Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:29 pm
- SkunkBird
Thanks for all those posts Art
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Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:56 pm
And, I’d wager, they all made sense to a high percentage to your readers. Not any easy task. When posts make scents and ruffle feathers instead
I would hope the readers and administrators realize – it’s all about education and access to communication that keep most of us coming back for more. Art we Arn't.
Thanks for all those posts Art
I would hope the readers and administrators realize – it’s all about education and access to communication that keep most of us coming back for more. Art we Arn't.
Thanks for all those posts Art
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:54 pm
Ann wrote:
Congrats, Art, eleven k!
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bystander 11820 / 4.52 ppd since Mon Aug 28, 2006 / Apathetic Retiree
neufer 11060 / 5.02 ppd since Mon Jan 21, 2008 / Abstruse Allusion Artificer
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Chris Peterson 8236 / 3.19 ppd since Wed Jan 31, 2007 / Abominable-Snow, Man!
owlice 7725 / 2.22 ppd since Wed Aug 02, 2004 / Guardian of the Codes
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Beyond 5882 / 3.34 ppd since Tue Aug 04, 2009 / Milliways Pundit
Ånn 5153 / 3.83 ppd since Sat May 29, 2010 / 4725 Å
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geckzilla 4372 / 1.81 ppd since Wed Sep 12, 2007 / Ocular Digitator
Orin Stepanek 4113 / 1.35 ppd since Wed Jul 27, 2005 / Is New Horizons there yet?!
BMAONE23 3392 / 1.08 ppd since Wed Feb 23, 2005 / Commentator Model 1.23
Harry 2881 / 1.06 ppd since Fri Nov 18, 2005 / G'day G'day G'day G'day
makc/ckam 2148 / 0.73 ppd since Tue Oct 12, 2004 / Best Title in the Universe
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rstevenson 1682 / 0.78 ppd since Fri Mar 28, 2008 / Toroidal Pixelator
APOD Robot 1602 / 1.05 ppd since Thu Dec 03, 2009 / Otto Posterman
RJN 1229 / 0.38 ppd since Sat Jul 24, 2004 / Baffled Boffin
emc 1201 / 0.54 ppd since Tue Jul 17, 2007 / Equine Locutionist
apodman 1171 / 0.51 ppd since Wed Aug 15, 2007 / Teapot Fancier
The Code/swainy 1091 / 0.87 ppd since Sat Mar 09, 2009 / Cosmic Skeptic (187)
MargaritaMc 1044 / 2.71 ppd since Wed Jan 09, 2013 / Look to the Evenstar
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NoelC 871 / 0.32 ppd since Sat Nov 19, 2005 / Creepy Spock
Nereid 832 / 0.35 ppd since Thu Sep 28, 2006 / Intrepidus Dux Emeritus
Boomer12k 824 / 0.32 ppd since Sat Apr 21, 2007 / :---[===]*
ta152h0 728 / 0.24 ppd since Sun Aug 28, 2005 / Schooled
DavidLeodis 683 / 0.24 ppd since Wed May 01, 2006 / A Tiger Named Lion
Nitpicker 679 / 5.17 ppd since Thu Sep 19, 2013 / Official Slime Mold Finder
JohnD 664 / 0.20 ppd since Wed Feb 16, 2005 / Tea Time, Guv! Cheerio!
dougettinger 632 / 0.55 ppd since Wed Mar 17, 2010 / Curious Querier
Anthony Barreiro 618 / 0.58 ppd since Wed May 11, 2011 / Commander
starsurfer 616 / 0.87 ppd since Thu Mar 15, 2012 / Commander
Moonlady 610 / 1.14 ppd since Fri Apr 13, 2012 / Selenian
wonderboy 569 / 0.41 ppd since Sun Jan 31, 2010 / Commander
Qev 569 / 0.27 ppd since Wed Mar 08, 2006 / Ontological Cartographer
iamlucky13 515 / 0.19 ppd since Thu May 25, 2006 / Commander
Dr. Skeptic 507 / 0.19 ppd since Thu Jul 27, 2006 / Commander
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Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:01 pm
Beyond made a string of especially bad jokes lately and for five minutes his title was CEO & Founder, Lame Jokes Inc. but I felt bad and switched it back.
