According to our calculations, Webado has made nearly 10,000 posts in
our group here and in the process has helped countless webmasters. To
celebrate, we're running a just-for-fun contest in her honor.
If you're up for a bit of entertaining prognostication, drop a reply
here guessing when Webado will make her 10,000th post (both date and
also time in Eastern Standard Time) and we'll see who gets closest.
Or feel to just chime in with those of us from the Google Webmaster
Help team in giving Webado a warm thank you for being such a great
member of our community.
> According to our calculations, Webado has made nearly 10,000 posts in
> our group here and in the process has helped countless webmasters. To
> celebrate, we're running a just-for-fun contest in her honor.
> If you're up for a bit of entertaining prognostication, drop a reply
> here guessing when Webado will make her 10,000th post (both date and
> also time in Eastern Standard Time) and we'll see who gets closest.
> Or feel to just chime in with those of us from the Google Webmaster
> Help team in giving Webado a warm thank you for being such a great
> member of our community.
> I quickly found that multiple people guessed the same day/time so it
> was nice to keep track on a calender (google has one of those)
> On Dec 13, 5:26 pm, Adam Lasnik wrote:
> > According to our calculations, Webado has made nearly 10,000 posts in
> > our group here and in the process has helped countless webmasters. To
> > celebrate, we're running a just-for-fun contest in her honor.
> > If you're up for a bit of entertaining prognostication, drop a reply
> > here guessing when Webado will make her 10,000th post (both date and
> > also time in Eastern Standard Time) and we'll see who gets closest.
> > Or feel to just chime in with those of us from the Google Webmaster
> > Help team in giving Webado a warm thank you for being such a great
> > member of our community.- Hide quoted text -
> > I quickly found that multiple people guessed the same day/time so it
> > was nice to keep track on a calender (google has one of those)
> > On Dec 13, 5:26 pm, Adam Lasnik wrote:
> > > According to our calculations, Webado has made nearly 10,000 posts in
> > > our group here and in the process has helped countless webmasters. To
> > > celebrate, we're running a just-for-fun contest in her honor.
> > > If you're up for a bit of entertaining prognostication, drop a reply
> > > here guessing when Webado will make her 10,000th post (both date and
> > > also time in Eastern Standard Time) and we'll see who gets closest.
> > > Or feel to just chime in with those of us from the Google Webmaster
> > > Help team in giving Webado a warm thank you for being such a great
> > > member of our community.- Hide quoted text -
Yay, 10k posts :-). Thanks for being such an active member of our
community, webado!
That's a good approach, JLH. However, don't you need to take the
holidays into consideration? Does this mean webado will have more or
less time on her hands? Hmm. What are your holiday plans, webado?
By applying my own formula [which I have now patented], I would
reasonably expect Webado to reach the 10k post mark around noon
[12.31?] on December 29th.
HOWEVER... as JohnMu pointed out, this formula does not take into
account the fact that Christmas [Damn! I do apologise to any ethnic
minorities reading this for my flagrant use of the 'C' word, which
seems to cause so much offence all round, when I should really have
said 'Holidays'**]
In any case... Given the fact that 'The Holidays' fall right into the
middle of my calculations, I've had to make certain
adjustments[assuming of course that Webado celebrates Chr - DAMN!
DAMN! DAMN! - the Holidays in the traditional way, which bring my
'official guess' to January 3rd [mid-afternoon around 3.20]
Well done Chris :-)
Cheers
Sasch
**Ok, Sorry, but I'm off on one now.
I know I shouldn't rant, but I haven't had enough coffee or nicotine
yet today, so I'm 'in a mood'.
Anyway, seeing as we're not allowed to call it Christ - oops, almost
did it again - anymore, I vote that Hanukkah henceforth be known as
'Temple Rededication Day' and that Ramadan becomes 'Not Eating Month'.
Not being familiar with Buddhist holy festivals, I have no suggestions
to offer on that score.
Isn't it about time political correctness was curbed just a little
bit?
I mean 'Snowperson'? Honestly...
Gimme two potatos and a cucumber, and I'll prove to you it's a
snowman...
Oh you are getting tricky...so you think...of course I included the
holidays in my calculations, weekends, 2 hours of sleep a night,
Canadian stuff, birthdays, new years, et. al. All I showed is the
final formula all of the modeling that went into getting to that was
the hard work. It gets complicated when you consider the time
constraints required by holiday celebration weighed against the
natural human feelings of the desire to help more people that time of
the year. I finally arrived at the conclusion that it was not
solvable by standard mathematical means and resorted to a converging
iterative process. I of course didn't have enough computing power
here at the house, so I had to set up a SETI like network of 100s of
volunteers each running the simulation. After all known scenerios
were calculated, I quickly set up a WOPR like room in the back of the
house (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOPR)
Soon kids will be quoting Y = -9E-09x^2 + 0.0214x + 5535.6 like they
say E=mC^2 without knowing the proof or the work behind it.
