Top 50 Posters Extrapolated into the Future

[Doctor Q]

Today is a holiday (a day off school and work for Independence Day in the U.S.), so I did a little number crunching just for fun. I extrapolated the MacRumors Top 50 Posters (http://forums.macrumors.com/memberlist.php?s=&what=topposters&perpage=50) list to see how it might look in 6 months, a year, or at the end of time (the limit as time advances). I captured the list and put it in a spreadsheet. I used the post count for each of the top posters and assumed that each member will continue to post at the same rate that he/she has posted since joining.

The results are of course estimates. The computation can't be entirely accurate for the following reasons:

1. Members change their rate of posting. Those who post more frequently now than in the past will tend to show up too low in the list and those who post less frequently now than in the past will tend to show up too high in the list.

2. Members who are not currently among the top posters may join the top posters despite being omitted from this exercise. To avoid missing the most likely new top-50 members, I started with the current top 75 as my raw data.

3. New members join and current members disappear.

4. Total accuracy would spoil the fun!

Top 50 Posters as of today and estimated top 50 posters in 6 months, 12 months, and at the end of time

Computed by Doctor Q on July 4, 2003

Rank July 4, 2003.. Jan. 1, 2004.. July 4, 2004.. End of time
---- -------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
1... Mr. Anderson.. Mr. Anderson.. Mr. Anderson.. Mr. Anderson
2... eyelikeart.... eyelikeart.... jelloshotsrule MacBandit
3... jelloshotsrule jelloshotsrule eyelikeart.... wdlove
4... Rower_CPU..... Rower_CPU..... Rower_CPU..... Shadowfax
5... jefhatfield... MacBandit..... MacBandit..... jelloshotsrule
6... MacBandit..... vniow......... vniow......... vniow
7... AlphaTech..... Shadowfax..... Shadowfax..... tazo
8... vniow......... jefhatfield... wdlove........ scem0
9... Backtothemac.. AlphaTech..... scem0......... übergeek
10.. King Cobra.... scem0......... jefhatfield... Rower_CPU
11.. Shadowfax..... wdlove........ AlphaTech..... eyelikeart
12.. scem0......... Backtothemac.. King.Cobra.... King Cobra
13.. krossfyter.... King Cobra.... Backtothemac.. MacFan25
14.. Macrumors..... krossfyter.... krossfyter.... Backtothemac
15.. arn........... Macrumors..... übergeek...... macfan
16.. wdlove........ arn........... tazo.......... AlphaTech
17.. MrMacman...... MrMacman...... Macrumors..... krossfyter
18.. job........... job........... arn........... Dont Hurt Me
19.. iJon.......... iJon.......... job........... edesignuk
20.. edesignuk..... übergeek...... MrMacman...... job
21.. Durandal7..... edesignuk..... edesignuk..... zimv20
22.. teabgs........ teabgs........ iJon.......... iJon
23.. mischief...... mischief...... teabgs........ pseudobrit
24.. mac15......... mac15......... MacFan25...... teabgs
25.. britboy....... Durandal7..... mac15......... lmalave
26.. Beej.......... tazo.......... macfan........ jefhatfield
27.. alex_ant...... britboy....... mischief...... Sun Baked
28.. paulwhannel... zimv20........ zimv20........ bousozoku
29.. mcrain........ Beej.......... Durandal7..... Kwyjibo
30.. MacAztec...... alex_ant...... britboy....... mac15
31.. zimv20........ paulwhannel... Dont Hurt Me.. yzedf
32.. Sun Baked..... mcrain........ alex_ant...... MrMacman
33.. übergeek...... MacFan25...... Beej.......... Macrumors
34.. iGAV.......... Sun Baked..... Sun Baked..... medea
35.. Hemingray..... pseudobrit.... pseudobrit.... arn
36.. sparkleytone.. macfan........ paulwhannel... alex_ant
37.. AmbitiousLemon bousozoku..... mcrain........ mcrain
38.. pseudobrit.... iGAV.......... bousozoku..... paulwhannel
39.. bousozoku..... MacAztec...... iGAV.......... Beej
40.. Ensign Paris.. Hemingray..... lmalave....... iGAV
41.. mymemory...... Dont Hurt Me.. Hemingray..... britboy
42.. irmongoose.... sparkleytone.. MacAztec...... Doctor Q
43.. Taft.......... AmbitiousLemon medea......... mischief
44.. cb911......... lmalave....... sparkleytone.. springscansing
45.. G4scott....... Ensign Paris.. AmbitiousLemon Hemingray
46.. medea......... medea......... Ensign Paris.. Shrek
47.. lmalave....... cb911......... Kwyjibo....... MacAztec
48.. MacFan25...... Taft.......... yzedf......... AmbitiousLemon
49.. Falleron...... Kwyjibo....... cb911......... Durandal7
50.. macfan........ G4scott....... Doctor Q...... sparkleytone

Observations:

1. Mr. Anderson (nee Dukestreet) will apparently remain unchallenged.

2. The most rapid ascent is tazo, estimated to jump to rank 26 in 6 months, rank 16 in a year, and level out at rank 7.

3. The most rapid descents (though not very rapid) are MacAztec and Durandal7.

4. The end-of-time rankings necessarily reflect post rates, not current post counts.

5. If I don't soon get a life, I'm destined for the Top 50 Posters list next Independence Day.

Disclaimer: Having a high post count or a high post rate doesn't mean that you are a better person or that your posts are of good quality. But post counts are a reflection of the time and attention members give to MacRumors, and they are interesting in that regard. Don't spam!

[robbieduncan]

Good Work!

But are these numbers based on total posts or posts/<time period>, say posts a month?

[Mr. Anderson]

hahahaha! At least you mentioned you need to get a life.

So what did you do to make this calculation?

What about graphs? And what are the post numbers?

Thanks for making me smile! Although I will say that things might change and I won't be unchallenged till the end of time....;)

D

[Kwyjibo]

this is awesome, i can aspire to number 29 now ..

[MacFan25]

heh...that's pretty good. Did it take you long to make it?

Next July 4th we will probably look back on this and laugh. ;) :D

[medea]

thanks that was pretty interesting to read, not sure why you took the time to do it but hey does it really matter?
I'm some what surprised that I'm up there at 46 though, do I really post that much?

[Doctor Q]

For each of the top 75 posters, I computed

current post count + ( #posts/day * #days until target date)

Then I sorted the results and captured the top 50.

It took a couple of hours, partly because I was using AppleWorks (I should have used Excel) and because I forgot that MacRumors turns multiple spaces into single spaces when you post, even if you use a monospaced font. Hence the periods.

I'll post the actual counts shortly, since they may be interesting too.

[Abstract]

I didn't make the list?!?!?! Bu....but I've been spamming like crazy!!! :eek:

Okay okay, so my post rate isn't very high, but I've been posting like crazy over the past 3 months (I've been a member for 6-7 months). I'll get my avatar soon enough. Don't you worry. I'll be at the top of that list in 2 years. Now if I could only figure out a way to get Mr. Anderson and the rest of the top 10 banned, or at least disappear for a while. ;)

[eyelikeart]

ha ha ha....this is damned funny! :D

I'd be curious to see who all's here at the end of time. ;)

[shadowfax]

wow, that's pretty funny. if you really want to waste some time, you could incorporate the change in post rate over time into the equation. i know there are users whose average has decreased over time (like alphatech, he doesn't post anymore, so his posting average is slowly going towards 0 (at the end of time). might change your data at least a little (and take a hell of a lot more time off your hands ;))

nice going, man :p

[bousozoku]

That's very interesting indeed. I didn't think that I would show up at all since I took time off and had slowed down before that.

Well, it's nice that you have a hobby. ;) Well done.

[job]

i've often wondered if these forums are going to be around in 5, or even 10 years time.

i guess next year we'll have to bring this thread back and see if doctor q's projections were accurate.

oh yeah, 3000. ;)

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
wow, that's pretty funny. if you really want to waste some time, you could incorporate the change in post rate over time into the equation. i know there are users whose average has decreased over time (like alphatech, he doesn't post anymore, so his posting average is slowly going towards 0 (at the end of time). might change your data at least a little (and take a hell of a lot more time off your hands ;))I'll save the post counts. In 6 months, if I have nothing better to do, I can get the latest numbers and that'll give me a more current posting rate. Then the numbers for members like AlphaTech and cleo who have slowed down, or others who have sped up, will produce more accurate predictions.

[iJon]

thats pretty cool, dont know about me though. i joined about 2 years ago just to say something. but i really didnt start posting until a year ago. so i dont look at my post count very accurate because it keeps getting bigger each day because i know i post way more than 5 a day. i was always curous what my post count would be if posted as much then as i do now.

iJon

[tazo]

wow that is awesome dr. q. hehe. I will be number 7 in a year, I think right now I am no. 67, but overall i just try and contribute to the sitr :)


[mod edit: dude...there's no reason to quote that entire post...

it's so long...why would u want to make us scroll through it again to get to your post? ;)

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
I'll save the post counts. In 6 months, if I have nothing better to do, I can get the latest numbers and that'll give me a more current posting rate. Then the numbers for members like AlphaTech and cleo who have slowed down, or others who have sped up, will produce more accurate predictions. heh, you should convince arn to add a feature where you can check the post counts for groups of people at any given date in the past, with all their other stats as of that date. then you could waste more time now ;)

[Durandal7]

Wow, and I thought I had nothing to do.

