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Posts per day
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:42 pm
by ray.wurlod
The number of posts per day here is growing. One piece of evidence for this is the time needed to read through them all. Another is the number requiring replies.
Over the past few months, my long-run average number of posts per day has climbed from 8.33 to just over 9.
Here's one for the arithmeticians: how many more posts would I need to make to achieve a long-run average of 10 posts per day on 11/11/2006?
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:49 am
by roy
From the top of my mind try this routine:
Code: Select all
rayJoined = Iconv("2002-10-24","D-YMD[4,2,2]")
rayCurrPosts = 11746
destDay = Iconv("2006-11-11","D-YMD[4,2,2]")
rayNeededPostsFor10PerDay = (destDay - rayJoined) * 10
nedededPosts = rayNeededPostsFor10PerDay - rayCurrPosts
Ans = nedededPosts
Result = 3044
P.S.
You probably forgot about that elusive joined date which is available did you not Ray
Now for the arithmeticians Ray spoke of lets see the solution without the joined date...
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 6:02 am
by kduke
Excellent routine.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 8:23 am
by roy
Thanks Kim
,
I thought it was fitting to give a DS Basic routine concidering the site were in.
The only problem is that Ray's posts number is a consistantly changing number
I do wonder Ray, now that we all know you need 3K posts,
Do you intend to try and reach that goal?
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:26 pm
by ray.wurlod
I don't worry about targets in that way. I'll just go on responding to posts. Maybe I'll count the actual per-day figure. But I can't see 3000 in six months being likely, even with the popularity of the DSXchange.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 6:32 am
by kumar_s
ray.wurlod wrote:I don't worry about targets in that way. I'll just go on responding to posts. Maybe I'll count the actual per-day figure. But I can't see 3000 in six months being likely, even with the popularity of the DSXchange.
Willing to share the secrete of your energy?
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 1:44 am
by ray.wurlod
Mind over matter. Despite an ageing body, I still play and umpire baseball (and thereby get to think and do other things, outside "work"). And I have a number of strategies to relax, including taking an afternoon out just to play sitar.
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 5:05 am
by kumar_s
Humm.... Baseball..... Sitar.... Lets see whats more
......
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:33 am
by chulett
And if you ever get to meet Ray, you can admire (to misquote the Clash slightly) his sitar pick'n thumb.
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:11 am
by kduke
Ray, that ain't workin. Playin the sitar on MTV.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:43 pm
by ray.wurlod
Got there today. On budget ($0) and ahead of schedule. Ta da!
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:00 pm
by kali
That's amazing!! Ten posts per day, every day (on average), for nearly four years. Congratulations!
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:20 pm
by kduke
Wow it only took 4 months to respond to this post.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:43 pm
by DSguru2B
Congratulations Ray. Yet again, you accomplished another milestone. Hats off to you mate.