The Milestone Thread

[RipRap 4,400]

Passed mile marker 3500 and 1300 Rep.

 

 

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

#1111 yuuuhuuuu

 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Well, somewhere in the last few days my post-count went over 40K.  Still running about 10% reputation, thanks, folks.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Well, this is this thread's The Milestone! Congrats on such a big number!

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

Well, somewhere in the last few days my post-count went over 40K.  Still running about 10% reputation, thanks, folks.

You're really a Gladiator! Nice job here Mr. Moose

[jmsepe 2,039]

Hahaha. I won't probably reach that high but I am happy to have 100 reps now! Thank you everyone for giving those.

 

Especially to Ln X for giving the 100th rep. 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

When one is retired ....

[MandelSoft 2,769]

I just got exactly 2000 reputation points! Another milestone has been passed!

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Changed it to a nice, possibly prime, number for you.  All those zeros are so boring.

[APSMS 1,892]

2001 can't be prime, since the sum of the individual digits add up to three, ergo I can divide the same number by three.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I didn't know that test.  Always good to learn something new.  Is there a proof somewhere?

[APSMS 1,892]

Here. I also just noticed that I passed 300 posts. Not bad for a lurker.

 

The proof, btw, is a bit dense if you're not used to the terminology. Sound, sure, but you might need to do some back reading to process it fully. 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Gad.  I haven't looked at one of those since I was in high-school.  Interesting that you knew it.  How many of these rules do you know off the top of your head?

[jmsepe 2,039]

2001 can't be prime, since the sum of the individual digits add up to three, ergo I can divide the same number by three.

 

Divisibility rules... I eat this lot during high school days. Good thing studying mathematics won't let me forget about this one!

[APSMS 1,892]

Gad.  I haven't looked at one of those since I was in high-school.  Interesting that you knew it.  How many of these rules do you know off the top of your head?

 

Well, the proof I don't know. Had to look it up, though it was interesting to read. The rule for divisibility? Well, 2, obviously, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10...Once you know the first ones, the rest become combinations when you're looking to divide by composite numbers. Apparently there is a rule for dividing 7 (I had thought there wasn't until I looked up the proof for you on Wikipedia), but it's so convoluted there might as well not be one.

 

Interestingly enough, for the powers of 2, notice that the last digit has to be divisible by 2 for 2^1. The number formed from the last two digits must be divisible by 4 for the number to be divisible by 4, which interestingly means the given number is divisible by 2^2.

 

e.g. 5684 is divisible by 2 (even number), divisible by 4 because 4 divides 84, but not divisible by 8, because 8 doesn't divide 684 evenly.

 

I really only know those. They're kinda basic, and similar to each other (cf. rules for 3 and 9) and really handy for algebra, calculus, etc. when you're trying to find convenient numbers in equations, so it's worth the time to know (for me, at least).

[jmsepe 2,039]

 

Gad.  I haven't looked at one of those since I was in high-school.  Interesting that you knew it.  How many of these rules do you know off the top of your head?

 

Well, the proof I don't know. Had to look it up, though it was interesting to read. The rule for divisibility? Well, 2, obviously, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10...Once you know the first ones, the rest become combinations when you're looking to divide by composite numbers. Apparently there is a rule for dividing 7 (I had thought there wasn't until I looked up the proof for you on Wikipedia), but it's so convoluted there might as well not be one.

 

Interestingly enough, for the powers of 2, notice that the last digit has to be divisible by 2 for 2^1. The number formed from the last two digits must be divisible by 4 for the number to be divisible by 4, which interestingly means the given number is divisible by 2^2.

 

e.g. 5684 is divisible by 2 (even number), divisible by 4 because 4 divides 84, but not divisible by 8, because 8 doesn't divide 684 evenly.

 

I really only know those. They're kinda basic, and similar to each other (cf. rules for 3 and 9) and really handy for algebra, calculus, etc. when you're trying to find convenient numbers in equations, so it's worth the time to know (for me, at least).

 

 

Math teacher ei? Most of time, people tend to forget these already because they don't use it in daily life anymore. 

 

Speaking of which, I totally became a CITIZEN of Simtropolis today...

[SounderBruce 173]

2,800 posts.

 

[CapTon 592]

Just broke 300 posts not that big of a deal, but it's a milestone for me.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

The journey of 40,000 posts begins with a single mouse click.

[Larks2242 251]

Appears I just hit 11,000 posts, probably my longest gap (Duke would know better then me) But I'm just not as active as I used to be.

[TekindusT 3,809]

The journey of 40,000 posts begins with a single mouse click.

 

For most of us began even before clicking. Seeing pics on the internet and thinking: "What are those cool buildings/mods I'm seeing?! I want them!" You register, have two or three download drills on the STEX, lurk a bit on the forums, post a couple of shy comments... The rest is history for some of us.

[NielsC007 499]

400 posts! Although I haven't been posting that much lately, mainly in the forum games section. 

[Duke87 1,070]

Appears I just hit 11,000 posts, probably my longest gap (Duke would know better then me) But I'm just not as active as I used to be.

 

Kinda, yeah...

 

00000    02/15/2009    

00200    10/20/2009    00.81 ppd

00600    11/02/2009    30.77 ppd

01000    11/13/2009    36.36 ppd

02000    01/01/2010    20.83 ppd

02800    01/28/2010    29.63 ppd

03000    02/06/2010    22.22 ppd

03500    02/24/2010    27.78 ppd

04000    03/10/2010    35.71 ppd

04600    03/27/2010    35.79 ppd

05000    04/07/2010    36.36 ppd

05500    05/03/2010    19.23 ppd

05600    05/20/2010    05.88 ppd

06000    07/04/2010    08.89 ppd

06550    08/16/2010    12.79 ppd

07000    09/28/2010    10.47 ppd

07500    11/14/2010    10.64 ppd

08000    12/20/2010    13.89 ppd

08500    02/05/2011    10.64 ppd

09000    05/03/2011    05.75 ppd

09500    09/29/2011    03.38 ppd

10000    03/14/2012    02.99 ppd

11000    03/20/2014    01.36 ppd

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

Nice! Only the moderators can see these number of ppd or we can see it too?

[Duke87 1,070]

Heh. While it would be awesome if there were an internal site function that I could pull that sort of stuff from, there is not. I recorded the data points for date and post count manually based on when Larks announced his milestones in this thread, and then calculated the ppd by dividing the difference in count by the difference in date.

 

There's no staff magic here, just persistent observation. Anyone could have put that together if they saw fit to make the effort.

[jmsepe 2,039]

Goodness Duke, you should be close to a statistician with your dedication. Hats off to you.  In the meantime, my journey to a thousand posts is still starting or rather halfway there...

[Larks2242 251]

I swear Duke is the greatest mathematician I ever met, if only he would work for Stats LLC, I would take up sports betting.

[timmie 988]

500 reputation! I am now magnanimous, woo-hoo!

[Huston 5,798]

I now have. 1.4 MILLION POSTs.

On a more legit note, I also passed the 2,000 point reputation mark a little while ago, which means my post to rep ratio is severely disproportionate [with my points higher than posts, in case your wondering and reading this on April Fools]

 

 

Happy April Fools Western Hemisphere! (Cause ya know, it's been and gone in the East )

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

^ April fool, apparently.