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Post by Señor Goose on Jan 27, 2014 2:44:12 GMT
If you were to put all the posts ever made on this forum in a jar and withdrew one at random, with replacement, your odds of picking one of mine would be 2.588015609% If you were to put all the threads ever made on this forum in a jar and withdrew one at random, with replacement, your odds of picking one of mine would be 3.738317757%
Of course, now that I've made this post, that first number is no longer accurate. You just can't win...
It wouldn't have been so hard to take that into account, you know. (n+1)/N statistics, yo |
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Post by Daedalus on Jan 27, 2014 4:03:43 GMT
If you were to put all the posts ever made on this forum in a jar and withdrew one at random, with replacement, your odds of picking one of mine would be 2.588015609% If you were to put all the threads ever made on this forum in a jar and withdrew one at random, with replacement, your odds of picking one of mine would be 3.738317757%
Of course, now that I've made this post, that first number is no longer accurate. You just can't win...
I must ask, does this account for Tom's modified number of posts? I mean, you obviously did not include his 'millions', but did you add in the ones that he did post? |
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Post by GK Sierra on Jan 27, 2014 5:58:41 GMT
If you were to put all the posts ever made on this forum in a jar and withdrew one at random, with replacement, your odds of picking one of mine would be 2.588015609% If you were to put all the threads ever made on this forum in a jar and withdrew one at random, with replacement, your odds of picking one of mine would be 3.738317757%
Of course, now that I've made this post, that first number is no longer accurate. You just can't win...
I must ask, does this account for Tom's modified number of posts? I mean, you obviously did not include his 'millions', but did you add in the ones that he did post? When you have admin permissions you can modify user post counts as well as all sorts of other nifty things, but only actual posts increase the total on the main page. |
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Post by Daedalus on Jan 27, 2014 8:06:03 GMT
I must ask, does this account for Tom's modified number of posts? I mean, you obviously did not include his 'millions', but did you add in the ones that he did post? When you have admin permissions you can modify user post counts as well as all sorts of other nifty things, but only actual posts increase the total on the main page. Heh, I had never noticed those figures before. I was wondering how you got your numbers  |
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Post by csj on Jan 31, 2014 0:14:00 GMT
you're knot kidding ((oh well, looks like my skill at puns is out of the bag)) I staunchly resisted all of the urgings from my friends to include the letter sequence "knotty" in my domain or website name, knowing that there would be issues. I think Golden Knots is far more elegant and descriptive of what I do. Looks like you got this business all tied up. |
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Post by goldenknots on Jan 31, 2014 1:12:00 GMT
I staunchly resisted all of the urgings from my friends to include the letter sequence "knotty" in my domain or website name, knowing that there would be issues. :) I think Golden Knots is far more elegant and descriptive of what I do. Looks like you got this business all tied up. It is a rich mine of puns, certainly. :) I do something that people think is chain-mail, but I correct them and say that it is (k)not chain-mail, or, better yet, knotted chain-mail, to avoid the "Who's on first" issue. Prob'ly works better orally than it does in print. Oh well. If you see me at a science fiction convention you can probably talk me out of a ribbon for your badge. My ribbons read "Something knotty this way comes". |
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Post by GK Sierra on Jan 31, 2014 4:26:39 GMT
I staunchly resisted all of the urgings from my friends to include the letter sequence "knotty" in my domain or website name, knowing that there would be issues. I think Golden Knots is far more elegant and descriptive of what I do. Looks like you got this business all tied up. Hey, he didn't learn this overnight. He was taut. |
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Post by Georgie L on Jan 31, 2014 16:05:35 GMT
nobody else think this thread should just not exist on this forum? even if some of the stuff is worth promoting (goldenknots, whatbirdsknow)
 seems pretty keen on keeping this a comics discussion only forum with the occasional general thread popping up. So it seems it should be de-railed to me. This is now a SPIDERMAN general thread. |
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Post by Daedalus on Jan 31, 2014 16:34:40 GMT
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Post by GK Sierra on Feb 1, 2014 18:05:35 GMT
There is a middle ground though-
Just ask TBeholder about multi-track drifting.
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Post by Daedalus on Feb 2, 2014 0:36:10 GMT
There is a middle ground though- Just ask TBeholder about multi-track drifting. Well, before we leave the subject of self-promotion, I can say that for a single day I'm more awesome than usual, because it is my birthday today. |
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Post by zimmyhoo on Feb 2, 2014 14:29:00 GMT
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Post by Daedalus on Feb 2, 2014 15:55:13 GMT
Well thank you |
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Post by sapientcoffee on Feb 2, 2014 21:51:03 GMT
It's late, but have some cake!  |
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Post by Señor Goose on Feb 3, 2014 4:44:27 GMT
There is a middle ground though- Just ask TBeholder about multi-track drifting. Well, before we leave the subject of self-promotion, I can say that for a single day I'm more awesome than usual, because it is my birthday today. I didn't know! I'm sorry, Happy Birthday! |
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Post by Georgie L on Feb 5, 2014 13:36:08 GMT
it was already wobbly on the rails before I came in. I maybe gave it a push.  |
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Post by Morpheus on Feb 6, 2014 5:15:17 GMT
I went to Costa Rica a week ago. I'll be staying here for a year doing voluntary work, helping to preserve the sea turtles of the Pacific. Also I'm, naturally, learning Spanish while I'm at it.
