Yes it is now official
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Topic: Yes it is now official
Posted By: progismylife
Subject: Yes it is now official
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:20
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This is post 10000!!!! Yes it is true! I heard it was greener on the other side (of 10000 posts), I'll see if that actually happens. Only 12 more people have posted more than me and they have been on this site for about a year longer than I have  I probably got to 10000 posts the fastest as well. And to commemorate this occasion I am listening to Rush! 2112! Masterliness! Brought to you by, postingisnowbecomemystrife   |
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:21
Congratulations, you spamming n00b! 
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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:24
after all, he did it beyond a year. you're now deserved to be crowned as the spam king ! 
congrats anyway !  ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:25
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Dunno' what to say. It took you 7 and a half month to get there. I used a bit over 9.  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:27
I wonder how long the next 10000 will take 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:27
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Don't know if your the posting king yet.
James went from 3000 to about 15000 in 3-4 months
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:28
Yess well he didn't have to go to school during this time did he  
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Abstrakt wrote:Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:29
Congrats with # 10,000! 
What's your next goal? An average of 60+ posts a day? ------------- I'm running still, I shall until, one day I hope that I'll arrive |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:29
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Indeed Progismylife
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How many can be traced in the Symphonic Prog Appreciation Thread
 ?!Anyway, congratulations young proghead and symphomaniac, what an energy and determination
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 11:30
I actually did that for about 10 days but slowed down so its only 59 now |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 12:10
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Oh, Jesus, almost 60 posts per day!!!!! Congratulations!! I think not so many people can achieve that!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Barla/?chartstyle=LastfmMyspace">  
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 12:16
We had one member here who had over 100 posts in avreage each day, reaching 1000 posts a week after he joined. He leaved after that though. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 12:19
Nope.
He lives with his parents and doesn't have job
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 12:24
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Excuse me, that's not strictly true, n00b. I've had to catch a bus at 7:25 everyday this week (apart from Monday).
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 13:15
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Enjoy it and be proud of it... i cant imagine you doing something better in your life... ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:17
 Not that anyone here really cares about post counts though, or would repeatedly post pointelss song titles, etc, in an effort to inflate their post count....
"Nah, his opinion of this album is crapola! Hang on ... I see he's got over 10,000 posts, so he must know what he's talking about, because with that many posts in six months, he's obviously a man of substance, and to be taken seriously."
 I've never understood this obsession with post counts, and how mere numbers supposedly equate to "rep" (or why we should all be expected to congratulate someone for attaining any given number).
  Quality -- not quantity. I applaud individual GOOD posts, not mere numbers of them, regardless of content. (It's not the size of your post count , but what you do with it that matters.)  Sorry for "raining on your parade," PIML. It's not personal, (and I actually enjoy your presence here) it's just an ongoing concern of mine about too many posts that essentially have nothing to say, and are of no interest to anyone but the poster. I believe, in general, that what we post here should be of at least some potential interest to others. I fail to see how a mere song title, for instance, could be of any interest to anyone, and I am strongly against the presence of threads that are clearly designed only to inflate post counts with a lot of pointless drivel. Thus I don't like post counts, and the awarding of "status" on the forum solely because of post numbers. The numbers mean nothing -- save perhaps as an indication of the degree of the forum member's obsession with the site, or lack of a social life.
(And here I freely admit to having an often obsesssive/unhealthy history with this forum -- thus my frequent breaks.)But what would I know? I have little credibility, as I've only managed 6000 or so posts in over 3 years.
Curmudgeonly rant over -- carry on with the "celebration." ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:20
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I believe as far as our post counts go, Mr Rideout, we are mere
ooh, what's the word? 
Ah, yes! N00bs ------------- 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:33
Sarcasm, perhaps?
 Yes, really folks -- why exactly is this a praise-worthy "achievement?" I've been assured in the past that none of you currently handing out the "congratulations" care about post counts any more. (Coincidentally, you stopped caring after accumulating 10,000+ posts. Hmmmmm)
Sorry, but I think this all encourages the posting of way too much pointless, inane, self-indulgent drivel.
Enabling, perhaps?
That should win me a lot of fans, I'm sure.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:36
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Ah, but Peter - the more you debate the pros and cons of building up post counts for their own sake, your own count rises!
Which at our age is always a bonus, I suppose -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:40
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You do realise, that the more you post, the longer you'll live? It's been proven too. Obviously you won't live to 10,000, but it's done on ratios. -------------
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:47
^ Thanks for the humour, Jim.
This "issue" is not the end of the world as we know it, I realize, and I can't expect a bunch of young fellows born and raised in the internet age to act like middle-aged men.
So please don't take my words too much to heart, young uber-posters. I think I've touched upon a serious issue for forums, but a high post count is certainly not an indication of a "bad" person (or, necessarily, one lacking a "real" life, and other interests).
Be young while you're young, I guess!
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:49
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Wow, Peter really is down wit' the kids by saying "uber". I'm 1/4 aged, does that count for anything? -------------
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:51
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I'm not sure whether I should be congratulating or consoling you.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:52
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Consoling, obviously. 27714... -------------
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 15:53
I was refering to Ben, weve already gon past consoling into pitying you ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 16:02
I suggest we all in PA make a collect or something and try to buy the following things for Mr. Ben-Prog:
- A one year suscription to a porn magazine
- A one year gold membership to a Golf Club With the Elderly in South Florida
- A backstage pass for the next Christina Aguilera Concert
- A gift-certificate for the Home Depot worth 500 in tools and hardware
- A bag full of lettuces, potatoes, rice, tomatoes, and all the ingredients of a good meal.
