Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: Skomer Originally Posted By: Nikki. 5000 Congrats, Nikki. Since I'd half-forgot, until I was reminded, I'm pretty much getting a +1 on my postcount without even trying. ...and, for hilarity's sake: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Congratulations, Nikki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Woo! Dikiyoba wanted to be grumpy here but can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 You're going to have to explain the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 My congratulations. May your future stuffage be as awesome as your past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Congratulations! I would have posted the spamming comic to go with this, but somebody beat me to it. Grrr... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Congratulations! I would have posted the spamming comic to go with this, but somebody beat me to it. Grrr... Originally Posted By: Nikki. Originally Posted By: Ephesos Yay Mystic! You have successfully sought the meaningless approbation of your peers! (+1) Look at me, I can't even be bothered to write my own message! I am truly the more optimal spammer! The tank appeared when I googled "5001". It's Soviet. That's all I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Congrats Nikki, you have successfully obtained the meaningless approbation of your fellows, and in the process, created a means for others to increase their own post counts (3000, here I come!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: Nikki. The tank appeared when I googled "5001". It's Soviet. That's all I know. It's an illustration of item 5001 from Zvezda Models' catalogue, a 1/72 scale medium Soviet tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Mistb0rn Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Congrats Who is this captain quail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: The Mystic Congrats Nikki, you have successfully obtained the meaningless approbation of your fellows, and in the process, created a means for others to increase their own post counts (3000, here I come!). An excuse to increase my post count? Well, looks like I just did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Congratulations Nikki. More meaningless approbation to maintain my place in the Red Queen's race for post count rankings. Only a few more years until you are in the top 10 as others cease posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yay for Soviet tanks and postliness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I don't understand the comic strip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Congratulations. Now, let's see how close I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: Fflewddur Fflam: Defenestrator Originally Posted By: The Mystic Congrats Nikki, you have successfully obtained the meaningless approbation of your fellows, and in the process, created a means for others to increase their own post counts (3000, here I come!). An excuse to increase my post count? Well, looks like I just did. All I can say is that my posting frequency increased dramatically when I finally got an internet connection at home, and I didn't have to bring my laptop to the library all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: VCH I don't understand the comic strip I understand the strip (having seen it yesterday on the actual Girl Genius site). I don't understand its relevance here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: Celtic Minstrel Originally Posted By: VCH I don't understand the comic strip I understand the strip (having seen it yesterday on the actual Girl Genius site). I don't understand its relevance here. It has no relevance see the question above the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Still doesn't make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Xaiya Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Congrats, Nikki. ^.^ I'll probably never get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 its not all that, having got here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 It is at least a place to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Thin Gypsy Thief It is at least a place to be. every post produces a place to be. a landmark such as 5000 is no different to 2851, except that it's probably more easily divisble. i dont know - im an english student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Xaiya Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Nikki. its not all that, having got here Yeah, it'd be a bit worrisome if you really did take pride in a large post count. Mmm I might get to 2500, the next title thingy, if I make more posts in which I beg for the help that I'll undoubtedly need if I actually do continue working on this scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Iffy Congrats, Nikki. ^.^ I'll probably never get there. You certainly shan't get there with that attitude! Unless, of course, you make a lot of posts with that attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Nikki. Originally Posted By: Thin Gypsy Thief It is at least a place to be. every post produces a place to be. a landmark such as 5000 is no different to 2851, except that it's probably more easily divisble. i dont know - im an english student. 2851 is prime... There are 500 prime numbers in the first 3571 numbers, or about 14%. The percentage decreases if you look at the number of primes in the first 5000 numbers. You should type more numbers at random, we'll see if they're prime. It would be a cool trick, and would earn you street cred in the math department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Iffy Congrats, Nikki. ^.^ I'll probably never get there. Well you have been slowing down since your first day here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 I still think we should just delete the post count part of profiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Man, I've been out of it for weeks... I barely noticed this. Congrats, huzzah, jubilation, etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Metatron Originally Posted By: Nikki. Originally Posted By: Thin Gypsy Thief It is at least a place to be. every post produces a place to be. a landmark such as 5000 is no different to 2851, except that it's probably more easily divisble. i dont know - im an english student. 2851 is prime... There are 500 prime numbers in the first 3571 numbers, or about 14%. The percentage decreases if you look at the number of primes in the first 5000 numbers. You should type more numbers at random, we'll see if they're prime. It would be a cool trick, and would earn you street cred in the math department. I have now decided that I will now make a postcount thread every time my postcount is a Mersenne prime. That means my next one would be at... 8191, and then 131071. On second thought, that's not a lot of spamming at all. I think I'll just stick to one every thousand or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: VCH I still think we should just delete the post count part of profiles. I used to think this too, but I've since changed my mind -- post count is correlated with how much someone has contributed to a community. I find post count to be a helpful metric in places like tech support forums. When judging between answers to a question I've asked, post count is probably the third feature I look at after votes/thumbs/whatever and writing quality. EDIT: Quote: I have now decided that I will now make a postcount thread every time my postcount is a Mersenne prime. That means my next one would be at... 8191, and then 131071. On second thought, that's not a lot of spamming at all. I think I'll just stick to one every thousand or so. Oh wow, who else thinks it's totally cool that 2305843009213693951 has its own Wikipedia page? Wait, by 'cool', do I mean 'stupid'? It's tough to tell after midnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 What math do they use to find prime numbers that high? And how does it change our understanding to find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Well, right now they're using Psychology graduate students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 An alternate take on the college sophomore problem. (On a related note, I really regret not referring to myself as "the college sophomore problem" more often back when I was a sophomore in college.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Goldenking Originally Posted By: Iffy Congrats, Nikki. ^.^ I'll probably never get there. You certainly shan't get there with that attitude! Unless, of course, you make a lot of posts with that attitude. [grumble] How about ME? [/grumble] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Rowen What math do they use to find prime numbers that high? And how does it change our understanding to find them? see here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primality_test and here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes and for extra credit, see here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Rowen What math do they use to find prime numbers that high? And how does it change our understanding to find them? That's not a very high prime at all! Try 243112609-1, it's the largest prime number known, it has about 1.3 million digits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Xaiya Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Originally Posted By: Iffy Congrats, Nikki. ^.^ I'll probably never get there. Well you have been slowing down since your first day here. Slowing down? I've made, like, 10 posts in the past 8 months. Though my renewed interest in BoA has made it to where this is the first time in months that I've visited this place two days in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Iffy Slowing down? I've made, like, 10 posts in the past 8 months. Certainly slowed down. I remember when you made more posts per week than Alorael, and someone calculated you would eventually bypass him in a few years if the rates of posting continued as they were. I guess they didn't continue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 A custom title requires how many posts? [nelson]Ha, ha![/nelson] ...ducks before someone with a colored username grows suspicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Originally Posted By: Soul of Wit A custom title requires how many posts? [nelson]Ha, ha![/nelson] ...ducks before someone with a colored username grows suspicious. You've been registered for 73 years though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Originally Posted By: Nikki. Originally Posted By: Soul of Wit A custom title requires how many posts? [nelson]Ha, ha![/nelson] ...ducks before someone with a colored username grows suspicious. You've been registered for 73 years though. Is that why he's "trying out the new forum" because his rate of posting is so slow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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