Suzy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 But that post was made at 1.51 pm our time (or 6 hours ago) and we only recently got the millionith post on the first page *is confused* Soangel's right...that can't be it, ST....*confused* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Sky Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 But that post was made at 1.51 pm our time (or 6 hours ago) and we only recently got the millionith post on the first page *is confused* Yeah, soangel is right, currently the front page says Members: 8,728 Threads: 11,481 Posts: 1,000,157 Top Poster: Sasje (26,942) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandardToaster Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 But that post was made at 1.51 pm our time (or 6 hours ago) and we only recently got the millionith post on the first page *is confused* The number is technically subject to change. As stated above, if i were to go and DELETE the current 1,000,000th post, it would move _up to the next one_ as it wouldn't count as an undeleted post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sooooooooooo ...... if us mods start deleting ........ Do you like chocolates????? :roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soangel Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 That doesn't help us with who posted the post that counted as the millionith on the front page though *is still confused* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rilo8913 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 That doesn't help us with who posted the post that counted as the millionith on the front page though *is still confused* I agree that it's all a bit convoluted now, but I still believe your calculations were correct if we're going by the first page like Deano said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Suzy calculated, using deleted posts, that the post number for the millionth post would be about 1,021,840 - thats back on page 23 of this thread. If the winning post was 1,021,184 - then what has happened to the other posts that are missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 The number is technically subject to change. As stated above, if i were to go and DELETE the current 1,000,000th post, it would move _up to the next one_ as it wouldn't count as an undeleted post. According to the difference between the front total and the most recent post total (taken from the address bar count), the figure is very close to: 21, 996. 21,996 is the number that represents the total that includes deleted, therefore...the millionth post should be the post that is equal to 1,0 21,996 (or 1,0 21,995 or 1, 0 21,996 - depending on the total deleted at that time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soangel Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 According to the difference between the front total and the most recent post total (taken from the address bar count), the figure is very close to: 21, 996. 21,996 is the number that represents the total that includes deleted, therefore...the millionth post should be the post that is equal to 1,0 21,996 (or 1,0 21,995 or 1, 0 21,996 - depending on the total deleted at that time). That sounds about right, I calculated 21,997 at the time........ And this was post 1022174, while refreshing the front page a second later gives post 1000177 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Suzy calculated, using deleted posts, that the post number for the millionth post would be about 1,021,840 - thats back on page 23 of this thread. If the winning post was 1,021,184 - then what has happened to the other posts that are missing? Yes - but 21, 184 deleted seems to have grown. More posts continue to get deleted so that number has risen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Ok, everyone! Stop deleting for at least a day... until this is figured out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soangel Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Ok, everyone! Stop deleting for at least a day... until this is figured out! As if that would happen Someone from the top 10 list I made got the front page millionith.... the question is who. (and I'm still getting 21997. I have two windows open, and everytime I post, I refresh the front page once the post has gone through and compare the difference, if anyone was wondering) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Yes - but 21, 184 deleted seems to have grown. More posts continue to get deleted so that number has risen. What I meant was there were about 21,840 deleted posts back at page 23, and only 21,184 now!! So the deleted posts have come down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happikali Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Do you like chocolates????? :roftl: Bring it on Wendo !!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 As if that would happen Someone from the top 10 list I made got the front page millionith.... the question is who. *Suzy wants to know where to find this list* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Bring it on Wendo !!!!!!! Not a bribe you understand - cause I love you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soangel Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 *Suzy wants to know where to find this list* Back a few pages... I'll link you if you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 What I meant was there were about 21,840 deleted posts back at page 23, and only 21,184 now!! So the deleted posts have come down No they've gone up. From 21,840 to somewhere between 21,995 - 21, 997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 *Suzy wants to know where to find this list* POST 737 ON THIS THREAD Oops - caps lock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 POST 737 ON THIS THREAD Oops - caps lock Thank you! *Goes to look* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandardToaster Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 That doesn't help us with who posted the post that counted as the millionith on the front page though *is still confused* I can't seem to find where that number is generated, so i'm not sure how they get it. Computer-Science-Wise, my answer should be correct. I have no idea how the forum actually calculates it, as i can't find the code that does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 No they've gone up. From 21,840 to somewhere between 21,995 - 21, 997 Thats what I thought - couldn't see how they ad come down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soangel Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I can't seem to find where that number is generated, so i'm not sure how they get it. Computer-Science-Wise, my answer should be correct. I have no idea how the forum actually calculates it, as i can't find the code that does it. Thanks for all the work..... so computer science wise its the post you said, and all we can do is make a rough guess as to which one was the one on the first page (and thus the one we said would be 'offical' so to speak) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollipop_monkey Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I can't seem to find where that number is generated, so i'm not sure how they get it. Computer-Science-Wise, my answer should be correct. I have no idea how the forum actually calculates it, as i can't find the code that does it. In English, he means that the math involved in getting the number that we all see on the front page isn't easily available - we don't yet know how the software that runs the forum arrives at that front-page number. What we DO know is that it's not a case of adding up all existing, non-deleted posts and seeing which one is labelled "1,000,000" - doing that results in the Ceci_B's post from about six hours ago - which doesn't agree with the front page number, as that one whipped past a million about one hour ago. When the database is queried to show ALL existing posts right this second, it's telling us that there are 1,001,006 posts in total - whereas the front page says 1,000,200. So there's a discrepancy between the number of posts in the databse versus the number we see on the front page - the two stats disagree by a margin of about 806 posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thanks for all the work..... so computer science wise its the post you said, and all we can do is make a rough guess as to which one was the one on the first page (and thus the one we said would be 'offical' so to speak) I had a feeling this would happen...which is why I started to calculate the difference between the "address bar" total and the "front page stats" total, early on and get people to understand what I was doing. This way, we at least have something concrete to measure with. I still think the millionth post should be the post that shows 1,021,995 or 1,021,996 or 1,021,997 on the address bar. 3 winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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