- A one year suscription to Dr. Phil's counseling services.
- An interview by Oprah or someone like that.
- The TUITION FEE for a BETTER SCHOOL WHERE THEY ACTUALLY MAKE HIM DO SOMETHING INSTEAD OF LEAVING HIM WITH SO MUCH FREE TIME...
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 16:04
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I don't think he needs a subscription... just a couple of pages would be proficient for him.
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 16:44
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Congrats Ben, a true accomplishment. You'll never pass me though, I love my post count so much I will never let you. I will kill James too so he stops posting and I can be first again. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 17:24
I just remembered what my English teacher wrote on one of my "essays" (one page but it had good points) - "Ben we want quality and quantity" And no, I did not make that up. It was actually written on my paper in that official red ink. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 17:34
| You're 16 and posting here 60 times a day? You should get out more. |
Posted By: Samir
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 18:01
| Congratulations, i have never talked to you but i wish i had no life like you, im very busy these days. |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 18:33
Ey, stop being nasty b*****ds...
congrats Ben! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Sasquamo
Date Posted: April 05 2007 at 19:33
| Uh, yeah um "congratulations." |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 08:37
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Congrats!
Maybe I'll reach2000 posts at the and of this year, but that's not sure at all...
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 08:45
aah, those kids today... when i was 16, none of my friends had a PC, let alone internet... you SHOULD go out more often... ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 08:51
The thing is I do get outside a lot, cause I walk at least 16 miles a week. 
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Posted By: Kid-A
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 11:59
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Your post count is nearly 100x mine ------------- 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:02
Yes? Let's see:
1 mile to school, one mile back=2 miles, x 5 days = 10 miles.
Walking around your house (to the bathroom, to the kitchen, to the living room, to the garage, to the bedroom): 0.5 miles a day altogether, x 7= 3.5 miles
We have 13.5 miles now. We are missing 2.5
Of course, at least once a week you have to go do something else, like ... I don't know. Looking at you post rating, when you're not at home probably you go to an internet place or cybercafe to keep on posting, but let's count any of those expeditions.... And as you mentioned a couple of movies in another thread, maybe you go either to the movies or to rent...let's add 2 miles for that....
15.5 miles
0.5 extra miles that you sleepwalk towards the computer until someone wakes you up, and there we have your "16 miles"...
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:04
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I could have 60 posts a day, but then again I have seen the outside world ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:05
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Don't forget his visit to church on Sunday mornings (and religious holidays).
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:06
Actually its 2 miles to school, 2 miles back= 4 x 5 = 20 miles - 2 miles missed for bus ride (2 times) = 16 + .5 mile to church, .5 mile back (3 times - 2 on sunday and one on friday) = 19 miles + all other walking around the house around school and every couple of weeks I go into central London for a few hours at least. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:07
You're right.... Now we have a "surplus" of 2 miles!!!! Or maybe we can take out of the original calculation that time reserved for other activities... -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:07
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That's over 16 miles then... you're rubbish at mathematics!
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:09
I said at least 16 miles, you're rubbish at reading! |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:10
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But it seems on average, you actually walk at least more than 16 miles per week, so your calculations are flawed. Now if you'd said "at least 20 miles per week", I wouldn't be having this stupid conversation. -------------
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:12
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If you hadn't picked up on the "it should be more than 16 miles" then we wouldn't be having this conversation. Might I add that you started it... |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:13
Well, it's official. You've said it yourself. School+church+aroundhouse+centralLondon (more than likely to the Tower bridge to sit down and think of more threads to start and more posts to make).... and that's it! There's no merit behind you post rating...
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:13
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I believe Peter Rideout did actually.
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:18
Merit for high post count, hmmm.... I finish most of my homework at school, thus leaving lots of free time at home. But I do other things, for instance I am taking piano lessons and have to practice the things I learned. I read tons of books (starting War and Peace) I revise for tests. And I sleep And yet I still am able to have 4 hours a day on here (not counting the 30 minutes in the morning). So my high post is a result of good day planning, free time, and interesting discussions taking place in the forum. And I only post at home (well expect for a couple of times at school...) |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 13:26
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Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:26
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Congrats Ben!
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:28
Now that is worthy of applause
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 22:22
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Congrats n00b!!
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 22:28
That's not that much.
(Coming from someone who either bikes 20 miles a day or runs 7) ------------- 
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 14:17
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This post marks that I have now entered into an average of 60 posts per day
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Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 14:19
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Congrats's Progismylife with your 60 ppd!
And still going strong.
Today I passed the limit of 2 post per day. ------------- I'm running still, I shall until, one day I hope that I'll arrive |
Posted By: martinn
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 14:31
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Congrats
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 20:02
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very very good.... Now we're congratulating someone for posting 60 reviews a day.... man! Where are those times when you congratulated actual achievements, like, i don't know, coming back after being kidnapped or something?
hey, I'm approaching the 2000 posts... If nobody says at least "Ok ok, fair T, good" I'll feel so... I don't know.... I can't stand preferences..... (unless I'm on the prefered side) -------------
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