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:59 pm
Really 
, i missed it. Guess I'm just gonna hafta put a window in the cave. 
Especially bad I'm not good enough to be 'especially bad'. You're gonna hafta go higher up the post count for that. ::laughing smilie::
, i missed it. Guess I'm just gonna hafta put a window in the cave. Especially bad
I'm not good enough to be 'especially bad'. You're gonna hafta go higher up the post count for that. ::laughing smilie::Apathetic Retiree remains apathetic
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:03 pm
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bystander 11830 / 4.52 ppd since Mon Aug 28, 2006 / Apathetic Retiree
neufer 11166 / 5.02 ppd since Mon Jan 21, 2008 / Abstruse Allusion Artificer
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Chris Peterson 8330 / 3.19 ppd since Wed Jan 31, 2007 / Abominable-Snow, Man!
owlice 7770 / 2.22 ppd since Wed Aug 02, 2004 / Guardian of the Codes
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Beyond 5964 / 3.34 ppd since Tue Aug 04, 2009 / Milliways Pundit
Ånn 5193 / 3.83 ppd since Sat May 29, 2010 / 4725 Å
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geckzilla 4519 / 1.81 ppd since Wed Sep 12, 2007 / Ocular Digitator
Orin Stepanek 4128 / 1.35 ppd since Wed Jul 27, 2005 / Is New Horizons there yet?!
BMAONE23 3413 / 1.08 ppd since Wed Feb 23, 2005 / Commentator Model 1.23
Harry 2881 / 1.06 ppd since Fri Nov 18, 2005 / G'day G'day G'day G'day
makc/ckam 2148 / 0.73 ppd since Tue Oct 12, 2004 / Best Title in the Universe
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rstevenson 1700 / 0.78 ppd since Fri Mar 28, 2008 / Toroidal Pixelator
APOD Robot 1620 / 1.05 ppd since Thu Dec 03, 2009 / Otto Posterman
RJN 1231 / 0.38 ppd since Sat Jul 24, 2004 / Baffled Boffin
emc 1201 / 0.54 ppd since Tue Jul 17, 2007 / Equine Locutionist
apodman 1171 / 0.51 ppd since Wed Aug 15, 2007 / Teapot Fancier
The Code/swainy 1091 / 0.87 ppd since Sat Mar 09, 2009 / Cosmic Skeptic (187)
MargaritaMc 1085 / 2.71 ppd since Wed Jan 09, 2013 / Look to the Evenstar
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NoelC 871 / 0.32 ppd since Sat Nov 19, 2005 / Creepy Spock
Boomer12k 840 / 0.32 ppd since Sat Apr 21, 2007 / :---[===]*
Nereid 832 / 0.35 ppd since Thu Sep 28, 2006 / Intrepidus Dux Emeritus
Nitpicker 743 / 5.17 ppd since Thu Sep 19, 2013 / Official Slime Mold Finder
ta152h0 729 / 0.24 ppd since Sun Aug 28, 2005 / Schooled
DavidLeodis 685 / 0.24 ppd since Wed May 01, 2006 / A Tiger Named Lion
JohnD 666 / 0.20 ppd since Wed Feb 16, 2005 / Tea Time, Guv! Cheerio!
starsurfer 657 / 0.87 ppd since Thu Mar 15, 2012 / Commander
Anthony Barreiro 644 / 0.58 ppd since Wed May 11, 2011 / Commander
dougettinger 632 / 0.55 ppd since Wed Mar 17, 2010 / Curious Querier
Moonlady 610 / 1.14 ppd since Fri Apr 13, 2012 / Selenian
wonderboy 569 / 0.41 ppd since Sun Jan 31, 2010 / Commander
Qev 569 / 0.27 ppd since Wed Mar 08, 2006 / Ontological Cartographer
iamlucky13 515 / 0.19 ppd since Thu May 25, 2006 / Commander
Dr. Skeptic 507 / 0.19 ppd since Thu Jul 27, 2006 / Commander
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Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:44 am
Perhaps I should make a lot of irrelevant, nonsensical posts to pad my post count.
