07-01-2006, 02:31 PM
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Step, it's time again for your accountant side to arise. Predict for us how many posts will we have when a year has elapsed. How long before 20,000 posts?
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07-01-2006, 02:39 PM
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The Threadâ„¢ will die.
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We're never going to make it to 20 000 posts; The Post™ will come long before that.
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07-01-2006, 03:25 PM
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Not really. It used to be okay, but the price has gone steadily up while the quality has dropped. Something of an inverse relationship there.
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07-02-2006, 08:44 AM
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Did anybody else go back and check that? I did. Twice. it definitely says this insanity has been going on for well over a year. At the time of starting this post the last one was Hammerite’s post 8,491. That gives us a posting rate of 19 .03811659 per day. A year from today will be day 811 of the thread and there should be 15,439 posts. (rounded to whole posts) Post 20,000 should therefore happen on day 1,051 of the thread or 27th February 2008. As a bonus statistical gem, Rob will (based on current form) have made 5,248 of those. Way to go Rob.  (Again rounding to whole posts)Quote:
A cross-section of the people we know still quite like the Beano a bit.Not as catchy I'll grant you but...... Of course, I suppose it all depends on whe "we" are and how many people "we" know. Is everybody a lot of people in this context?
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07-02-2006, 08:58 AM
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Ale! And keep 'em coming!
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Don't make me unleash the Brownies, guys!
 -  P.s.: My character is wearing the same kind of thing as Saphiron, the female Brownie, only in white with a cape. I have a cape! 
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07-02-2006, 09:02 AM
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Step - stop being a Brit and reading it as day/month/year.
The dates are posted here as month/day/year (yes we are horribly uncivilized here in North America). It actually started on December 4, 2005 and I feel bad saying that after all the work you did. |
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07-02-2006, 09:11 AM
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OK, this thread was started on 4th December 2005 (which means it's still been going for a pretty darn long time) and it's now 2nd July 2006. Deducting one date from the other we get 26th July 1900 (let me just change that format) 210 days. At the time of starting this post the last one was Melanie68’s post 8,494. That gives us a posting rate of 40.447619 per day. A year from today will be day 575 of the thread and there should be 23,257 posts. (rounded to whole posts) Post 20,000 should therefore happen on day 494 of the thread or 12th April 2007 As a bonus statistical gem, Rob will (based on current form) have made 5,246 of those. Way to go Rob. (Again rounding to whole posts) Happy now?
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07-02-2006, 09:40 AM
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That will teach you to slack off.
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07-02-2006, 09:50 AM
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I'm a student - it's my duty to slack off
 .Still, I suppose I could bring myself to post in this thread a bit more. |
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