[G4scott]

I didn't even know I was on the list... And if I don't keep up, I won't be on it very long...

I wonder if this will encourage people to spam to try to get on top???

At least we have good mods who try to keep the spamming down to a minimum...

[Doctor Q]

Here are the projected counts for the current top 75 posters.

I added the "million days from now" column for fun. My real "end of time" rankings were determined by the post rates since, as time goes to ininity, the current post count becomes insignificant and only the post rate matters (good news for ambitious new members).

I hope you really do have 19,261,737 interesting things to say, Mr. Anderson!

...........................Posts as of
Rank Member name....Rate...7/4/03..1/4/04..7/4/04..million days from now
---- -------------- ----- ------- ------- ------- ----------------------
1... Mr. Anderson...19.25..11737...15279...18782...19,261,737
2... eyelikeart......8.57...7818....9395...10955....8,577,818
3... jelloshotsrule.12.79...6539....8892...11220...12,796,539
4... Rower_CPU......10.08...6417....8272...10106...10,086,417
5... jefhatfield.....4.97...5415....6329....7234....4,975,415
6... MacBandit......14.18...4651....7260....9841...14,184,651
7... AlphaTech.......7.19...4583....5906....7215....7,194,583
8... vniow..........12.65...4429....6757....9059...12,654,429
9... Backtothemac....7.60...4155....5553....6937....7,604,155
10.. King Cobra......8.22...4012....5524....7021....8,224,012
11.. Shadowfax......13.11...3931....6343....8729...13,113,931
12.. scem0..........10.94...3849....5862....7853...10,943,849
13.. krossfyter......6.91...3704....4975....6233....6,913,704
14.. Macrumors.......4.49...3647....4473....5290....4,493,647
15.. arn.............4.33...3528....4325....5113....4,333,528
16.. wdlove.........13.31...3410....5859....8281...13,313,410
17.. MrMacman........4.54...3311....4146....4973....4,543,311
18.. job.............5.71...2995....4046....5085....5,712,995
19.. iJon............5.53...2825....3843....4849....5,532,825
20.. edesignuk.......5.86...2729....3807....4874....5,862,729
21.. Durandal7.......3.17...2726....3309....3886....3,172,726
22.. teabgs..........5.11...2715....3655....4585....5,112,715
23.. mischief........3.82...2680....3383....4078....3,822,680
24.. mac15...........4.55...2507....3344....4172....4,552,507
25.. britboy.........3.91...2372....3091....3803....3,912,372
26.. Beej............4.11...2238....2994....3742....4,112,238
27.. alex_ant........4.29...2202....2991....3772....4,292,202
28.. paulwhannel.....4.13...2136....2896....3648....4,132,136
29.. mcrain..........4.15...2120....2884....3639....4,152,120
30.. MacAztec........3.23...1982....2576....3164....3,231,982
31.. zimv20..........5.65...1982....3022....4050....5,651,982
32.. Sun Baked.......4.80...1969....2852....3726....4,801,969
33.. übergeek.......10.10...1968....3826....5665...10,101,968
34.. iGAV............3.97...1914....2644....3367....3,971,914
35.. Hemingray.......3.53...1908....2558....3200....3,531,908
36.. sparkleytone....3.10...1902....2472....3037....3,101,902
37.. AmbitiousLemon..3.17...1843....2426....3003....3,171,843
38.. pseudobrit......5.17...1784....2735....3676....5,171,784
39.. bousozoku.......4.75...1774....2648....3512....4,751,774
40.. Ensign Paris....2.92...1769....2306....2838....2,921,769
41.. mymemory........1.99...1565....1931....2293....1,991,565
42.. irmongoose......2.56...1480....1951....2417....2,561,480
43.. Taft............2.84...1471....1994....2510....2,841,471
44.. cb911...........3.07...1468....2033....2592....3,071,468
45.. G4scott.........2.71...1466....1965....2458....2,711,466
46.. medea...........4.39...1463....2271....3070....4,391,463
47.. lmalave.........4.98...1420....2336....3243....4,981,420
48.. MacFan25........7.88...1414....2864....4298....7,881,414
49.. Falleron........2.33...1370....1799....2223....2,331,370
50.. macfan..........7.46...1359....2732....4089....7,461,359
51.. mc68k...........3.03...1345....1903....2454....3,031,345
52.. Dont Hurt Me....6.74...1311....2551....3778....6,741,311
53.. mnkeybsness.....1.71...1266....1581....1892....1,711,266
54.. LethalWolfe.....2.31...1241....1666....2086....2,311,241
55.. evildead........1.64...1222....1524....1822....1,641,222
56.. Moxiemike.......2.21...1210....1617....2019....2,211,210
57.. Shrek...........3.34...1153....1768....2375....3,341,153
58.. 3rdpath.........2.11...1145....1533....1917....2,111,145
59.. Macmaniac.......1.25...1133....1363....1590....1,251,133
60.. Choppaface......2.14...1127....1521....1910....2,141,127
61.. Doctor Q........3.90...1119....1837....2546....3,901,119
62.. Kwyjibo.........4.63...1113....1965....2808....4,631,113
63.. yzedf...........4.54...1109....1944....2771....4,541,109
64.. SPG.............1.55...1098....1383....1665....1,551,098
65.. madamimadam.....1.99...1087....1453....1815....1,991,087
66.. ibookin'........2.95...1066....1609....2146....2,951,066
67.. tazo...........11.98...1059....3263....5444...11,981,059
68.. Nipsy...........1.91...1012....1363....1711....1,911,012
69.. topicolo........2.50....985....1445....1900....2,500,985
70.. GeeYouEye.......1.72....984....1300....1614....1,720,984
71.. springscansing..3.70....977....1658....2331....3,700,977
72.. peterjhill......2.23....971....1381....1787....2,230,971
73.. mmmdreg.........2.18....969....1370....1767....2,180,969
74.. drastik.........2.14....961....1355....1744....2,140,961
75.. Royal Pineapple.2.35....944....1376....1804....2,350,944


Notes:

1. At the end of time, MrMacman and yzedf will be tied, because they had the same post rate at the moment I captured my data. The same is true for Durandal7 and AmbitiousLemon.

2. Because of current post counts, MrMacman will be slightly ahead of yzedf and Durandal7 will be slightly ahead of AmbitiousLemon at any time before infinity, even a split second before the end of time. Such is the wonderful nature of mathematics.

Edit: Fixed editing error: missing ü in übergeek!

[britboy]

That's.....worrying. Just out of interest Dr. Q: do you have a significant female in your life? If not, please try and find one. It seems to me that you have far too much free time on your hands ;) It put a smile on my face though, thanks.

I'm surprised that I'd still be in the top 50. Since may last year i've not been posting anywhere near as often as i used to, so my average will no doubt continue to fall. I'd be interested to see what info you could extrapolate, if you do the same analysis 6 months from now. Please, make sure you do it.

Did I mention that you need someone to take up your time? :)

[wdlove]

Thank you Doctor Q for an admirable job well done. I'm quite suprised by the results, never would have thought that my rank would be that high. It's a very intersting fact to know though!

[King Cobra]

But, wdlove, it's not a fact. Note Doctor Q's statement in the beginning of the thread:

>The results are of course estimates. The computation can't be entirely accurate for the following reasons:

>1. Members change their rate of posting. [etc.]

>2. Members who are not currently among the top posters may join the top posters despite being omitted...[etc.]

>3. New members join and current members disappear.

>4. Total accuracy would spoil the fun!

It's speculation.

Well, at least I can estimate how much free time I'll have during my college years. :)

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by britboy
Just out of interest Dr. Q: do you have a significant female in your life? If not, please try and find one. It seems to me that you have far too much free time on your hands ... Did I mention that you need someone to take up your time?Thanks for your concern, folks, but don't worry too much about me needing to get a life. I like to tease myself about being a computer/math geek, but actually I have plenty of friends, relatives and interests. This top-50-posters experiment combined three of my interests: math, computers, and MacRumors, so it suited me just fine. But I also found time today for other activities:

* I finished a book by Robert Cormier.

* I listened to music. Mostly rock 'n roll, but also the Liberty Bell March by John Philip Sousa, best known as the Monty Python theme song.

* I read user manuals to figure out how to use two new gadgets -- a new portable phone/answering machine and a new digital camera (Canon PowerShot A70) -- and took some practice shots.

* I went to a Fourth of July block party, ate, visited, and played ping-pong and foosball for at least an hour.

* I watched some fireworks and took long exposure night shots with the new camera. I got some great shots of kids making circles in the air with sparklers.

* I changed a roll of toilet paper that was running out.

Pretty good for one day, eh? When I have a day off, I like to make the most of it!

