The Milestone Thread

[Chptrk 86]

To totally take all of you off your mini-discussion, with this post, I claim 500!

[Hamish 1,369]

Well, I still feel that a hundred is a reasonable milestone, so this is my 2,600^th post.

[astronelson 339]

This 666th post contains a SECRET SATANIC MESSAGE when read backwards!

Yes, I have done it. I have reached 666 posts, widely regarded as the devil's post. noitalumis a ylno si laer si kniht uoy tahw dna ,laer si 4 ytiCmiS. Hopefully posting it here in The Milestone Thread will contain any elements of the underworld that may seek to rise up and take over Simtropolis. If it doesn't work, I'm sorry, I'm so very very sorry.

[crazychickensc12 84]

2,500 Posts Here Woot Woot!

[Shadow Assassin 336]

I passed 2700 not long ago...

I've made only 100 posts or so here on the ST forums this past year, though.

[BKPB58 1]

By the date of September 9/9/09(Lots of nines lol),I made my 1st milestone although it isn't that fancy or big.I got my first Member In Good Standing smily(Where you 1st get a positive point in commenting in STEX).

Once again,it ISN'T big or fancy.

Also first time I got squatter rank

[Korot 6]

This is my 400th post, I certainly have sped up my posting recently.

Regards,

Korot

[thepokemaniac 18]

I just hit 250!

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Originally posted by: Korot

This is my 400th post, I certainly have sped up my posting recently.

Regards,

Korotquote>

Chess.   

I just hit 250!quote>

Ouch.   Hope you had your helmet on!

[DCMetro34 576]

I just got 30 points, so now my points face is smiling!

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: abcvs

I just hit 250!quote>

Ouch.   Hope you had your helmet on!quote>

Alternate stupid response:

"Why? What'd it ever do to you?"

[astronelson 339]

And this post is the sum of 4 consecutive prime numbers (167 + 173 + 179 + 181), a Harshad number in base 10 (divisible by the sum of its digits), and 2BC in hexadecimal.

That's 700!

[Korot 6]

Since you brought it up, 700 is the following kind of numbers:

Abundant number

Composite number

Happy number

And of course the ones you mentioned.

My last milestone (400) is:

Abundant number

Composite number

Quadratic number

This post will make my post count 402, which is:

Sphenic number

Abundant number

Composite number

No, I did not calculate that myself, I just used a little program, which apparently isn't complete, as it doesn't include your Harshad numbers.

Regards,

Korot

[Vahr 341]

Post number 200 was yesterday, onwards to 300!

[Chptrk 86]

This be my 600th!

[Barbarossa 51]

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  Edited September 8, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[astronelson 339]

This is post number eight hundred for me. Yessir, my eight hundredth post. Yep. Nothing else interesting to report. Just saying 800 posts. Yeah.

[Korot 6]

That's 100 posts in 11 days, I call that fast, faster then me anyway.

Regards,

Korot

[Duke87 1,070]

"We can give you two thousand now, and fifteen more when we reach Alderaan."

"Seventeen!?"

EDIT:

[Korot 6]

I've recently made my 500th post! 100 posts in 17days, that makes 5.88posts/day, which is about 8 times larger then my posts/day average. Perhaps ST should use recent averages? (Recent being one month or about 4 weeks)

It also means that I'm halfway on my quest to 1,000 posts, I'm getting there.

Regards,

Korot

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Korot

 Perhaps ST should use recent averages?quote>

I don't think the forum software has that capability. Post count and join date (and thus, by subtracting from the current date, length of membership) are continually stored statistics. Dividing one by the other to get an overall PPD is easy.

On the other hand, posts within the last X days is not something the forum keeps track of. So while the overall rate (Δp/Δt) is easily calculated, local rates (δp/δt) are not, at least by computer - but you can always do it yourself if you keep track of the data.

Of course, any instantaneous rate (dp/dt) would either be 0 or undefined. Now who can explain why?

[Korot 6]

Because either dt=0, or there are no post made in this very short timespan, and 0/x=0. Or both, and 0/0 can be any random number (0*x=0).

Regards,

Korot

[Vigilante1987 180]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: Korot

 Perhaps ST should use recent averages?quote>

I don't think the forum software has that capability. Post count and join date (and thus, by subtracting from the current date, length of membership) are continually stored statistics. Dividing one by the other to get an overall PPD is easy.

On the other hand, posts within the last X days is not something the forum keeps track of. So while the overall rate (Δp/Δt) is easily calculated, local rates (δp/δt) are not, at least by computer - but you can always do it yourself if you keep track of the data.

Of course, any instantaneous rate (dp/dt) would either be 0 or undefined. Now who can explain why?

quote>

I could, but I really don't feel like doing the work of boning up on my diffie q's to make sure I give a complete and correct answer.  Besides, it's hard to concentrate on math with David Byrne screaming in my ear about burning down the house. 

[Chptrk 86]

I passed 700 today! Yay!

[DCMetro34 576]

Passed 100 a few days ago.

[Duke87 1,070]

Okay, looks like I'm going to have to explain it:

Post count with respect to time is not a continuous function. It is sort of a stair-step function. Your post count does not change at all until you make a post. Then, at that instant, it suddenly jumps up by one.

When it's not changing, the derivative is 0. At the instant you make a post, the derivitave is going to be undefined because you have a discontinuity.

And by the way, Korot, 0/0 is not any random number. It's undefined. You can't divide by zero, as your calculator and the internet will readily inform you.

Same goes for ∞/∞, 0⁰, 0∞, and 1^∞.

[Vigilante1987 180]

^That's the conclusion I reached today while driving home from work. I was looking for a more subtle answer, but I should have expected it to be a trick question.

[Duke87 1,070]

How was that a trick question?

[TekindusT 3,809]

I'm writing my 200th post right now!

[Vigilante1987 180]

Trying to take the derivative of a function that can't be derived?  Maybe not a trick question, but tricky.

And I hate to admit it, but I think I've gotten a bit soft since Sporeum closed