Trixie Season!

[Chptrk 86]

Originally posted by: GlobexCo

Is there someone that read all the nominations?

(or you have 100 monkeys that do all the work?)quote>

Nah, just a handfull of monkeys. Take Zel for example.

[DCMetro34 577]

Originally posted by: Chptrk

Originally posted by: GlobexCo

Is there someone that read all the nominations?

(or you have 100 monkeys that do all the work?)quote>

Nah, just a handfull of monkeys. Take Zel for example.

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If the vote is very close, do the monkies have to count again?

[pcgirl24 3]

Yay! I'm so excited! I love this time of year.

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

Originally posted by: DCMetro34

Originally posted by: Chptrk

Originally posted by: GlobexCo

Is there someone that read all the nominations?

(or you have 100 monkeys that do all the work?)quote>

Nah, just a handfull of monkeys. Take Zel for example.

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No, the bunnies count it then.

[beebs 129]

Whoo, Trixies!

Love the banner, dirk!

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: Leech10

No, the bunnies count it then.

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Lot of bunnies           

with a few ducks         

[Chptrk 86]

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[GreekMan 246]

hey isn't there a nom count?

[astronelson 339]

Well, I've made 5 so far, and I'm considering some others.

The create-a-trixie option is fun. I'm making a couple of those.

[Chptrk 86]

Originally posted by: GreekMan

hey isn't there a nom count?quote>

There is, Zel has been posting it, but I think he's getting lazy.

Last night it was somewhere around 280 I think.

[Hamish 1,370]

Originally posted by: Chptrk

Originally posted by: GreekMan

hey isn't there a nom count?quote>

There is, Zel has been posting it, but I think he's getting lazy.

Last night it was somewhere around 280 I think.

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lol, Chptrk, you weren't here last year. There is normally an automatic nom count somewhere, normally near the top of the page.

If we are going to have one this year, which I assume we will, it will be up soon. Its always a bit delayed from the beginning though.

[GreekMan 246]

I have a feeling this will be a lowt trixie nomination year... don't know why....

[Muck308 55]

I just made my first leg of noms. I'll save the rest for another day. I'm making many more this year as compared to last year!

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Hamish

There is normally an automatic nom count somewhere, normally near the top of the page.quote>

Define "normally". There was one in 2008, and one in 2007. There was not one in 2006, 2005, 2004, or 2003. If there isn't one this year, I'd say statistically speaking that's more normal than not!

...although it would appear to be somewhat of a step backwards, granted.

I suspect that the lack of a live count this year may have something to do with the fact that we're now on ST6, not ST5, and that the current coding of the site no longer permits it or makes it as easily implementable.

[DCMetro34 577]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: Hamish

There is normally an automatic nom count somewhere, normally near the top of the page.quote>

Define "normally". There was one in 2008, and one in 2007. There was not one in 2006, 2005, 2004, or 2003. If there isn't one this year, I'd say statistically speaking that's more normal than not!

...although it would appear to be somewhat of a step backwards, granted.

I suspect that the lack of a live count this year may have something to do with the fact that we're now on ST6, not ST5, and that the current coding of the site no longer permits it or makes it as easily implementable.

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You just got statistified by Duke!

[astronelson 339]

Shall we say this?

Recent (which here is defined as the past two years) occurences of a nomination counter during Trixie nomination season point to the increased likelihood of a nomination counter appearing this year, however, this probability may be negatively affected by the changes in website coding which have occured in the period between last year's Trixie nomination season and the current Trixie nomination season. This statement is meant merely to give a rough indication of the changes in nomination counter probability, and is not designed to give a definitive assesment of the actual probability of occurence assosciated with said Trixie nomination counter.

Does anyone have a problem with this?

[Zelgadis 638]

Count is now 385!  

ISF

 

[GlobexCo 33]

What happens if an award hasn't a winner? (no nomination)

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: GlobexCo

What happens if an award hasn't a winner? (no nomination)quote>

Either that award isn't awarded or is combined with another one.  Sometimes we look at the nominations and realize, oops, this really shouldn't have been two different awards in the first place.

btw,  we are at 398 now.

[fukuda 351]

Define "normally". There was one in 2008, and one in 2007. There was not one in 2006, 2005, 2004, or 2003. If there isn't one this year, I'd say statistically speaking that's more normal than not!quote>

We cannot determine normality with such a statistically low count, sir! We'll need at least 10 years, sir!

Oh, and I must start nominating people

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: fukuda

We cannot determine normality with such a statistically low count, sir! We'll need at least 10 years, sir!quote>

Um... this isn't about "normality". The normal distribution is for random variables; applying it to a dichotomy is absurd.

That said, you are correct in your assesment that only seven data points is a bit hasty in determining whether one of two possibilities is really more likely (although I don't know where you're getting ten from as a minimum).

If nothing else, though, five out of seven can't turn into less than five out of ten. So if no counter shows up this year, we've already proved that having a counter won't occur in a majority of those ten years. It can at best be a tie.

[jacqulina 162]

trixie time i love that time of year everyone one is having fun

[fukuda 351]

The normal distribution is for random variables; applying it to a dichotomy is absurd.quote>

Turning a binomial distribution into a normal one (as long as your probability isn't too high) is a common practice and n = 10 is considered by some as the minimal number of trials for any significative result, but this is out of the scope of this thread I guess (what I wrote was an incredibly lame pun to begin with anyway).

[Duke87 1,070]

Hey, the counter's back!

EDIT: Heh. Looks like I snagged it in a brief proto state there. "440 So Far" does sort of sound like 440 awards, not nominations. Now it's clearer:

EDIT AGAIN: and now the link is plain colored. Still playing with it, I see:

[DCMetro34 577]

Cool, I just noticed it! Was this part of the maintenance that was being done last night and earlier today?

[Larks2242 251]

@ Duke87 was adding this what made the fourm go awol?

[GreekMan 246]

YEAH!!!! the count of counts is back in black no wait orange

wow less than 500.....

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Larks2242

was adding this what made the fourm go awol?quote>

It's entirely possible.

But I can't say definitively, of course.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: Larks2242

was adding this what made the fourm go awol?quote>

It's entirely possible.

But I can't say definitively, of course.

quote>

No, that was a routine ColdFusion update that decided to go crazy. 

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

Make the site run on Ancaron tech... the hackers won't be able to make heads or tails of it, even if they got to the actual server. Also, it will be able to stay up even when it is being modified. (apart from an instant when the modifications go from being on a temporary version of the site for bug testing, to the actual version of the site.) Too bad the Ancaron aren't real, though...