[janey]

aw awesome!!! i might actually have a chance to be one of the top ten posters!!! :D
anyway doctor q i'm dissappointed in you :(
you forgot the "ü" in übergeek in your second list :)

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by übergeek
aw awesome!!! i might actually have a chance to be one of the top ten posters!!! :D
anyway doctor q i'm dissappointed in you :(
you forgot the "ü" in übergeek in your second list :) I wonder how that happened!?!? I didn't type these lists in by hand. I exported, imported, FTPed to another machine where I have some handy filters I've written, and did global changes in a text editor. My sincerest apology.

Here's the one I owe you:

.....xx...xx.....
.....xx...xx.....
.................
xxx...........xx.
.xx...........xx.
.xx...........xx.
.xx...........xx.
.xx...........xx.
.xx...........xx.
.xx...........xx.
..xxxx.....xxxxx.
......xxxxx...xxx

[janey]

Originally posted by Doctor Q

Here's the one I owe you:

OMG that's the nicest thing a guy's ever done for me *heart*
/me hugs doctor q

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by übergeek
aw awesome!!! i might actually have a chance to be one of the top ten posters!!! :D

hehe...yeah...but it's not about being a top ten poster... ;)

U have already made a name for yourself around here. Maybe a little over a year ago, people were more known for either having an avatar or by the amount of posts they carried under their names. Nowadays, most of us are completely unaware of who's got what.

[britboy]

[mod edit: dude...there's no reason to quote that entire post...

it's so long...why would u want to make us scroll through it again to get to your post? ;) [/B]


This type of mod edit could only have been done by eye :rolleyes:

Is this the start of a more 'relaxed' attitude towards mod powers? ;)

[evoluzione]

Originally posted by britboy
This type of mod edit could only have been done by eye :rolleyes:

Is this the start of a more 'relaxed' attitude towards mod powers? ;)

ah haha, just what i was thinking...."hmmm, that's gotta be eye editing that" and sure enough, i read on, and so it is :)

great stuff :)


I'm a little disappointed, i think. maybe it's a good thing that i didn't make the list. although, like some others, i joined and didn't post again for months, so my count isn't accurate....

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by britboy
This type of mod edit could only have been done by eye :rolleyes:

Is this the start of a more 'relaxed' attitude towards mod powers? ;)

hmm...I'm curious now...

and just so u know...I used to be the "happy go lucky moderator" here... ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

I'd just like to caution everyone that this is just in fun and that its not reason to change your posting habits by spamming to get higher post counts. :D

Post count isn't that big a deal and you don't actually gain anything from having more or less. It quality of posts, not quantity that works for you here. ;)

And I understand the irony of this coming from me....:D

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
And I understand the irony of this coming from me....:D

which I'm sure was not the motivating factor so say such things above... ;)

but yeah...u are right...I gave up that pipe dream to be the #1 poster a long time ago after seeing your techniques... ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
but yeah...u are right...I gave up that pipe dream to be the #1 poster a long time ago after seeing your techniques... ;)

My Techniques?!? I don't have any....I just have a tendency to get involved with a few too many things....;)

And I do keep the spam to a minimum or avoid it altogether.

And you know, a long time before 1 million days from now, I'll have stopped posting as frequently as I do now - so even in a year this chart could have some significant changes (it should anyway). :D

D

[Macmaniac]

Well at least I made Doctor Q's list of top 75! Go me at 59!!

Hey Doctor Q you should do the top 50 oldest posters on Macrumors as well!!!

[maradong]

great work.
well i don t figure in the list, but i have no motivation at all to do so.
;-) nice to look thought.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Macmaniac
Well at least I made Doctor Q's list of top 75! Go me at 59!!

Hey Doctor Q you should do the top 50 oldest posters on Macrumors as well!!!

I might just be among the top 10 in that list! :p

I think that you are still the "happy go lucky moderator" around here eyelikeart! ;)

[vniow]

Originally posted by übergeek

you forgot the "ü" in übergeek in your second list :)

Who cares?http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by vniow
Who cares?http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202 Having your name so rudely abused can be quite upsetting. Why, if somebody left off the tail on my Q, turning me into Doctor O, I'd be horrified.

[vniow]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
Having your name so rudely abused can be quite upsetting. Why, if somebody left off the tail on my Q, turning me into Doctor O, I'd be horrified.

Its one thing to obviously replace a letter for another one, its another to complain about a little umlaut that not everyone knows how (or cares how) to go out of their way and form.

Its just that she makes a big deal about it every time its misspelled and its rather anoying, I don't correct any and everybody that spells my name wrong..http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202

[voicegy]

Beautiful new 'tar, vniow! I wouldn't DARE spell your name wrong.;)

(but your being "in pain" saddens me...hugs from me, my dear)

I'm glad I'm not on the list. I was beginning to think I've been posting too much lately...but comparitively speaking, guess not!

[mactastic]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
ha ha ha....this is damned funny! :D

I'd be curious to see who all's here at the end of time. ;)

Hmm... the website at the end of the universe, that has a nice ring to it! :D

[janey]

Originally posted by vniow
Its one thing to obviously replace a letter for another one, its another to complain about a little umlaut that not everyone knows how (or cares how) to go out of their way and form.

Its just that she makes a big deal about it every time its misspelled and its rather anoying, I don't correct any and everybody that spells my name wrong..http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202
he left out the u entirely. so it was like "bergeek"...
i know post count isn't important...but it's cool :)
vniow i'm sorry if my behavior was annoying...but it bugs the hell out of me to see others misspell names...

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by britboy
This type of mod edit could only have been done by eye :rolleyes:

Is this the start of a more 'relaxed' attitude towards mod powers? ;)

Only eye would use smilies in a mod edit :p

[tazo]

Originally posted by Durandal7
Only eye would use smilies in a mod edit :p

i don't really care, I can understand his edit :) i was in a hurry to post that and go to a friends hosue and just quoted the whole post.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Durandal7
Only eye would use smilies in a mod edit :p

ha ha...I kinda figured that... ;)

I use smileys all over the place actually... :D

[Rower_CPU]

Wow. Impressive stats, Doctor Q.

Too bad there are no lemurs in there...

[King Cobra]

eye lost his so-called happy go-lucky"charms when he [re]adopted the kewpie doll. That is, of course, if you call those "charms" that he lost... http://www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif

As for name misspells, you should see how ridiculously misspelled my name is (signature). Most people leave out the "j". Other people are kind enough to mispronounce it. http://www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif http://www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/new_snipersmilie.gif

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by mactastic
Hmm... the website at the end of the universe, that has a nice ring to it!Yeah, I've been there... http://www.kieto.com/the_end.htm

[wdlove]

I'm sure that no one mispells a name on purpose. Mistakes are easy, no on is perfect. I make every effort to do the best that I can. If I've mispelled someones name I'm sorry!

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by King Cobra
eye lost his so-called happy go-lucky"charms when he [re]adopted the kewpie doll. That is, of course, if you call those "charms" that he lost... http://www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif


hmm...I thought Ralphie could be a symbol of joy & happiness...despite how much he creeps out all of u... :eek: ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by wdlove
I'm sure that no one mispells a name on purpose. Mistakes are easy, no on is perfect. I make every effort to do the best that I can. If I've mispelled someones name I'm sorry!

ah, you're making a very bad assumption here - I can think of many times I and plenty of other members have mispelled names on purpose - usually for a dig....;)

D

[wdlove]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
hmm...I thought Ralphie could be a symbol of joy & happiness...despite how much he creeps out all of u... :eek: ;)

Apparently I've missed something, but who is Ralphie?

I can't think of anytime that I have mispelled someone's name on purpose Mr. Anderson!

[Mr. Anderson]

Ralphie is the Kewpie doll that's eye's avatar.

J-lo, teasacks, queen cobra, eyelikefarts (for the poopmaster), the list goes on....;)

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by wdlove
Apparently I've missed something, but who is Ralphie?

[Doctor Q]

If I update my calculations next January, will Ralphie look 6 months older? Or will you have put him up for adoption and gotten a new slightly-creepy-when-lit-from-below baby?

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
If I update my calculations next January, will Ralphie look 6 months older? Or will you have put him up for adoption and gotten a new slightly-creepy-when-lit-from-below baby?

Well, hopefully, Ralphie will help me get noticed more here in New Orleans among the art community. He may become a local celebrity, and u know what happens to the younger ones who get famous at an early age. :eek: ;)

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
hmm...I thought Ralphie could be a symbol of joy & happiness...despite how much he creeps out all of u... :eek: ;)

He probably would be a symbol of joy and happiness if he didn't look so demonic :eek:

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Durandal7
He probably would be a symbol of joy and happiness if he didn't look so demonic :eek:

ah, well, you see, that's all in the lighting:D

Those blue lights down at the dock in Old Town worked perfect

D

[janey]

Originally posted by wdlove
I'm sure that no one mispells a name on purpose. Mistakes are easy, no on is perfect. I make every effort to do the best that I can. If I've mispelled someones name I'm sorry!
wdlove don't worry...

but seriously, name mispronounciations, misspellings, nicknames that the other person doesn't like...they're really bothersome :\

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
ah, well, you see, that's all in the lighting:D

Those blue lights down at the dock in Old Town worked perfect

he he...exactly...

looks like "Ralphie in Space!" :D

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by übergeek
but seriously, name mispronounciations, misspellings, nicknames that the other person doesn't like...they're really bothersome :\

You just are jealous no ones come up with one for you yet :D

eye:you take any local pics of Ralphie yet?