I've been busy with other things leaving me little time to devote here. I am happy to see that MargaritaMc and others have been posting news articles in my absence.
I've been busy with other things leaving me little time to devote here. I am happy to see that MargaritaMc and others have been posting news articles in my absence.
Re: Apathetic Retiree remains apathetic
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:04 am
I write a lot of relevant, sensical, even original posts to pad my post countbystander wrote:
Perhaps I should make a lot of irrelevant, nonsensical posts to pad my post count.
(e.g., http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 14#p220114 )
but no one seems to ever respond to them.
Then you shouldn't be bothered if some pathetic retiree actually passes you in some silly number count.bystander wrote:
I've been busy with other things leaving me little time to devote here.
I have, of late, been reprimanded for "posting whole articles which don't carry a license that permits it."bystander wrote:
I am happy to see that MargaritaMc and others have been posting news articles in my absence.
That seems fair enough but I haven't the patience to search for such licenses
nor to simply post a bunch of links that I'm quite sure will be ignored...
so best of luck to MargaritaMc.
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:54 am
You did put a lot of work into that post. You went too far, though. If you are communicating with calculus then you have eliminated virtually everyone who might want to respond to you. This forum is too casual for that. Beyond can't even make a joke with all that Greek in there.
Margarita has also posted whole articles and has since trimmed them to only a paragraphs or two after it was noticed. Heck, I've probably done it in the past, too. Bad habits... the good news is, you can actually be lazier by just copying one paragraph and not bother doing any formatting.
Margarita has also posted whole articles and has since trimmed them to only a paragraphs or two after it was noticed. Heck, I've probably done it in the past, too. Bad habits... the good news is, you can actually be lazier by just copying one paragraph and not bother doing any formatting.
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:34 am
Greek?? What Greek? ... calculus?? I missed that also? Well, good thing for that! Calculus is Greek to me 
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 2:33 pm
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
The astonishing results were in English; I myself didn't believe it all at first.geckzilla wrote:
You did put a lot of work into that post. You went too far, though. If you are communicating with calculus then you have eliminated virtually everyone who might want to respond to you. This forum is too casual for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1GKro_n2Vg
Re: Apathetic Retiree remains apathetic
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 3:23 pm
I don't know how others respond, of course, but I'm much more likely to click one of Margarita's links than I am to wade through the vast collections of info you post, Art, searching for the tiny nugget of relevancy.neufer wrote:... That seems fair enough but I haven't the patience to search for such licenses
nor to simply post a bunch of links that I'm quite sure will be ignored...
so best of luck to MargaritaMc.
Rob
Re: Apathetic Retiree remains apathetic
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 3:37 pm
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
rstevenson wrote:I don't know how others respond, of course, but I'm much more likely to click one of Margarita's links than I am to wade through the vast collections of info you post, Art, searching for the tiny nugget of relevancy.neufer wrote:
... That seems fair enough but I haven't the patience to search for such licenses nor to simply post a bunch of links that I'm quite sure will be ignored...so best of luck to MargaritaMc.
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:45 pm
Wow!!! 500 posts for Bruce (DanielMayfield - and 501 now) and 6,000 for Beyond!!!! 
Congrats!
Ann
Congrats!
Ann
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:51 am
Throwing out the old adage of one step one post at a time, i don't know how i ever got this far. I guess I'll have to get a bigger cave now.
And poor Bruce. According to the rules... he is now judged to be officially insane. Welcome to the club. ::insert wickedly insane laugh here::
And poor Bruce. According to the rules... he is now judged to be officially insane. Welcome to the club.
