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Top 50 Posters Extrapolated, July 2006

Doctor Q said:
Computed by Doctor Q on July 6, 2006

Code: 
Proj  Projection       Weight  Cur   Delta
Rank  End of Time      Rate    Rank  Rank
----  --------------   -----   ----  -----
 25   lilstewart        8.24   ---    ---
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:eek: :eek: :cool: :eek:

*embarrassed*
 
Pretty scary, but what always surprises me is someone who joins and starts posting at an incredible rate. Many of the new top 50 joined recently, and I would not be surprised to see someone new make an appearance in that list next time you run it.

Out of curiosity who are the top 50 oldest active posters on MR? It seems like some of the older members are disappearing.
 
Doctor Q said:
I get all information from the same public pages you can look at. I've been doing these stats since before I was a moderator and then an administrator, so I didn't have access to any server data or private information, and I still don't use any.
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Ouch. Surely there's a better way to get the data. I want real-time updated predictions! :p

Oh, and I don't believe for a second anyone who feigns shock or disappointment over being on any of these lists... ;) :D
 
Dang... Only #13.. and beaten by dmw007 AGAIN??

I think Mr. Bond and I are need to have a little discussion...

*cracks knuckles*


I love the stats, Q! It's so mathy and nice. :)

and FWIW, I like Excel more than word. :D
 
Macmaniac said:
Out of curiosity who are the top 50 oldest active posters on MR? It seems like some of the older members are disappearing.
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Define your terms and perhaps I can figure it out. For example, would "oldest" mean they were members for a given number of years?

emw said:
I want real-time updated predictions! :p
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Something almost as good: Print out all my previous charts, staple them together, and riffle through the stack to make a flip-book animation.

emw said:
Oh, and I don't believe for a second anyone who feigns shock or disappointment over being on any of these lists... ;) :D
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Perhaps all the high posters know they are high posters, but I believe it when people are disappointed not to make the lists. Being a high poster isn't the most admirable trait one could aspire to, but being on lists like these does bestow a slight bit of e-status.
 
katie ta achoo said:
Dang... Only #13.. and beaten by dmw007 AGAIN??

I think Mr. Bond and I are need to have a little discussion...

*cracks knuckles*
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Why not just use your pet? :confused:

Or are you even more fearsome than El Chupacabra...? :rolleyes:
 
Macmaniac said:
Out of curiosity who are the top 50 oldest active posters on MR? It seems like some of the older members are disappearing.
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You can check for yourself fairly easily...go to Members List, then Search Members --> Advanced Search. Then you can limit it by something like last post date (define "active" however you want) and then use the drop-down menus to sort by join date and ascending, and you've got it!
 
Doctor Q said:
I believe it when people are disappointed not to make the lists.
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Yes - that I believe as well. It was the ones who were on the list I was talking about.

And to be clear - there's no shame being on this list, and those of us that are on it shouldn't feel like we don't have "lives" just because we're here. In some sense, this part of my life is important - the interaction, the learning, etc. I'm not ashamed to be on the list, although some of you might wish I weren't. :p

Thanks again for putting these stats out, Doctor Q!
 
Here you go...the Top 50 oldest members who have posted in the last month, with their total number of posts.

Code: 
 1. blakespot               934
 2. outzider                  9
 3. curmi                    40
 4. kainjow                 963
 5. SalsaShark                9
 6. barefeats                 7
 7. jefhatfield           8,826
 8. mdntcallr                70
 9. michaelrjohnson       1,884
10. KipCoon                   1
11. Finn                      9
12. iriejedi                574
13. suzerain                135
14. true777                 236
15. Macmaniac             2,979
16. robbents99               67
17. applemacdude          3,081
18. rickag	            66
19. arn                   6,544
20. ebow                    408
21. zon7                     18
22. Wes                   2,129
23. mnkeybsness           2,330
24. cc bcc                  432
25. Simon Liquid	    198