D

[Wardofsky]

I'm not up there, oh well.
I don't spam unlike some others :D

Doctor. Q. has my hopes for getting a new life, there's a few shops opening tomorrow.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
You just are jealous no ones come up with one for you yet :D

eye:you take any local pics of Ralphie yet?


ha ha ha... ;)

I haven't done much with him because it's been raining everyday for the past 3 weeks. I do want to do a water/rain piece with him, but I was hoping to do something in a cemetery maybe. Stay tuned...

[janey]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
You just are jealous no ones come up with one for you yet :D
nicknames? there are plenty of nicknames...just ask josh he has a bunch :rolleyes: :p

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by übergeek
nicknames? there are plenty of nicknames...just ask josh he has a bunch :rolleyes: :p hey gübergeek! :p :p :eek:

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Durandal7
He probably would be a symbol of joy and happiness if he didn't look so demonic :eek:

I think that Ralphie looks cute and very happy. The blue lighting is very calm and soothing!

[janey]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
hey gübergeek! :p :p :eek:
oh lord no :p

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
hey gübergeek! :p :p :eek:

It reminds me of Jim Nabors role in as Gomer Pyle in the USMC! :p

[tazo]

hey atleast he got the umlaut right :)

[janey]

Originally posted by tazo
hey atleast he got the umlaut right :)
lmao if he didn't...:rolleyes: :p

[shadowfax]

well, well, it looks like it's ü2K. how does it feel, güber, to have made a higher proc designation, knowing your last two posts are spam? :p

sorry for starting that string of spam, we should probably go back to talking about the future top 50 posters again.

[tazo]

gübergeek is my fave :)

[janey]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
well, well, it looks like it's ü2K. how does it feel, güber, to have made a higher proc designation, knowing your last two posts are spam? :p

sorry for starting that string of spam, we should probably go back to talking about the future top 50 posters again.
proc designation?
ohh...oops i didn't know :p
okay back on topic: arn's post count rank is just going down and down. that's interesting...well, if i remember correctly a major portion of the top ten posters will not be the top ten anymore :p

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by übergeek
arn's post count rank is just going down and down. that's interesting...well, if i remember correctly a major portion of the top ten posters will not be the top ten anymore :p just goes to show you that if there is anything more illustrious than posting more than anyone else, it's creating a site where people can post more than everybody else.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
J-lo, teasacks, queen cobra, eyelikefarts (for the poopmaster), the list goes on....;)


teasac.


hglm is the best yet.

though queen mum's arse boy and rownerd have a special place in my heart.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
hglm is the best yet.


haha...I haven't heard that in a while...

I need to live up to that status again... :D ;)

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
haha...I haven't heard that in a while...

I need to live up to that status again... :D ;)

that edit was a good start.. keep it up.

[shadowfax]

what is hglm, may i ask?

[vniow]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
what is hglm, may i ask? Happy go lucky Moderator.

[Sun Baked]

What happened to scem0?

A thread like this, and no scem0... :eek:

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by Sun Baked
What happened to scem0?

A thread like this, and no scem0... :eek: i don't think he wants us to know that he still cares about post count :D. or maybe he's keeled over outside a bar on 6th street here in good old austin. in any event, if you don't like that he posts in every thread, why did you bring him up?

[scem0]

glad to see I'm missed. ;)

I started to post in this thread about 2 days ago but got distrated.

Very interesting, although I plan to start posting less, so it probably won't be the most accurate in my case.

BTW I plan on posting less because, well, I'm starting to play a lot more StarCraft and there haven't been many interesting threads as of late. The sandwich thread is a healthy exception though.

hehe healthy, sandwich, Im funny.

okay maybe not.... :p

scem0

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
glad to see I'm missed. ;)

I started to post in this thread about 2 days ago but got distrated.

Very interesting, although I plan to start posting less, so it probably won't be the most accurate in my case.

BTW I plan on posting less because, well, I'm starting to play a lot more StarCraft and there haven't been many interesting threads as of late. The sandwich thread is a healthy exception though.

hehe healthy, sandwich, Im funny.

okay maybe not.... :p

scem0

I'm glad that you found this thread scemo, great to have you aboard. You will have to keep us abreast of your ever increasing skills with "StarCraft."

A sandwich is a very healthy, it makes a complete meal!

[britboy]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
though queen mum's arse boy and rownerd have a special place in my heart.


I don't quite get why you still harper on about that one. I've been unemployed for months already now.

I'll have to wait for Q.E. to abdicate; perhaps then i'll be in business again ;)

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by wdlove
A sandwich is a very healthy, it makes a complete meal!

I really don't want to know where scem0 goes in with the sandwhich.

scem0, for some reason you remind me of Gollum during the MTV Movies awards... :D

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by britboy
I don't quite get why you still harper on about that one. I've been unemployed for months already now.

I'll have to wait for Q.E. to abdicate; perhaps then i'll be in business again ;)

why would you be unemployed? was she cremated?

if not.... you must be able to find a way to get some dsl or cable model connection going down 6 feet under, no? ;)

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
i don't think he wants us to know that he still cares about post count :D. or maybe he's keeled over outside a bar on 6th street here in good old austin. in any event, if you don't like that he posts in every thread, why did you bring him up?

Scem0 cares or cared about post count? I find that completely difficult to believe. <faints>

[scem0]

Originally posted by wdlove

A sandwich is a very healthy, it makes a complete meal!

Not from Subway, Quizno's, or most sandwich joints. But yeah they can be healthy.

I really don't care about post count. I just want the damned things removed.

bah.

scem0

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by scem0
I really don't care about post count. I just want the damned things removed. why? granted, they cause trouble, but thenn, so do the forums themselves. but at other levels, post count is a fun way to mess with people's heads and pick on them over:

me: well, obviously you just want to boost your post count!
you: what? look who's talking!
me: well... well, hey, is that a pigeon on the ground over there?
you: what! you spammer!
me: hey, my posts are longer than yours
you: so this is about post size now?
me: yeah, mine is wider than yours too!
you: i'll catch up to vniow yet!
me: she has a post?

[scem0]

that is true.

I don't know... I just don't want people to use post count as an excuse to put down threads like the geek thread, the sandwich thread, the poop thread, etc, etc, etc.

scem0

[WinterMute]

Sandwich thread, I'm glad you mentioned that, did I say I liked SPAM sarnies...?

No?

Well I do, SPAM sarnies are great;)

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by scem0
that is true.

I don't know... I just don't want people to use post count as an excuse to put down threads like the geek thread, the sandwich thread, the poop thread, etc, etc, etc.

scem0

You mean SPAM threads?

Well I think those threads should be deleted on creation even without post count. They have no purpose on a Mac Technology site. The only one I can remember getting into was the Smiley War thread but that was just a couple months after I joined here.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by WinterMute
Sandwich thread, I'm glad you mentioned that, did I say I liked SPAM sarnies...?

No?

Well I do, SPAM sarnies are great;) one thing i will say, it's good to use humor to decry annoying spamaciousness, but when you become annoying yourself in doing so, well, you're out on the wet rug in a way, don't you think?

[job]

Originally posted by scem0
that is true.

I don't know... I just don't want people to use post count as an excuse to put down threads like the geek thread, the sandwich thread, the poop thread, etc, etc, etc.

scem0

The geek thread seemed to be more of a 3~5 way conversation which would have been better suited in a chat room IMO.

[job]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
one thing i will say, it's good to use humor to decry annoying spamaciousness, but when you become annoying yourself in doing so, well, you're out on the wet rug in a way, don't you think?

actually none of these messages here actually fall under the federal government's definition of 'spam' as:

1. each message has a way to contact the author

and

2. each message has a way to be deleted and/or have the user removed from a mailing list.

how do i know this? see my sig.

actually, none of this holds true as the federal law covers email only, not forum posts. ;)

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by MacBandit
Well I think those threads should be deleted on creation even without post count. They have no purpose on a Mac Technology site.Then why have a Community Discussion section at all? The purpose of MacRumors may be to disseminate and discuss Macintosh rumors and other Mac issues, but many of the forum discussions are about the non-Mac interests of Mac users. The rules of the site are up to arn and are quite clear: political/war discussions and other non-Mac discussions are to be in their designated forums, and spamming to raise post counts is not to be tolerated.

[wdlove]

This is a popular site because it allows all types of discussion. The current rules allow for a well run forum. I don't think that any changes are needed!

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
Then why have a Community Discussion section at all? The purpose of MacRumors may be to disseminate and discuss Macintosh rumors and other Mac issues, but many of the forum discussions are about the non-Mac interests of Mac users. The rules of the site are up to arn and are quite clear: political/war discussions and other non-Mac discussions are to be in their designated forums, and spamming to raise post counts is not to be tolerated.