::insert wickedly insane laugh here::Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:58 am
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bystander 11850 / 4.52 ppd since Mon Aug 28, 2006 / Apathetic Retiree
neufer 11210 / 5.02 ppd since Mon Jan 21, 2008 / Abstruse Allusion Artificer
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Chris Peterson 8363 / 3.19 ppd since Wed Jan 31, 2007 / Abominable-Snow, Man!
owlice 7783 / 2.22 ppd since Wed Aug 02, 2004 / Guardian of the Codes
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Beyond 6001 / 3.34 ppd since Tue Aug 04, 2009 / Milliways Pundit
Ånn 5235 / 3.83 ppd since Sat May 29, 2010 / 4725 Å
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geckzilla 4555 / 1.81 ppd since Wed Sep 12, 2007 / Ocular Digitator
Orin Stepanek 4132 / 1.35 ppd since Wed Jul 27, 2005 / Is New Horizons there yet?!
BMAONE23 3419 / 1.08 ppd since Wed Feb 23, 2005 / Commentator Model 1.23
Harry 2881 / 1.06 ppd since Fri Nov 18, 2005 / G'day G'day G'day G'day
makc/ckam 2148 / 0.73 ppd since Tue Oct 12, 2004 / Best Title in the Universe
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rstevenson 1716 / 0.78 ppd since Fri Mar 28, 2008 / Toroidal Pixelator
APOD Robot 1628 / 1.05 ppd since Thu Dec 03, 2009 / Otto Posterman
RJN 1232 / 0.38 ppd since Sat Jul 24, 2004 / Baffled Boffin
emc 1201 / 0.54 ppd since Tue Jul 17, 2007 / Equine Locutionist
apodman 1171 / 0.51 ppd since Wed Aug 15, 2007 / Teapot Fancier
MargaritaMc 1111 / 2.71 ppd since Wed Jan 09, 2013 / Look to the Evenstar
The Code/swainy 1091 / 0.87 ppd since Sat Mar 09, 2009 / Cosmic Skeptic (187)
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NoelC 871 / 0.32 ppd since Sat Nov 19, 2005 / Creepy Spock
Boomer12k 850 / 0.32 ppd since Sat Apr 21, 2007 / :---[===]*
Nereid 832 / 0.35 ppd since Thu Sep 28, 2006 / Intrepidus Dux Emeritus
Nitpicker 757 / 5.17 ppd since Thu Sep 19, 2013 / Official Slime Mold Finder
ta152h0 729 / 0.24 ppd since Sun Aug 28, 2005 / Schooled
DavidLeodis 688 / 0.24 ppd since Wed May 01, 2006 / A Tiger Named Lion
starsurfer 667 / 0.87 ppd since Thu Mar 15, 2012 / Commander
JohnD 667 / 0.20 ppd since Wed Feb 16, 2005 / Tea Time, Guv! Cheerio!
Anthony Barreiro 658 / 0.58 ppd since Wed May 11, 2011 / Commander
dougettinger 632 / 0.55 ppd since Wed Mar 17, 2010 / Curious Querier
Moonlady 610 / 1.14 ppd since Fri Apr 13, 2012 / Selenian
wonderboy 569 / 0.41 ppd since Sun Jan 31, 2010 / Commander
Qev 569 / 0.27 ppd since Wed Mar 08, 2006 / Ontological Cartographer
iamlucky13 515 / 0.19 ppd since Thu May 25, 2006 / Commander
Dr. Skeptic 507 / 0.19 ppd since Thu Jul 27, 2006 / Commander
BDanielMayfield 502 / 0.88 ppd since Thu Aug 02, 2012 / Commander
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Beyond wrote:Throwing out the old adage of one step one post at a time, i don't know how i ever got this far. I guess I'll have to get a bigger cave now.Ann wrote:
Wow!!! 500 posts for Bruce (DanielMayfield - and 501 now) and 6,000 for Beyond!!!!