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Post by zimmyhoo on Feb 8, 2014 18:26:18 GMT
I went to Costa Rica a week ago. I'll be staying here for a year doing voluntary work, helping to preserve the sea turtles of the Pacific. Also I'm, naturally, learning Spanish while I'm at it. Sounds awesome. How hard is it to learn a language on the spot? |
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Post by GK Sierra on Feb 8, 2014 19:53:08 GMT
I went to Costa Rica a week ago. I'll be staying here for a year doing voluntary work, helping to preserve the sea turtles of the Pacific. Also I'm, naturally, learning Spanish while I'm at it. Sounds awesome. How hard is it to learn a language on the spot? Being physically there and submersed in the culture as well as the language can make you pick it up pretty damn fast if you are attentive. I can't speak for Spanish, but I learned a hundred times more German in the first six weeks I spent in-country than I did in two years of classes. When you hear something everyday and you have to interact with people on at least a basic level, you will surprise yourself with how much you can understand in a relatively short time, even if you never spoke a word of it in your life before. Unfortunately, you also loose it pretty quick if you don't practice it after leaving. |
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Post by Gulby on Feb 8, 2014 21:16:22 GMT
I'm growing a child in my belly. I AM GROWING A CHILD. A little human being. That is awesome and surprisingly scary at the same time.
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Post by Daedalus on Feb 9, 2014 2:47:40 GMT
I'm growing a child in my belly. I AM GROWING A CHILD. A little human being. That is awesome and surprisingly scary at the same time. And also xkcd.com/746/ |
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Post by Señor Goose on Feb 9, 2014 5:08:02 GMT
I'm growing a child in my belly. I AM GROWING A CHILD. A little human being. That is awesome and surprisingly scary at the same time. And also xkcd.com/746/ I raise you One SMBC comic. Also, Gulby, I said this before, but congratulations and good luck! You don't have to name him Goose, but if you wanted to that'd be okay with me  |
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Post by Morpheus on Mar 20, 2014 13:53:44 GMT
I went to Costa Rica a week ago. I'll be staying here for a year doing voluntary work, helping to preserve the sea turtles of the Pacific. Also I'm, naturally, learning Spanish while I'm at it. Sounds awesome. How hard is it to learn a language on the spot? Turns out everyone on the project speaks excellent English whether they're Costa Rican or not, so the answer is that it is pretty damn hard this way. I have to make much more of an effort than expected, so it's slow going, but I have gotten better at least. |
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Post by zimmyhoo on Mar 20, 2014 13:55:44 GMT
Sounds awesome. How hard is it to learn a language on the spot? Turns out everyone on the project speaks excellent English whether they're Costa Rican or not, so the answer is that it is pretty damn hard this way. I have to make much more of an effort than expected, so it's slow going, but I have gotten better at least. Eh. That sounds like it's be a huge blessing the first half of the first week, and a huge letdown the rest of the time. |
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Post by Daedalus on Mar 20, 2014 14:27:57 GMT
Sounds awesome. How hard is it to learn a language on the spot? Turns out everyone on the project speaks excellent English whether they're Costa Rican or not, so the answer is that it is pretty damn hard this way. I have to make much more of an effort than expected, so it's slow going, but I have gotten better at least. Did you have any prior experience in Spanish before showing up? |
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Post by eyemyself on Mar 20, 2014 16:57:13 GMT
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Post by lysende on Mar 20, 2014 18:39:03 GMT
I invented the whole internet.
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Post by GK Sierra on Mar 20, 2014 23:21:40 GMT
I invented the whole internet.  Not so fast, bub. |
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Post by Gulby on Mar 21, 2014 10:14:27 GMT
A couple of minutes ago, I found a paper in my mailbox that says that I obtained my car driving licence. HOURRAY !!! Happy me, pregnant for 7 months and a half, and I DID manage to get it ! \o/
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Post by keef on Mar 21, 2014 10:56:17 GMT
A couple of minutes ago, I found a paper in my mailbox that says that I obtained my car driving licence. HOURRAY !!! Happy me, pregnant for 7 months and a half, and I DID manage to get it ! \o/ Congrats! But now I'm jealous, never been pregnant, and never had a drivers license;) |
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