I don't have a problem with community discussion really. It's an open place to talk about your life and technology within it. I just have a problem with threads about, "How many bananas have you slipped on in your life?" and, "What's the best kind of Ramen?". There are other forums more appropriate for that. Now if you want to discuss your home stereo or your new car or your camping trip showing off your photos you took with your digital camera that cool.

[Doctor Q]

I understand your point.

Another way to think about it: If we were all strangers meeting for the first time simply because we shared an interest in Macs, it would be kind of odd to immediately start talking about how many bowls of Ramen we've slipped on or the best brand of banana soup. On the other hand, if we were already online friends who had been talking about Macs with each other for a while, and therefore we felt we knew each other, then expanding into non-Mac topics makes more sense. So if a newbie posted about where he/she is in school, it might seem a little out of place, but a thread about how ibookin' is doing in school (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29440) would be perfectly fine because we are already familiar with ibookin' from other threads.

Of course, the degree to which each member is known by other members varies across the spectrum, so there's no way to measure or regulate this. I don't think we'd want to anyway as long as non-Mac discussions don't interfere with the "more important" threads. I trust the judgment of the moderators to weed out useless threads -- even those I've contributed to!

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
I understand your point.

Another way to think about it: If we were all strangers meeting for the first time simply because we shared an interest in Macs, it would be kind of odd to immediately start talking about how many bowls of Ramen we've slipped on or the best brand of banana soup. On the other hand, if we were already online friends who had been talking about Macs with each other for a while, and therefore we felt we knew each other, then expanding into non-Mac topics makes more sense. So if a newbie posted about where he/she is in school, it might seem a little out of place, but a thread about how ibookin' is doing in school (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29440) would be perfectly fine because we are already familiar with ibookin' from other threads.

Of course, the degree to which each member is known by other members varies across the spectrum, so there's no way to measure or regulate this. I don't think we'd want to anyway as long as non-Mac discussions don't interfere with the "more important" threads. I trust the judgment of the moderators to weed out useless threads -- even those I've contributed to!

You have a point but usually even a thread with a familiar member about there life the topic usually has some part of it that is about Macs or computers or just technology in general. In the case of the rediculous Banana Ramen Slipping thread that just doesn't exist and has no context to tie it with a Mac/Technology site.

[britboy]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
why would you be unemployed? was she cremated?

if not.... you must be able to find a way to get some dsl or cable model connection going down 6 feet under, no? ;)


Why would i want to send a dsl connection 6" into the earth? :confused: Giving the old bird an electric shock is hardly going to help her now ;)

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
ha ha ha....this is damned funny! :D

I'd be curious to see who all's here at the end of time. ;)

i was here at the beginning...or pretty darn close

i suspect my rank will go down as time goes on...i was in the top 10 rather quickly, then number 1 for a spell, then number 2, and now i am falling down the ranks of the top 10 and maybe will be out of that group sometime next year

[Mr. Anderson]

and with j-lo falling from the Demi-Gods, you're no longer the highest regular poster.....which shows that everything can change....:D

Some day, I won't have the most posts - none of this really matters in the end.

D :D

[eyelikeart]

None of this matters at all, but there's always going to be someone to whom it does. Jef will always be one of the more prolific thread posters around, and D will always be known as the most posting member I feel.

Anyway, if I can be remembered for my evil looking kewpie, I'd be happy. ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

To hell with post count, I want to be known as the first MacRumors member in space

Still working on that ;)

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
To hell with post count, I want to be known as the first MacRumors member in space

haha! :D

good luck on that one D...

I'm sure with your DC "connections," it couldn't be terribly impossible. ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
[BI'm sure with your DC "connections," it couldn't be terribly impossible. ;) [/B]

Ah, well, I could just hope to win the lotto and pay the 20 million....;)

But then I'd have to convince my wife - that might be harder than getting 20 million.

D

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
ha ha ha....this is damned funny! :D

I'd be curious to see who all's here at the end of time. ;)

It will be you and eye, of course, eyelikeart. See, because we're soulless, heartless bastards.... we will survive any armageddon. Like thick skinned cockroaches at a picnic, in the words of Gloria Gayner "[We] Will survive"

:D

We'll be here moaning about clients, bad photos at ISO 400, noisy tibooks, and of course, the women.

edit: early morning spelling errors

[Wardofsky]

Duke into space?
ADSL 6 feet into the ground?

I love this thread!

Post count?
Meh, if I really want a higher count I'll find someone that can hack and change it ;)

Did someone say ISO 400, yerkgh, grainier than TV without any reception.

What a thread :D

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Did someone say ISO 400, yerkgh, grainier than TV without any reception.

What a thread :D

Hm. I've seemingly excised my ISO 400 + grain problems.... of course, i dropped a big chunk of change. But I can shoot ISO 1600 with no apparent problems. :D

[Sun Baked]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Ah, well, I could just hope to win the lotto and pay the 20 million....;)

But then I'd have to convince my wife - that might be harder than getting 20 million.

D How much is it for the one way trip? ;-p

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Moxiemike

We'll be here moaning about clients, bad photos at ISO 400, noisy tibooks, and of course, the women.


I read through that first paragraph of babble...then came to the compelling truth of it all...

thank u moxie...for without u...my workday would lack true meaning... *tear*

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I read through that first paragraph of babble...then came to the compelling truth of it all...

thank u moxie...for without u...my workday would lack true meaning... *tear*

It's true. And i'll mention all of my plans for world domination, however, taht will be made easier by the fact that we're the last two standing. We'll take over and bio-engineer the perfect woman (the Sensual Woman--herbaliser track!)

And we'll live happily ever after in castles and mansions, with a crew of women for ourselves. And a big server to host macrumors on. :)

Sounds like eden to me

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Sounds like eden to me

Geeky shortsidedness to me....;)

No one way trip to the stars for me, I'm coming home so I can talk about it - and of course sell my pics of the trip.....

D

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
But I can shoot ISO 1600 with no apparent problems. :D

Only for use at night scenes :D
I wish there was a multi-ISO, ? ISO would be nice :P

NO, Must not turn into photo forum, get back on topic...

Castle of women?
Playboy mansion more like ;)

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Here you go, a bad photoshop;

nice idea wardo!

And Anderson guy, you can hang with me and eye in our world when you get back from space. It'll be fun. :)

m

[Wardofsky]

Oops, deleted the post...

[Mr. Anderson]

I wouldn't be going on the Shuttle - I'd be going with the Russians....:D

Nice, though.

D

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
I wouldn't be going on the Shuttle - I'd be going with the Russians....:D

Nice, though.

D

Would you prefer to be going in one of these? ;)

http://www.plasticscene.com/movietv/starwars/royalstarship/01/image01.jpg

And if all funding goes down the drain I have a solution;

http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~brazier/rocket.gif

[wdlove]

Jef, eye, & Mr. Anderson will always be know as founding members of the forum. Post count will never affect their status of longevity. They are prolific and very thoughtful in their posting!

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
and with j-lo falling from the Demi-Gods, you're no longer the highest regular poster.....which shows that everything can change....:D

Some day, I won't have the most posts - none of this really matters in the end.

D :D

why did jelloshotsrule fall from the demi-gods? does a mug only buy you one year of demi-god-hood?:p

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
why did jelloshotsrule fall from the demi-gods? does a mug only buy you one year of demi-god-hood?:p yeah, just one year, and arn is enforcing it now.
Originally posted by MacBandit
You have a point but usually even a thread with a familiar member about there life the topic usually has some part of it that is about Macs or computers or just technology in general. In the case of the rediculous Banana Ramen Slipping thread that just doesn't exist and has no context to tie it with a Mac/Technology site. i couldn't disagree more. perhaps the thread you speak of is spamacious, but my IB thread is pretty spam free, and has absolutely nothing to do with macs whatsoever, and there is nothing wrong with it. there's no reason in the world why a thread in the "community discussion," "random discussions about anything," should have to do with macs. i guess we can all be glad you aren't a mod, because you're quite misinterpreting the basic rules of the subforums.

[Doctor Q]

Hmmm... I wonder. When post counts start getting into the trillions, will vBulletin display them with comma (or period) separators, in scientific notation, or as big ugly hard-to-read integers? This is certainly a serious problem, perhaps as serious as the problem of how all those still-in-use 1960s COBOL programs will cope with Y10K. ;)

[jelloshotsrule]

now that im' not a demi-god, there's less fun in banning me i think


brit- necrophiliac.

wdlove- read up on your macrumors history.... i think jef, arn, blakespot and maybe some of the infamous banned (or just gone) members (e.g. spikey, et al)

i'd say even eye wasn't a "founding member" per se. though perhaps a large part of the forum as it is now. same would go for any of the current, still posting, prolific posters i think. turning it from just a mac rumors site to more of a community. with a bit less flaming going on.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
now that im' not a demi-god, there's less fun in banning me i think

It will still give some of us a sense of satisfaction....:D

Besides, I imagine you'll be back some day...