And poor Bruce. According to the rules... he is now judged to be officially insane. Welcome to the club.
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 2:31 am
I'm far from one thousand posts, and don't know if I'll reach that lofty level lowly depth of insanity, but this thread seemed like the right place to thank whoever came up with my new monicker. "Don't bring me down" is cool, and way better than The Riddler, which is what I was afraid I was going to get stuck with. I do try to stay upbeat, even though the world is circling the drain.
Bruce Daniel Mayfield
Bruce Daniel Mayfield
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 5:08 pm
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 12:50 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Bring_Me_Down
A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Lynne shouts "Bruce!". According to the liner notes of the ELO compilation Flashback, he is saying a made-up lyric, "Grroosss," which some have suggested sounds like the Bavarian expression "Grüß Gott." After the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as "Bruce" that Lynne actually began to sing the word as "Bruce" for fun at live shows.
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 4:08 am
You can even say that Bruce is gross and I wouldn't let it bring me down. 
But too much about me. Congrats, Nitpicker.
But too much about me. Congrats, Nitpicker.
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 6:44 pm
Does not quality trump quantity? Suppose you multiply each post by a number between 0-100 suggesting an arbitrary qualitative judgement, then add them up. I imagine Dr. Neufer would remain near the top, what about the rest?
[Disclaimer: This post will not be included in any quantitative or qualitative metric.]
[Disclaimer: This post will not be included in any quantitative or qualitative metric.]
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 8:22 pm
That's good for me, as I don't get along well with metrics.Psnarf wrote:Does not quality trump quantity? Suppose you multiply each post by a number between 0-100 suggesting an arbitrary qualitative judgement, then add them up. I imagine Dr. Neufer would remain near the top, what about the rest?
[Disclaimer: This post will not be included in any quantitative or qualitative metric.]
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:16 pm
I might want to see the quality scale.
To me, a question can be easily as valuable as an answer, because questions frequently trigger long discussions, which have a good chance of generating all sorts of interesting stuff.
A correct answer made deliberately obscure, as when cast in a riddle of pop culture references, has less value to me. But a good and original joke is almost always valuable.
In terms of raw post count, however, I have an advantage of having my time zone almost all to myself. This leads me to answer my own questions from time to time, and to laugh at my own bad jokes. This possibly makes me appear more insane than I actually am.
(But thanks for the sentiment, Bruce.)
To me, a question can be easily as valuable as an answer, because questions frequently trigger long discussions, which have a good chance of generating all sorts of interesting stuff.
A correct answer made deliberately obscure, as when cast in a riddle of pop culture references, has less value to me. But a good and original joke is almost always valuable.
In terms of raw post count, however, I have an advantage of having my time zone almost all to myself. This leads me to answer my own questions from time to time, and to laugh at my own bad jokes. This possibly makes me appear more insane than I actually am.
(But thanks for the sentiment, Bruce.)
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 10:41 pm
Sometimes I feel like I sleep on Australia time.
Re: The thousand post club
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 2:14 pm
Metric: "a mathematical function that associates a real nonnegative number analogous to distance with each pair of elements in a set such that the number is zero only if the two elements are identical, the number is the same regardless of the order in which the two elements are taken, and the number associated with one pair of elements plus that associated with one member of the pair and a third element is equal to or greater than the number associated with the other member of the pair and the third element" -merriam-webster.com
No wonder nobody has yet to master the English language. That sentence ranks right up there with the ancient Germanic dialect used in the Voynich Manuscript (it's plaintext, not a cipher, just an obscure language most linguists rarely encounter), or Beowulf.
[Lessee, that's 2. Oh, boy, I'll reach a thousand posts in no time at this rate!]
No wonder nobody has yet to master the English language. That sentence ranks right up there with the ancient Germanic dialect used in the Voynich Manuscript (it's plaintext, not a cipher, just an obscure language most linguists rarely encounter), or Beowulf.
[Lessee, that's 2. Oh, boy, I'll reach a thousand posts in no time at this rate!]