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General => News => Topic started by: Trevor_D on November 01, 2009, 14:05:21
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We have 8999 members! One more to go to the next thousand....
But - more to the point - how many of those 8999 actually post anything?
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Do you have to post to be a member ???
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999 names have been used by just one member ;D
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Yes but doe's he post... ;D
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yes he does!! ;) (to the annoyance of some)
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What a great name,The thousanded.
I wonder what number i am. ???
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I wonder what number i am. ???
Number 4967.
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how you figure that out, BM?
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A round 9000!
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how you figure that out, BM?
Same way I can tell you are member 6606, your profile link ends with u=6606 which means yours is the 6606th profile created.
There are a few inconsistencies in the memberlist though, it seems 9 people joined on the 1st January 1970 despite the fact the site didn't exist until 2003.
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how you figure that out, BM?
Same way I can tell you are member 6606, your profile link ends with u=6606 which means yours is the 6606th profile created.
thanks for the info, BM, a veritable mine, as per ;)
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Well you've got me interested now, but that gobbledy gook didn't help me identify my number... :-[
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2812, david!
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click on your name on the left, then look at the numbers in the box at top of screen, last numbers is your ID. Number
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Saddad you're number 2812, I'm 7790! :)
Put your cursor on your name and look at the URL!
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Saw it along the bottom when I clicked on my name... :)
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One more to go???
If I check my user # it is 9619 lols and I have been a memeber since May :P
The latest user is # 10409 but some must of left since this thread started as member list says 8892 members
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1219 :o I should get out more ;D
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I'm 3384 ;D/ shades x
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I was 5223 before my "hissy fit" now 8450 ;D
Ninny
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u=534 ?? I'm sure that can't be right - or can it?
Tricia
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Tricia 534 sounds okay to me, after all you are a longtime member! :)
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Cant see mine...... :(
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Sorry I started this now, 'cos me 'eads 'urting from the 'rithmetic....
I seem to be 5360. (But some days I feel a bit older than that.)
(But I thought I might attract a few lurkers out of the woodwork.)
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6829 Den ;)
Ninny
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HEHE i am 55992 8)
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Cambourne7 that's a post number, yours is 4551! :)
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cant see mine either ???
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Elvis it's 6195! :)
The lowest number I've seen so far is for Palustris 145!
No make that Doris_Pinks 64!
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Thank you Miss Ninny ;D
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thanks flighty
x
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The user id's cant be entirely accurate as Dan's user id is 221, user #1 didn't register until about 2 months after Dan created the site. I suspect the memberlist has either been pruned or corrupted at some point.
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Thanks Flighty - I must try to up my postings. As a long-time member I should have reached 1000 by now - but I haven't!
Tricia
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the answer is very simple. but I think you all will figure it out for yourself in while.
lqsym
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Tricia it's the quality that counts not the quantity! :)
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There are a few inconsistencies in the memberlist though, it seems 9 people joined on the 1st January 1970 despite the fact the site didn't exist until 2003.
And I'm 10100 of 9000 ???
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the numbers have nothing to do with people or posts.
the the numbers are database object id numbers.
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the numbers have nothing to do with people or posts.
the the numbers are database object id numbers.
If you want to get all serious about it, the user table will have an index that starts at 1 for the first user ect ect so they will relate to when you registered.
The inconsistancy will be from either users getting deleted or not completing their registration or some other such reason.
The date 1st January 1970 is the start of time as far as unix is concerned, if a user does not have a valid registration date, then the date is probably set to `0` which comes out at 1/1/1970
Well that was a load of boaring waffle, must have been raining all day.
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1219 :o I should get out more ;D
If ya believe the rumors your 1 Ace :-* ;) ;D
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1219 :o I should get out more ;D
If ya believe the rumors your 1 Ace :-* ;) ;D
Only number one with the ladies, Grenoille
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someone could always set up a user id "Mrs Ace" to get to 9000 (or whatever) ;D
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the numbers have nothing to do with people or posts.
the the numbers are database object id numbers.
Technically wrong.
They are table indexes not database object id numbers. A database object is a schema, table, query etc. - the numbers we are discussing do not refer to database objects - the refer to indiviual records within a databse object.
If a sequential index scheme is in place, which I believe is the default, then the first post will have an index number of 1. Likewise the first registered user will have an index on 1 in the user table.
Allowing for live testing we can expect that the actual first user will have an id > 1 (assuming the indexes were not reset) and Dan may have setup test accounts so the number we see maybe a few out from the real number of registered users but generally speaking the ID you see represents how long you have been registered.
The same applies to the table dealing with posting.
All you have to do to prove this is look at the message ids in the links on the home page. They are ordered on time of posting and the message ids go down by one per post.
The message ID of this post will be 569995
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Betcha can't say that while you are rubbing your head and stroking your stomach ;D
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Betcha can't say that while you are rubbing your head and stroking your stomach ;D
Depends on the wine intake ;)
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the numbers have nothing to do with people or posts.
the the numbers are database object id numbers.
Technically wrong.
They are table indexes not database object id numbers. A database object is a schema, table, query etc. - the numbers we are discussing do not refer to database objects - the refer to indiviual records within a databse object.
If a sequential index scheme is in place, which I believe is the default, then the first post will have an index number of 1. Likewise the first registered user will have an index on 1 in the user table.
Allowing for live testing we can expect that the actual first user will have an id > 1 (assuming the indexes were not reset) and Dan may have setup test accounts so the number we see maybe a few out from the real number of registered users but generally speaking the ID you see represents how long you have been registered.
The same applies to the table dealing with posting.
All you have to do to prove this is look at the message ids in the links on the home page. They are ordered on time of posting and the message ids go down by one per post.
The message ID of this post will be 569995
You mean you don't know??
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just wondering whos 666 ;D ;D ;D
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You mean you don't know??
Im not sure that I dont know but I am sure that I am uncertain about my knowing..
Actually it depends on teh wine intake!
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just wondering whos 666 ;D ;D ;D
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=666 (http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=666) ;D
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just wondering whos 666 ;D ;D ;D
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=666 (http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=666) ;D
Well, they didn't last long, did they ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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I think that was the point I was making three months ago when I started this thread....
We have 8999 members! One more to go to the next thousand....
But - more to the point - how many of those 8999 actually post anything?
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. = 10067 :o
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I think that was the point I was making three months ago when I started this thread....
We have 8999 members! One more to go to the next thousand....
But - more to the point - how many of those 8999 actually post anything?
I guess Dan has all the stats and could publish them if he chose but there is no reason why he should do so really. I guess a few hundred regular posters, may be lots more who post infrequently. In my experience you get a lot of ussers registering just to ask speciifc questions and then never posting again.
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The other day i got a PM from a member who as not posted on A4A since 06, with an answer to my Cabbage post,this is not the first time this person as done this.I have asked why they they don't post anymore but have had no reply.
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Interesting, if you look at the members list you can click on the column heading and they will be sorted according to that heading (click on the number of posts and the most poster (Tim) comes out on top) There are 178 pages of members, and there are over 90 pages of members who haven't posted at all. In fact the "number of posts" that is most frequent is 1, which means that the majority of people who register as members either don't post or just post the once.
But that doesn't mean they don't visit the forum, there is no obligation to post. :) :) :)
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I just find at odd that they go to all that trouble PM you ??? why not just post it.
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I know what you mean froglegs I've had a similar pm :-\
I've also had pm's from people who have never posted and on the same day they registered they asked for free seeds ;D
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I'm tenth on the most posts list, I must push on a bit if I'm to get a Champions league place. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D