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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?
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Post by roy »

From the top of my mind try this routine:

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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 :?: :wink:

Now for the arithmeticians Ray spoke of lets see the solution without the joined date...
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Excellent routine.
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Post 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 :shock: :wink:

I do wonder Ray, now that we all know you need 3K posts,
Do you intend to try and reach that goal?
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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.
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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? :wink:
Impossible doesn't mean 'it is not possible' actually means... 'NOBODY HAS DONE IT SO FAR'
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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.
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Humm.... Baseball..... Sitar.... Lets see whats more :!: :!: ......
Impossible doesn't mean 'it is not possible' actually means... 'NOBODY HAS DONE IT SO FAR'
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Post by chulett »

And if you ever get to meet Ray, you can admire (to misquote the Clash slightly) his sitar pick'n thumb. :lol:
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Ray, that ain't workin. Playin the sitar on MTV.
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Got there today. On budget ($0) and ahead of schedule. Ta da!
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Post by kali »

:shock: That's amazing!! Ten posts per day, every day (on average), for nearly four years. Congratulations!
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Wow it only took 4 months to respond to this post.
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Post by DSguru2B »

Congratulations Ray. Yet again, you accomplished another milestone. Hats off to you mate.
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