D

[janey]

as a sidenote, i really didn't mean to turn the geek thread into a spam thread :(
everyone kinda had different definitions for the word "geek" and i just wanted to know what Macrumors people thought it was :(

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
It will still give some of us a sense of satisfaction....:D

Besides, I imagine you'll be back some day...


i'd make sure you weren't the one to do it though. no revenge for nights of yesteryear.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
i'd make sure you weren't the one to do it though. no revenge for nights of yesteryear.

eh, you never know, I might just go postal one day and start banning everybody ;)

I'd start with you.....well, maybe eye and rower first, so they wouldn't be able to do anything immediately, then you.....:p :rolleyes:

You make such a big deal about it (or bring it up enough) it will end up happening.

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
I'd start with you.....well, maybe eye and rower first, so they wouldn't be able to do anything immediately, then you.....:p :rolleyes:


hmm...I'd say I'd ban u back...but that wouldn't work...

what to do...what to do...?

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by übergeek
as a sidenote, i really didn't mean to turn the geek thread into a spam thread :(
everyone kinda had different definitions for the word "geek" and i just wanted to know what Macrumors people thought it was :( As you may remember from my post at the end of that thread (one of the rare times that I got the last word about something), there were a few positives about that thread, despite the minimal signal-to-noise ratio. When I come across news items or web sites that I think would be of interest to others like me who are interested in a variety of traditionally geeky topics (as opposed to a single subject like astronomy), I would post about them if there was a suitable ongoing thread for such things, but I wouldn't want to annoy everyone by starting new threads for each such item. So we should lay low until everyone forgets about the geek thread, and then we can start a News for Geeks thread. (Gee, I sure hope nobody is listening right now.)

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
You make such a big deal about it (or bring it up enough) it will end up happening.


i don't think i bring it up more than you do (the collective "you". not you specifically)

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
So we should lay low until everyone forgets about the geek thread, and then we can start a News for Geeks thread. (Gee, I sure hope nobody is listening right now.)

hmm...did u say something? ;)

I say, give it time before trying out another thread such as that one. It turned into a mess after a while, and anything closely resembling it won't have much life here.

[MacFan25]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
So we should lay low until everyone forgets about the geek thread, and then we can start a News for Geeks thread. (Gee, I sure hope nobody is listening right now.)
That seems like a good idea, as long as it doesn't turn into a spam thread like the other geek thread. :D

But, like eye said, it should wait a little while.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by MacFan25
That seems like a good idea, as long as it doesn't turn into a spam thread like the other geek thread. :D


But what's this thread turning into? We might need to let this one die before it gets even more off track....:D

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
But what's this thread turning into? We might need to let this one die before it gets even more off track....:D


So what the hell are we discussing here?

Are u getting trigger happy D? ;)

[vniow]

Originally posted by übergeek
as a sidenote, i really didn't mean to turn the geek thread into a spam thread :(
everyone kinda had different definitions for the word "geek" and i just wanted to know what Macrumors people thought it was :(

I must confess, I am mostly responsible for turning the geek thread completely off-topic (check the third page..)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
So what the hell are we discussing here?

Are u getting trigger happy D? ;)

Nah, this is just started out as a thread on post count and now is all over the place....;)

There really is no topic now.

D

[Doctor Q]

Let's end on a nice note by agreeing to meet here in 6 months for some more navel gazing. I'll bring the popcorn.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
Let's end on a nice note by agreeing to meet here in 6 months for some more navel gazing. I'll bring the popcorn.

That sounds fine with me - even if this thread gets archived, just let one of the mods know and we'll pull it from retirement so we can review the stupidity ;)

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
That sounds fine with me - even if this thread gets archived, just let one of the mods know and we'll pull it from retirement so we can review the stupidity ;)


sounds good to me...

D...u bring the popcorn though...as long as u make it... ;)

[wdlove]

What kind of popcorn would we need to have during the retrospective of this thread. It will be great to view its accuracy!

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by wdlove
What kind of popcorn would we need to have during the retrospective of this thread. It will be great to view its accuracy!

It won't be all that accurate, I imagine. So many things can happen between now and 6 months from now. Using current post count averages just gives you an idea what it might be.

I'll be interested in seeing who ends up on and off the list.....

D

[Doctor Q]

In 6 months, I'll be able to make another 6-month prediction using post rates measured over the 6-month period from July 2003 to January 2004, at least for those members in the current top 75. This should be more accurate than these first-round predictions, which had to be based on the post rates from the full time of membership.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
In 6 months, I'll be able to make another 6-month prediction using post rates measured over the 6-month period from July 2003 to January 2004, at least for those members in the current top 75. This should be more accurate than these first-round predictions, which had to be based on the post rates from the full time of membership.

for the sake of long term accuracy, at least for the long term posters at infinity (or long term over several years), only include posters here at least a year and/or posters with over 500 posts or 1000 posts

the longer you require the poster to be here and the larger the posts you allow as a minimum, the more accurate your predictions will be and the likelihood of the curve fitting a normal distribution

because if some newbie comes here and posts 100 posts in his first day or two, he will be a statistical outlier and not a valid part of the sample population

well, you know what i am getting at anyway...i like your list very much and it is very interesting...keep up the good work

[eyelikeart]

I doubt this will be this close in 6 months. For all we know, Mr. Anderson just may get held up by some new "project" in his life and not get as much time to post. ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
For all we know, Mr. Anderson just may get held up by some new "project" in his life and not get as much time to post. ;)

Ha, well, that will probably happen in 6 months or so, so the one year mark will be way off for me no doubt.... ;)

D

[shadowfax]

i dunno, D, at your post count it might take us all over a year to catch up, even if you stopped now...

edit: yeah, at the current rate, jello will still be 500 posts behind your current count, according to Dr Q's predictions.

[jefhatfield]

look how long it took some of us to catch up with alphatech after he left...and many prolific posters here still have not caught up with him:D

[Doctor Q]

I captured only 75 member's worth of data because I could only get the post rates from the profiles, one member at a time, and I wasn't willing to do that 19,186 times! But now that I think of it, if I base the data on deltas (the difference in post count from one measurement to the next) from now on, I can capture all that from the top poster list in one "swell foop", so I will be able to automate the whole process.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
yeah, just one year, and arn is enforcing it now.
i couldn't disagree more. perhaps the thread you speak of is spamacious, but my IB thread is pretty spam free, and has absolutely nothing to do with macs whatsoever, and there is nothing wrong with it. there's no reason in the world why a thread in the "community discussion," "random discussions about anything," should have to do with macs. i guess we can all be glad you aren't a mod, because you're quite misinterpreting the basic rules of the subforums.

For some reason I am more accepting of the political forums even though I avoid them because they are swimming with 6feet of ************. In any case though they are usually spam free and not burdened with a bunch of newbies posting one word one liners. I think a thread should have a thoughtless one-liner % limit. If it increases above 20% off all the posts then the thread is immediately deleted.

[Wardofsky]

You know, if you go down this page really fast, you just see

Ocean
Baby Doll
Ocean
Baby Doll
Lips
Ocean
Baby Doll
G5 Chip

If anyone should be banned, it should be this entire thread ;)

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Ha, well, that will probably happen in 6 months or so, so the one year mark will be way off for me no doubt.... ;)

D

So you have plans that may take you away from us or at least cause to to decrease your posting. I hope it will be for the betterment of your career!

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
You know, if you go down this page really fast, you just see

Ocean
Baby Doll
Ocean
Baby Doll
Lips
Ocean
Baby Doll
G5 Chip

If anyone should be banned, it should be this entire thread ;)

you forgot the damp trousers.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
you forgot the damp trousers.

and the fireworks

and the imac smashing the pc machine

i think i am the most dominant icon in the political section because many are newbies or relatively new posters who only visit that forum and may not even be mac users

some visit that forum for a week or a month, make a large contribution of posts, and then disappear forever

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
If anyone should be banned, it should be this entire thread ;)

Should we then start with you?

No ones getting banned, please. You really have to make an ass of yourself or get very belligerent. That hasn't happened.

As for j-lo catching up to me - it could happen, but then again he might actually get a job too ;)

You never know.....

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson

As for j-lo catching up to me - it could happen, but then again he might actually get a job too ;)

ouch...

or should I say...

Oh Snap!! :eek: :D ;)

[job]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
As for j-lo catching up to me - it could happen, but then again he might actually get a job too ;)

My job has been eating up most of my time.

Combine that will the relative dearth of volitile mac rumors...

There just hasn't been a lot to discuss. That is, if you're not into politics. ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by job
There just hasn't been a lot to discuss. That is, if you're not into politics. ;)

well, there's plenty to discuss other than politics - we had geekfest, WWDC, the G5s, etc.

Besides, there's so much news lately that if you really wanted to you could talk all day....:D

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by job
There just hasn't been a lot to discuss. That is, if you're not into politics. ;)

heh...I'm working 10+ hour days now...but I somehow find the time to hang around here... ;)

as for nothing to discuss...shame on u for suggesting such a thing...

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Should we then start with you?

No ones getting banned, please. You really have to make an ass of yourself or get very belligerent. That hasn't happened.

