his post rate is(will) not be constant.
I was just asking for a function which takes care of number of posts also.
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Re: will town leave use when he reaches 10,000
« Reply #24 on: Mar 4th, 2009, 9:15am » |
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on Mar 4th, 2009, 8:35am, howard roark wrote:But what if it is a newbie and his post rate is(will) not be constant.
I was just asking for a function which takes care of number of posts also. |
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Well, since post count says nothing about either the likelihood someone will remain a poster, nor about how the post rate will change, there isn't really anything sensible one can say about it.
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