The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[astronelson 339]

9901.

 

We're well into the final stretch now.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9902)

 

19 posts were made in this thread yesterday (going by EST). Most we've had in a while!

[Chptrk 86]

9903.

 

Guess I'm just in time for the final stretch.

 

As far as books go, I'm loving George R.R. Martin. It's not often a book (or film/tv adaptation) can make me cry, but A Song of Ice and Fire's definitely done it.

Also my love of Robb Stark knows no bounds.

[astronelson 339]

9904.

 

Yeah, once we get close to the end people get excited and post more often. Should be done by the weekend at latest.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9905

 

I got really into Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time (which I still haven't finished; some day...), and while in college I was at the bookstore looking for something to read while waiting for the rest of Jordan's books to come out, and the girl recommended George RR Martin.  I know people like it, but I just could not do it.  I got partway into the second book and gave up.  I've heard a lot of people don't like Wheel of Time, too, so y'know, to each his own, right?

On the subject of books I like: My own.  I can re-read and edit my own work forever and ever.  It'd be nice to publish them someday, but for now...  EDITING.  I also like comic books (surprise!) and pretty much anything by Geoff Johns, Kurt Busiek, or Brian Michael Bendis is awesome.  JLA/Avengers is the coolest superhero story I've ever read. 

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

9906: I will shout C-C-COMBo BREAKER if I get it.

No work all weekend, furiously refreshing the button.

[Haljackey 17,323]

9,907

 

Canucks got swept. Changed my avatar back and shaving my playoff beard today

[simlink 1,098]

9908

My team is on the brink. But I'm hopeful, there's always a chance, right? I won't change my avatar right away, though, it's been up all season.

Has anyone else noticed the sheer horrid-ness of the NHL refs this season? They are worse than usual, which is hard to imagine. But they keep demonstrating it, especially in the playoffs. 

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

9909

 

Has anyone noticed the number of different formats there are for recording the post count?

 

Craig-Abcvs, timmie, NMUSpidey, jason w, muck308, kj3400, MamaLuigi945 (unadorned) 9909

Haljackey (comma) 9,909

Duke87 (brackets) (9909)

ROFLyoshi (colon) 9909:

Larks2242, Chptrk, Astronelson (fullstop/period) 9909.

Simlink 9909 (bold)

 

...and that is just the last two pages.

 

I mean what does this say about us...  Freud would have a field day!

[timmie 988]

(9,910).

 

Ha! Now what does this say about me?

[kj3400 178]

88 left

 

I never thought I'd see the day.

 

9911

 

Craig: Some of us may have orderliness issues

[Duke87 1,070]

(9912)

 

Craig, those are parentheses. These are brackets: []

[RipRap 4,400]

{9913}

The last #13 in the thread!

[The Avatar 1,089]

9914

I wonder who will be the last post. We'll find out pretty soon.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9915)

 

Bear in mind that the last post will be whoever gets exactly #10,000. Any posts after that will be moved over into a new thread for take 3 at this.

[astronelson 339]

9916.

I mean what does this say about us...  Freud would have a field day!

 

I don't need parents. I mean parentseses. I mean brackets.

[Larks2242 251]

ϟ 9917 ϟ

 

 

 

9909

 

Has anyone noticed the number of different formats there are for recording the post count?

 

Craig-Abcvs, timmie, NMUSpidey, jason w, muck308, kj3400, MamaLuigi945 (unadorned) 9909

Haljackey (comma) 9,909

Duke87 (brackets) (9909)

ROFLyoshi (colon) 9909:

Larks2242, Chptrk, Astronelson (fullstop/period) 9909.

Simlink 9909 (bold)

 

...and that is just the last two pages.

 

I mean what does this say about us...  Freud would have a field day!

Guess I gotta be fancy and unique now

 

Edit: @ Duke, is there any limitations for thread length with this software like there was in the past, since the threads used to "break"

[Haljackey 17,323]

9,918

 

That's the proper way to do it. Any number over 4 digits should have a comma. Ex. A million= 1,000,000. So much easier to determine what it is than 1000000.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9919)

 

 @ Duke, is there any limitations for thread length with this software like there was in the past, since the threads used to "break"

 

There has never to my knowledge been a solid limit. It's just that with ColdFusion things started to lag as a thread got too long and if too many posts were deleted it would go page flippy. Both of these issues have been resolved with the switch to IPBoard but nonetheless there still comes a point where you want to retire and old thead and start a new one for the sake of controlling clutter if nothing else.

[Muck308 55]

9920

 

It seems like a lifetime ago when we used to factor in PFB to the equation. I think I've seen 4 upgrades by now. I joined in May 2008. Sound about right?

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

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Oh my...  the PFB... those where the days!  :: fond memories::  (not).

[timmie 988]

9922

 

9,918

 

That's the proper way to do it. Any number over 4 digits should have a comma. Ex. A million= 1,000,000. So much easier to determine what it is than 1000000.

 

At school we used spaces (the use of comma's isn't very widespread in Europe, I think). Everything with four digits would be notated without spaces (9922, for example), but anything over four digits would be with a space: 2 134 876

[Duke87 1,070]

(9923)

 

Some countries use periods to separate large numbers instead of commas, and commas to separate decimals instead of periods. So, pi would be approximately written as "3,14" and this would be "the 10.000 post thread". This is how it is done in Quebec, and also how it is done in Italy.

 

Quebec also has an interesting notation for money where they put the dollar sign after the number ("50$"), although my understanding is that this is just Quebec being Quebec, not something that comes from France or Europe.

[The Avatar 1,089]

9924

 

I think Craig is performing a social experiment on us to see the psychological effect of his noting our different post count formats.

[Chptrk 86]

9925.

 

Fullstop/period is best format, just saying.

[Haljackey 17,323]

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That's the proper way to do it. Any number over 4 digits should have a comma. Ex. A million= 1,000,000. So much easier to determine what it is than 1000000.

 

At school we used spaces (the use of comma's isn't very widespread in Europe, I think). Everything with four digits would be notated without spaces (9922, for example), but anything over four digits would be with a space: 2 134 876

 

Hey you're talking to someone who still likes to use the Oxford Comma. 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

[astronelson 339]

9927.

 

I, too, am a proud supporter of the Oxford comma.

 

I'm a supporter of commas in general, come to think of it. If a comma will properly fit, I will put one there.

 

I don't think any of the commas in this post are entirely grammatically necessary. They aren't grammatically forbidden, though.

[simlink 1,098]

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I just bold it so the number stands out in my long-winded posts.

Hal: Another option is spaces, i.e. 1 000 000. I flip between that and commas. 

Duke: Also note, generally when something is X dollars and Y cents, they use a comma not a point. So $5.27 would be 5,27$. See the sign below:

 

 

They do a number of things differently.

[timmie 988]

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Wait, aren't prices always with commas? In Belgium, prices are always with commas. The euro-sign should be in front of the price, but that's not always the case. In Sweden they don't use commas nor points, it surprised me when I visited the country that they use colons:

 

[kj3400 178]

69 left (snickers)

 

Immaturity aside, I don't like periods or commas with my numbers. If I can't see what number it is at a glance, what good are commas going to do me?

 

 

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