Code: 
26. pianojoe                282
27. hvfsl                 1,223
28. Foocha                  533
29. gotohamish              902
30. -hh                     642
31. SPG                     998
32. prewwii                  68
33. DaveGee                 210
34. mischief              2,975
35. phillryu                  4
36. TiMacLover              248
37. Makosuke              2,505
38. opuscroakus               3
39. ewinemiller             357
40. HumanJHawkins            35
41. Doraemon                430
42. Catfish_Man           1,174
43. elfin buddy             183
44. nerveosu                 73
45. Gelfin                  568
46. Rower_CPU            11,019
47. floatingspirit          213
48. t^3                     165
49. brkirch                   3
50. greatm31                 57

iGary said:
Just click "Members List," and then click on the "Posts" header - it will then sort it by posts. :cool:
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But if you want to do what he's actually looking for, you have to do as I described in order to sort by join date and limit it to people who have posted in the past month.
 
I have mixed feelings about my own positions on the lists. I was pleased that I made it onto my own list in my first extrapolation thread in 2003, when I predicted I'd just reach #50 within a year. In contrast, I was "slightly horrified" to find myself reaching the Top 5 this year.

Now I'm rather glad I'm not going to stay quite so high on the list. I don't want too much of a good thing.™ I'll probably feel a little bit disappointed each time I get passed by someone (at current rates, ~Shard~, jsw, iGary, mkrishnan, and yellow will move up past me), but in the long run that's fine.

Bad analogy: If I'm in a 3.14159K race sponsored by some group or cause, I might feel a twinge when somebody behind me catches and passes me, but it's the exercise or good cause ("spim" awareness) or charity (raising money for Chronic Halitosis research) or protest march ("Stop Plate Tectonics!") that matters, not my position in the race. Unless, of course, there's prize money involved! :cool:
 
Doctor Q said:
Bad analogy: If I'm in a 3.14159K race sponsored by some group or cause, I might feel a twinge when somebody behind me catches and passes me, but it's the exercise or good cause ("spim" awareness) or charity (raising money for Chronic Halitosis research) or protest march ("Stop Plate Tectonics!") that matters, not my position in the race. Unless, of course, there's prize money involved! :cool:
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Isn't the good cause usually awareness of mathematical constants in the case such races?
 
WildCowboy said:
Isn't the good cause usually awareness of mathematical constants in the case such races?
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Like the Euler-Mascheroni constant? Naw, everyone already knows that stuff. No need for an awareness campaign.

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Doctor Q said:
Like the Euler-Mascheroni constant? Naw, everyone already knows that stuff. No need for an awareness campaign.

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The scary thing is, thanks to the multitude of Calculus classes I took in Engineering, I can understand that. :eek: :cool:
 
~Shard~ said:
The scary thing is, thanks to the multitude of Calculus classes I took in Engineering, I can understand that. :eek: :cool:
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Hehe.. Me, too. :D:D

I'm not feeling too stressed about my calculus placement exam anymore :)
 
Jaffa Cake said:
Am I the only person around here who doesn't understand it? :confused:

I mean, it looks like a maths thing but there are funny squiggles in it and letters instead of numbers... :p
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Use this instead: 0.577215665. Fewer squiggles, same basic value. :)
 
jsw said:
Use this instead: 0.577215665. Fewer squiggles, same basic value. :)
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No no no, double integrals and partial derrivatives are much more fun to deal with than plain-old boring numbers... :rolleyes: :cool:

skunk said:
I think I prefer the squiggles. They're sweet.
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Me too, but perhaps I'm biased...

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Doctor Q said:
I don't know. I told them to put it on arn's credit card and didn't look at the bill.
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LOL :D Poor Arn.... :(

Doctor Q said:
I've asked Q Division for the thing I really need to make it easier: an 8-day week.
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I can not say that I really want a 6 day work week. Unless the 8th day would also be a day of rest. ;) :D

katie ta achoo said:
Dang... Only #13.. and beaten by dmw007 AGAIN??

I think Mr. Bond and I are need to have a little discussion...

*cracks knuckles*
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Sorry katie, I did not do it on purpose (or maybe I did... ;) ). :eek:

ham_man said:
Why not just use your pet?
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GASP! :eek: Please don't send El Chupacabra after me, anything but that! :eek: ;)

ham_man said:
Or are you even more fearsome than El Chupacabra...?
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Depends.... ;)
 
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