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dilbert4life · Apr 2, 2009

Test

Testing flags post.....Thanks. :apple:

dilbert4life · Apr 2, 2009

pilotError said:
Adding my 0 cents

Hey, at least your here in Bolivia with me. Hey - I just noticed - Bolivia has "l" as the third letter also. hmmmm very interesting.

Edit: It is coincidence that 'l' is the third character in "Bolivia" as IgnatiusTheKing has the flag for the Falkland Islands, which does not have a "n" as the third character. Oh well. :apple:

IgnatiusTheKing · Apr 2, 2009

So the Rule R is clearly related to posting, but it's still unclear how. Yesterday I only posted twice, yet my flag was light blue. Today, it took me three posts (in two minutes) to get it to change to light blue, going through several iterations.

Also note one of the clues above was that there was a glitch for people with high post counts. That could mean a total post count, a total for today, this week, etc.

Perhaps it has something to do with a total post count being divisible by 2, 3, 4, etc.?

Rt&Dzine · Apr 2, 2009

dilbert4life said:
So it is confirmed, it5five, you have a Canadian flag, just as 345dilbert4life has, because of the 3rd letter of your username. I think that it is safe to say that Rule "1" has been solved. Now to figure out it's name.

That would explain why I'm the only one with the Maldives flag

EDIT: Rule R, mine just turned to green. It was orange yesterday, and orange before I logged in today.

Is it Rate of posting? Or is this already suggested. Got to go to work and don't have time to check.

Rate, Rank, Regular

IgnatiusTheKing · Apr 2, 2009

Now it's yellow after post #4 for the day and 1472 overall.

iBookG4user · Apr 2, 2009

IgnatiusTheKing said:
So the Rule P is clearly related to Posting, but it's still unclear how. Yesterday I only posted twice, yet my flag was light blue. Today, it took me three posts (in two minutes) to get it to change to light blue, going through several iterations.

Also note one of the clues above was that there was a glitch for people with high post counts. That could mean a total post count, a total for today, this week, etc.

Perhaps it has something to do with a total post count being divisible by 2, 3, 4, etc.?

I believe that you mean rule 'R'. And it does seem to have to do with posting. Although mine did not change at all yesterday from Green, perhaps I was affected by the glitch (I have a high post count?). Hmm, we'll have to see if it changes again with this post.

EDIT: And it did, to yellow.

IgnatiusTheKing · Apr 2, 2009

Now green after post #5 for the day and 1473 overall.

IgnatiusTheKing · Apr 2, 2009

iBookG4user said:
I believe that you mean rule 'R'./QUOTE]

Yeah, my mistake.

And now my flag changed to red after post #6 of the day and 1474 overall.

dilbert4life · Apr 2, 2009

Rt&Dzine said:
That would explain why I'm the only one with the Maldives flag

Yes, yes it would. I edit my previous guess of 62 possiblities to 94 total, and slightly edit the name "Rule 1 = 1+2=3 rd character in username" :apple:

IgnatiusTheKing · Apr 2, 2009

And now back to dark blue after post #7 of the day and 1475 overall.

IgnatiusTheKing · Apr 2, 2009

And finally, back to light blue after post #8 of the day and 1476 overall.

I have no idea what it means but I've managed to run the full circuit.

iBookG4user · Apr 2, 2009

dilbert4life said:
Yes, yes it would. I edit my previous guess of 62 possiblities to 94 total, and slightly edit the name "Rule 1 = 1+2=3 rd character in username"

Hmm, if I'm not mistaken the number of flags would be as follows:
47 total keys that can be used in names
+ 47 for every key where option can be used to alter its character
+ 47 for every key where shift can be used to alter its character.
= 141

So my guess would be that there are 141 country flags total.

dilbert4life · Apr 2, 2009

iBookG4user said:
Hmm, if I'm not mistaken the number of flags would be as follows:
47 total keys that can be used in names
+ 47 for every key where option can be used to alter its character
+ 47 for every key where shift can be used to alter its character.
= 141

So my guess would be that there are 141 country flags total.

Yes, but I don't think that MacRumors allows just any characters to be used in usernames, as it has the potential of messing with their sql databases.

I would assume that they would filter some of the nonstandard characters. Like ¡™£¢∞§¶•ªºœ∑´®†¥¨ˆøπ, but that is just my guess. We may have to create another test user (ala 345dilbert4life style lol) to try it out.

Edit: Actually, we shouldn't try that without permission. The rules say this

Code:

 You are permitted to register at most once, with a single name and e-mail address. You can lose your membership for violation of Mac Forums rules. If your membership is terminated (banned) temporarily or permanently, you may not reregister.

Please don't kill me Arn or Dr. Q! I will cancel the other account and never use it again!!!

On the other hand, I don't think that they would filter out such characters as é í ñ and things like that, otherwise our spanish folk may be upset, thus increasing the possible characters from 92 to more like around 100.