Nah, I would never want anyone or myself banned... It just I've never seen anyone do anything that gets them banned.

Only I wonder who the first will be :D

[britboy]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Nah, I would never want anyone or myself banned... It just I've never seen anyone do anything that gets them banned.

Only I wonder who the first will be :D


Unless you're refering to demi's alone, you're a bit late on the call. Several previous members have already been banned (spikey, 333777, shrek, j-lo....)

Oh wait, j-lo's not yet been banished. Damn that chimaera.

[Mr. Anderson]

And quite a few more. If you haven't seen them it means the mods are doing their job.

Although Shrek was banned twice ;) Its kind of funny actually.....

D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson

Although Shrek was banned twice ;) Its kind of funny actually.....


hehe yeah...he actually managed to shoot himself in the ass after being given a second chance...

he had no desire to remain a member though...judged by his actions... :rolleyes:

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by britboy
Unless you're refering to demi's alone, you're a bit late on the call. Several previous members have already been banned (spikey, 333777, shrek, j-lo....)

Oh wait, j-lo's not yet been banished. Damn that chimaera.

I remember when 3777 was banned, he posted a couple of times in the Evil G. Bush thread...

I remember the dave77 got banned because of his posts but I find it funny;
during April Fools eye got kidnapped and he was the only one saying "Oh please..."

A banned Demi is like a cow at sea...
J-Lo however...

[jefhatfield]

i looked at the list again and i noticed scem0, shadowfax, and wdlove will all be in the top ten a year from now

i know for sure wdlove posts a lot, but i must not always come across scem and shadow as much

along with vniow and others, shadow and scem are very young and as time goes on...it will be a very young website more and more

arn calculated the average age here to be 29 but i suspect it will go down considerably as time goes on

[Sun Baked]

I guess I'm slow, I noticed that Shrek will be moving up into the top 50 eventually. :confused:

Which is a little odd, since he got himself banned.

And that brings up the point...

I wonder which members in the top 50 are most likely to go postal and get themselves banned. ;)

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by Sun Baked
I guess I'm slow, I noticed that Shrek will be moving up into the top 50 eventually. Which is a little odd, since he got himself banned.You're not slow, Sun Baked. You must be the fastest (meaning sharpest) one among us since nobody else noticed this obvious problem! Whoops! I should have noticed the "Status: Banned" on his profile page or simply remembered that he was banned.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
i looked at the list again and i noticed scem0, shadowfax, and wdlove will all be in the top ten a year from now shadowfax is in the top 10 right now, i think :p

[Doctor Q]

Yup, shadowfax, you passed King Cobra since last week. The future is now!

[wdlove]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
i looked at the list again and i noticed scem0, shadowfax, and wdlove will all be in the top ten a year from now

i know for sure wdlove posts a lot, but i must not always come across scem and shadow as much

along with vniow and others, shadow and scem are very young and as time goes on...it will be a very young website more and more

arn calculated the average age here to be 29 but i suspect it will go down considerably as time goes on

Now that we have over 19,000 members it's amazing to me that I was #16. It's even harder to think that I would ever be in the top 10.

I guess it's because as you said I post a lot, but it seems that I see scem0 & Shadowfax a lot.

If you are correct about the average age decreasing, then those of us that I will call mature will need to stick together!

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by wdlove
Now that we have over 19,000 members it's amazing to me that I was #16. It's even harder to think that I would ever be in the top 10.

I guess it's because as you said I post a lot, but it seems that I see scem0 & Shadowfax a lot.

If you are correct about the average age decreasing, then those of us that I will call mature will need to stick together!

Really it's not that some of us post a lot it's just that 95% plus of the membership don't post at all or only post a few times then leave.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by MacBandit
Really it's not that some of us post a lot it's just that 95% plus of the membership don't post at all or only post a few times then leave. in the same sentence, there are probably well over 200 people on this site with over 500 posts. it's still pretty odd to be so active among a group of so many dedicated, intelligent people.

[scem0]

Wow, my internet goes down for 4 days and look at what has happened to this thread....

I like it. ;)

See, having conversations through a thread rather than a chat room or email isn't all that bad.

scem0

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by scem0
Wow, my internet goes down for 4 days and look at what has happened to this thread....

I like it. ;)

See, having conversations through a thread rather than a chat room or email isn't all that bad.

scem0 yes, and proving your point probably makes it just that much closer to closing.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by scem0
Wow, my internet goes down for 4 days and look at what has happened to this thread....

I like it. ;)

See, having conversations through a thread rather than a chat room or email isn't all that bad.

scem0

Actually if you notice a lot of us are still on the subject.

[scem0]

Originally posted by MacBandit
Actually if you notice a lot of us are still on the subject.

I know, I know...

but I was just saying that there have been a lot of people posting in a fashion that I like (and wish wasn't looked down upon by many people) in this thread, and nobody seems to have taken an issue to it.

Why close a thread that nobody wants to have closed?

But if people want it to be closed than I guess that's fine with me.

scem0

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
in the same sentence, there are probably well over 200 people on this site with over 500 posts. it's still pretty odd to be so active among a group of so many dedicated, intelligent people.

I think that the key words in your statement Shadowfax are dedicated and intelligent. The greatest of these is intelligent! Feel humbled!

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by scem0
See, having conversations through a thread rather than a chat room or email isn't all that bad.


so long at least a couple of the following things are true:

1. it wasn't the whole point (ie, no point at all)... and thus was more of a spontaneous thing

2. as such, it does not draw on for more than a day or so

3. it includes more than 2-4 people.

pour me one

[Doctor Q]

I disagree. I think a conversation within a thread is appropriate if a single rule is met:

1. The posts are of use or interest to other members.

If that's true, then jelloshotsrule's rules (say that three times fast!) need not apply.

Example: Suppose that, for some reason, Steve Jobs and arn wanted to publicly discuss the conditions under which MacRumors would post leaked Apple info (like the mistakenly-posted G5 specs). I'd be happy to follow that thread, even if nobody else posted and it went on for a while. Want a more realiistic example? Um, er, I can't think of one.

[scem0]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
I disagree. I think a conversation within a thread is appropriate if a single rule is met:

1. The posts are of use or interest to other members.

If that's true, then jelloshotsrule's rules (say that three times fast!) need not apply.

Example: Suppose that, for some reason, Steve Jobs and arn wanted to publicly discuss the conditions under which MacRumors would post leaked Apple info (like the mistakenly-posted G5 specs). I'd be happy to follow that thread, even if nobody else posted and it went on for a while. Want a more realiistic example? Um, er, I can't think of one.

ok..... then if you don't like the threads that don't 'interest' other people then just don't look at them.

btw im not pushing for a chit-chat forum, I am just stating my opinion, not suggesting anything. I don't want anyone to think that I am still hooked on getting a chit-chat forum.

scem0

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by scem0
I know, I know...

but I was just saying that there have been a lot of people posting in a fashion that I like (and wish wasn't looked down upon by many people) in this thread, and nobody seems to have taken an issue to it.

It's a question of volume scem0. It becomes an issue when it is all a member posts.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Durandal7
It's a question of volume scem0. It becomes an issue when it is all a member posts.

Exactly. There is little difference between a spam thread filled with people thowing one liners back and forth and people just posting to see if they can get the first post. Both are annoying and neither are value added filler to the site.

I don't think you need more then one person to post to a thread as long as it is a complex and interesting series of posts. Not just about what they are wearing or eating at the moment.

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by MacBandit
Exactly. There is little difference between a spam thread filled with people thowing one liners back and forth and people just posting to see if they can get the first post. Both are annoying and neither are value added filler to the site.

I don't think you need more then one person to post to a thread as long as it is a complex and interesting series of posts. Not just about what they are wearing or eating at the moment.

Well, this is in community discussion so it's moderated a bit more lightly.

I think some spam can get through but if it's more obvious it will be shut down.

I think the only place that's less moderated would be the Private Forum or most probably the mod forum ;)

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Well, this is in community discussion so it's moderated a bit more lightly.

I think some spam can get through but if it's more obvious it will be shut down.

I think the only place that's less moderated would be the Private Forum or most probably the mod forum ;)

That is correct. There is some how was your weekend stuff in the private forum but when your talking about 20 or so active contributors in the private forum it really doesn't get to be a problem. it's only a problem when there is a bunch of it happening in the public forums and then a bunch of newbies join up and see these forums so they think that it's okay to do that. It sets a standard that we don't want. That's the whole thing before you start a new thread you have to think how it will affect the whole site because there is a constant influx of new members and if everyone of them sees the spam threads and thinks it's okay then there is a flood of it in all the forums and even in established threads. I think that's why the private forums are a good thing. By the time a member becomes a contributor normally they already no the boundaries and etiquette of these forums.

[Wardofsky]

I wish there where a program that can detect what topic is currently being discussed all through out a thread.

And then place it on a time-line.

[Doctor Q]

I corrected the "End of time" column to omit Shrek, who was banned. MacAztec and AmbitiousLemon and Durandal7 and sparkleytone move up and member cb911 joins the Top 50.