Let's get going on it! Times a'wastin'!!! :apple:

iBookG4user · Apr 2, 2009

dilbert4life said:
Yes, but I don't think that MacRumors allows just any characters to be used in usernames, as it has the potential of messing with their sql databases.

I would assume that they would filter some of the nonstandard characters. Like ¡™£¢∞§¶•ªºœ∑´®†¥¨ˆøπ, but that is just my guess. We may have to create another test user (ala 345dilbert4life style lol) to try it out.

On the other hand, I don't think that they would filter out such characters as é í ñ and things like that, otherwise our spanish folk may be upset, thus increasing the possible characters from 92 to more like around 100.

Let's get going on it! Times a'wastin'!!!

"Please note, your username can not use the following characters: # + < > [ ] | { } _ "

Ok, so sans 10 characters, that brings the flags down to 131, and then I forgot the space bar, so it is up to 132. I tried putting in the username exactly with the characters that you put in your post "¡™£¢∞§¶•ªºœ∑´®†¥¨ˆøπ" (without putting in an email address, so I knew it wouldn't register the account) and it did allow them. Thus, it seems as though my conclusions would be correct.

dilbert4life · Apr 2, 2009

iBookG4user said:
"Please note, your username can not use the following characters: # + < > [ ] | { } _ "

Ok, so sans 10 characters, that brings the flags down to 131, and then I forgot the space bar, so it is up to 132. I tried putting in the username exactly with the characters that you put in your post "¡™£¢∞§¶•ªºœ∑´®†¥¨ˆøπ" (without putting in an email address, so I knew it wouldn't register the account) and it did allow them. Thus, it seems as though my conclusions would be correct.

PWNED! Good job, and thanks for testing. lol

And those letters were just arbitrary key pressing with the option key held.

Once again an edit: 132 possible flags with name = 1+2=3 rd character in username.

Edit: Or maybe even, after a little bit of research, we find that we can only use 123 characters and thus that many flags, which would make sense.

123 flags = 1+2=3?

Did I win Dr. Q? :apple:

OrangeSVTguy · Apr 2, 2009

iBookG4user · Apr 2, 2009

dilbert4life said:
PWNED! Good job, and thanks for testing. lol

And those letters were just arbitrary key pressing with the option key held.

Once again an edit: 132 possible flags with name = 1+2=3 rd character in username.

Did I win Dr. Q?

Yes, I did know that. And if anyone should win, it'd be me for getting the correct number of flags and testing it

Eraserhead · Apr 2, 2009

lower case a is Vietnam.

dilbert4life · Apr 2, 2009

iBookG4user said:
Yes, I did know that. And if anyone should win, it'd be me for getting the correct number of flags and testing it

Check my edit above. (concerning 123 instead of 132)

Let's make a deal - lets split it. Dr. Q did say that the prize was a "new top-of-the-line Mac Pro with dual 30" displays." How about I get the 2 displays, and you get the tower? Sound good? lol :apple:

xUKHCx · Apr 2, 2009

wrc fan worked out the rule for "Rule 1"

No one has got the correct number of flags yet.
No one has got the correct wording.

Uppercase K is Niue.

dilbert4life · Apr 2, 2009

OrangeSVTguy said:
Just checked with a few other users and this is consistent.

Third letter of your names? What does that have to do with "1"?

A -

B -

...
D -

E -

K -

L -

N -

O -

...
S -

T -

...
V -

...

I will continue to add to this once I finish it

Don't forget case sensitivity as well as other characters. I would guess that not even every possible flag is being used. We will have to find a user that has each of the characters in the third position, which would be challenging, including the non-standard ones. :apple:

iMacmatician · Apr 2, 2009

I'm posting here so you can see my icons.

I'm not good at puzzle/problem solving so I won't be much help here.

OrangeSVTguy said:
Just checked with a few other users and this is consistent.

Consistent with me too.

OrangeSVTguy · Apr 2, 2009

dilbert4life said:
Don't forget case sensitivity as well as other characters. I would guess that not even every possible flag is being used. We will have to find a user that has each of the characters in the third position, which would be challenging, including the non-standard ones.

Yep you are correct! I just ran into some upper-case characters and are different. I will keep updating my post though

. Thanks.

My PC is being so extremely laggy! It's almost unbearable. Hope to get an intel mini in a few days

woot

EDIT:

Just found out that lower-case "a" and upper-case "J" share the same flag! This don't look good.

Abstract · Apr 2, 2009

Doctor Q said:
Rule R

icons: colored flags named after Mac models

Abstract concluded that the rule was not based on posts made that day or posts made in the last hour. Admission of guilt: we found a bug in this rule and fixed it this evening after reviewing Abstract's test results. Rule R wasn't always working for members with very high post counts! Please redo your tests if you want to study how the flag colors change.

How convenient.

It would have been impossible to figure out yesterday, right? I'm glad, because I was gonna go crazy.

Abstract · Apr 2, 2009

Testing to see if my flag changes from red, where it was stuck all day.

EDIT: Yessir! It's blue now.

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