Rank July 4, 2003.. Jan. 1, 2004.. July 4, 2004.. End of time
---- -------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
1... Mr. Anderson.. Mr. Anderson.. Mr. Anderson.. Mr. Anderson
2... eyelikeart.... eyelikeart.... jelloshotsrule MacBandit
3... jelloshotsrule jelloshotsrule eyelikeart.... wdlove
4... Rower_CPU..... Rower_CPU..... Rower_CPU..... Shadowfax
5... jefhatfield... MacBandit..... MacBandit..... jelloshotsrule
6... MacBandit..... vniow......... vniow......... vniow
7... AlphaTech..... Shadowfax..... Shadowfax..... tazo
8... vniow......... jefhatfield... wdlove........ scem0
9... Backtothemac.. AlphaTech..... scem0......... übergeek
10.. King Cobra.... scem0......... jefhatfield... Rower_CPU
11.. Shadowfax..... wdlove........ AlphaTech..... eyelikeart
12.. scem0......... Backtothemac.. King.Cobra.... King Cobra
13.. krossfyter.... King Cobra.... Backtothemac.. MacFan25
14.. Macrumors..... krossfyter.... krossfyter.... Backtothemac
15.. arn........... Macrumors..... übergeek...... macfan
16.. wdlove........ arn........... tazo.......... AlphaTech
17.. MrMacman...... MrMacman...... Macrumors..... krossfyter
18.. job........... job........... arn........... Dont Hurt Me
19.. iJon.......... iJon.......... job........... edesignuk
20.. edesignuk..... übergeek...... MrMacman...... job
21.. Durandal7..... edesignuk..... edesignuk..... zimv20
22.. teabgs........ teabgs........ iJon.......... iJon
23.. mischief...... mischief...... teabgs........ pseudobrit
24.. mac15......... mac15......... MacFan25...... teabgs
25.. britboy....... Durandal7..... mac15......... lmalave
26.. Beej.......... tazo.......... macfan........ jefhatfield
27.. alex_ant...... britboy....... mischief...... Sun Baked
28.. paulwhannel... zimv20........ zimv20........ bousozoku
29.. mcrain........ Beej.......... Durandal7..... Kwyjibo
30.. MacAztec...... alex_ant...... britboy....... mac15
31.. zimv20........ paulwhannel... Dont Hurt Me.. yzedf
32.. Sun Baked..... mcrain........ alex_ant...... MrMacman
33.. übergeek...... MacFan25...... Beej.......... Macrumors
34.. iGAV.......... Sun Baked..... Sun Baked..... medea
35.. Hemingray..... pseudobrit.... pseudobrit.... arn
36.. sparkleytone.. macfan........ paulwhannel... alex_ant
37.. AmbitiousLemon bousozoku..... mcrain........ mcrain
38.. pseudobrit.... iGAV.......... bousozoku..... paulwhannel
39.. bousozoku..... MacAztec...... iGAV.......... Beej
40.. Ensign Paris.. Hemingray..... lmalave....... iGAV
41.. mymemory...... Dont Hurt Me.. Hemingray..... britboy
42.. irmongoose.... sparkleytone.. MacAztec...... Doctor Q
43.. Taft.......... AmbitiousLemon medea......... mischief
44.. cb911......... lmalave....... sparkleytone.. springscansing
45.. G4scott....... Ensign Paris.. AmbitiousLemon Hemingray
46.. medea......... medea......... Ensign Paris.. MacAztec
47.. lmalave....... cb911......... Kwyjibo....... AmbitiousLemon
48.. MacFan25...... Taft.......... yzedf......... Durandal7
49.. Falleron...... Kwyjibo....... cb911......... sparkleytone
50.. macfan........ G4scott....... Doctor Q...... cb911

[jefhatfield]

ambitious lemon has really dropped off the radar in past months...i wonder if we will see him a lot again

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
ambitious lemon has really dropped off the radar in past months...i wonder if we will see him a lot again

He's out in Hawaii doing field work. We won't be seeing much of him for a while, but he'll be popping up whenever he can to update us. ;)

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
He's out in Hawaii doing field work.You mean some people actually move on from MacRumors into the real world??? Seriously, what kind of field work?

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
He's out in Hawaii doing field work. We won't be seeing much of him for a while, but he'll be popping up whenever he can to update us. ;)

wow, is he a marine biologist?

where i live, there are three major west coast marine biology schools/institutes (MBARI, CSUMB, and Hopkins Marine of Stanford) and often the first assignment they are given is field work in hawaii

...specifically work with the turtles in the northern islands of the hawaiian chain

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by Doctor Q

Notes:

1. At the end of time, MrMacman and yzedf will be tied, because they had the same post rate at the moment I captured my data. The same is true for Durandal7 and AmbitiousLemon.

2. Because of current post counts, MrMacman will be slightly ahead of yzedf and Durandal7 will be slightly ahead of AmbitiousLemon at any time before infinity, even a split second before the end of time. Such is the wonderful nature of mathematics.

Edit: Fixed editing error: missing ü in übergeek!

W00t!!!

w00t!!!

I will pwn a good portion of you all! ;) :p

[tazo]

Originally posted by MrMacman
W00t!!!

w00t!!!

I will pwn a good portion of you all! ;) :p

*has fastest rate of moving up* :) lol.

Hey well you started the 'gloat-about-post thing :)

[Kwyjibo]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
He's out in Hawaii doing field work. We won't be seeing much of him for a while, but he'll be popping up whenever he can to update us. ;)

thats awesome

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by tazo
*has fastest rate of moving up* :) lol.

Hey well you started the 'gloat-about-post thing :)

haha, I was gone a week and I see that, so therefore I can gloat a little.

[applemacdude]

So were the stats taht Dr.Q suppilied us accurate?;)

[Doctor Q]

Wait a couple more weeks and find out. I plan to do a 6-month update. (But don't tell anyone, so it'll be a surprise. ;) )

[tazo]

I cant wait to see the post information Dr. Q, I think i am no. 30 or something....not that it matters :)

*looks around nervously for a mod...* :p

[Powerbook G5]

What, no pie charts? I'm sorely disappointed! :mad: :p

[Doctor Q]

My target date is January 4. I'll start with the same format as last time. Then maybe we can invent some graphics to match.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
My target date is January 4. I'll start with the same format as last time. Then maybe we can invent some graphics to match.

you do great work, doctorq

i know i will fall out of the top ten since i don't post the way i used to any more, but i will probably be number 7 or 8 on the list next month

at one point in the past, i expected miss vniow to be the number one poster and surpass eyelikeart and mr anderson...i think the way things are going, eyelikeart will become the number one poster, but he and mr anderson will stay head and shoulders above any other posters for a long time to come

i do think that after a time though, wdlove or macbandit will be in the top three posters

i suspect two years from now, eyelikeart and mr. anderson will both be in the top three with wdlove, macbandit, macmaniac, or even miss vniow....but jelloshotsrule, durandel7, and king cobra are always possible to be in the top three in the future

i know i may be leaving several other possibilities out for top three posters way down the line since there are some fast movers in the top 50 or top 100 that have not been in the top 10 but are certainly on pace to reach the top 10 very soon:D

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
My target date is January 4. I'll start with the same format as last time. Then maybe we can invent some graphics to match.

The update should be very intersting Doctor Q. I will look forward to the results on January 4th. Graphics always add a nice touch to a project. Thank you for your hard work Doctor Q! ;)

[Stelliform]

Maybe I will make the list this time. :) Last time I was position 80 something. Now I am 60 something....

I just keep my 3.38 posts of interesting material a day flowing. :D

Uhh but don't think this post is an example of my normally interesting material.. ;)

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
My target date is January 4. I'll start with the same format as last time. Then maybe we can invent some graphics to match.

Sounds very good...


Though my post cound is very sued, I hope to see this update.

(well my current post rate looks like it has been in the past month, really hecktic)... but still Normally I post much more often.

Ambitious Project... :D

[tpjunkie]

I don't post nearly as often when I'm home from school...I spent a fair bit of time when i was bored in the dorm on Macrumors, but now that I'm home...SLEEP

[Hemingray]

Hehe, somebody's got too much time on their hands. ;)

Ah, back when I was in the top 15, those were the days... :p

[krossfyter]

wow this may be unprecedented (sp?) for any board. great job Dr. Q!



im saddened to think that king cobra will have more posts then me in the future.

i will fight against that as much as possible!

lol

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by Hemingray
Hehe, somebody's got too much time on their hands.Are you teasing me 6 months late or a week early?

[teabgs]

well. I'm about 6 months late.

I was on dialup 6 months ago so I wasn't posting so much...and now I'm busy all the time working on my thesis film....so my rate has been doing a nosedive.

I must say I'm impressed that you put this much time and effort into this.

and ...oh yea.... :eek: :eek: :eek:

Looking forward to the 6 month update :)

[MrMacMan]

And I still will not be high on the list because I registered so early... (why did I do that!!)...

So even after the next verion out our posts I will be ranked like crap.

BTW, Doctor Q you rule!

:D