> By applying my own formula [which I have now patented], I would
> reasonably expect Webado to reach the 10k post mark around noon
> [12.31?] on December 29th.
> HOWEVER... as JohnMu pointed out, this formula does not take into
> account the fact that Christmas [Damn! I do apologise to any ethnic
> minorities reading this for my flagrant use of the 'C' word, which
> seems to cause so much offence all round, when I should really have
> said 'Holidays'**]
> In any case... Given the fact that 'The Holidays' fall right into the
> middle of my calculations, I've had to make certain
> adjustments[assuming of course that Webado celebrates Chr - DAMN!
> DAMN! DAMN! - the Holidays in the traditional way, which bring my
> 'official guess' to January 3rd [mid-afternoon around 3.20]
> Well done Chris :-)
> Cheers
> Sasch
> **Ok, Sorry, but I'm off on one now.
> I know I shouldn't rant, but I haven't had enough coffee or nicotine
> yet today, so I'm 'in a mood'.
> Anyway, seeing as we're not allowed to call it Christ - oops, almost
> did it again - anymore, I vote that Hanukkah henceforth be known as
> 'Temple Rededication Day' and that Ramadan becomes 'Not Eating Month'.
> Not being familiar with Buddhist holy festivals, I have no suggestions
> to offer on that score.
> Isn't it about time political correctness was curbed just a little
> bit?
> I mean 'Snowperson'? Honestly...
> Gimme two potatos and a cucumber, and I'll prove to you it's a
> snowman...
You need to track Santa via NORAD coz Webado will submit her post
#10,000 when he crosses Anchorage coming from the north pole. Forget
all the holiday BS, that's for kids, geeks KISS. ;)
Sebastian
> Oh you are getting tricky...so you think...of course I included the
> holidays in my calculations, weekends, 2 hours of sleep a night,
> Canadian stuff, birthdays, new years, et. al. All I showed is the
> final formula all of the modeling that went into getting to that was
> the hard work. It gets complicated when you consider the time
> constraints required by holiday celebration weighed against the
> natural human feelings of the desire to help more people that time of
> the year. I finally arrived at the conclusion that it was not
> solvable by standard mathematical means and resorted to a converging
> iterative process. I of course didn't have enough computing power
> here at the house, so I had to set up a SETI like network of 100s of
> volunteers each running the simulation. After all known scenerios
> were calculated, I quickly set up a WOPR like room in the back of the
> house (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOPR)
> Soon kids will be quoting Y = -9E-09x^2 + 0.0214x + 5535.6 like they
> say E=mC^2 without knowing the proof or the work behind it.
> > By applying my own formula [which I have now patented], I would
> > reasonably expect Webado to reach the 10k post mark around noon
> > [12.31?] on December 29th.
> > HOWEVER... as JohnMu pointed out, this formula does not take into
> > account the fact that Christmas [Damn! I do apologise to any ethnic
> > minorities reading this for my flagrant use of the 'C' word, which
> > seems to cause so much offence all round, when I should really have
> > said 'Holidays'**]
> > In any case... Given the fact that 'The Holidays' fall right into the
> > middle of my calculations, I've had to make certain
> > adjustments[assuming of course that Webado celebrates Chr - DAMN!
> > DAMN! DAMN! - the Holidays in the traditional way, which bring my
> > 'official guess' to January 3rd [mid-afternoon around 3.20]
> > Well done Chris :-)
> > Cheers
> > Sasch
> > **Ok, Sorry, but I'm off on one now.
> > I know I shouldn't rant, but I haven't had enough coffee or nicotine
> > yet today, so I'm 'in a mood'.
> > Anyway, seeing as we're not allowed to call it Christ - oops, almost
> > did it again - anymore, I vote that Hanukkah henceforth be known as
> > 'Temple Rededication Day' and that Ramadan becomes 'Not Eating Month'.
> > Not being familiar with Buddhist holy festivals, I have no suggestions
> > to offer on that score.
> > Isn't it about time political correctness was curbed just a little
> > bit?
> > I mean 'Snowperson'? Honestly...
> > Gimme two potatos and a cucumber, and I'll prove to you it's a
> > snowman...
> You need to track Santa via NORAD coz Webado will submit her post
> #10,000 when he crosses Anchorage coming from the north pole.
North Pole?
Have you not been listening to the news?
Santa's located in the mountains on the borders of Kazakstahn, because
that's the optimum location on earth to get all his deliveries out of
the way in one night, whilst taking maximum advantage of time-
differences...
It is quite obvious that your formula is fundamentally flawed, despite
your use of WOPR** and SETI-like networks, as you have plainly
neglected to take the winter solstice and the northern lights into
account where your calculations are concerned...
By using my superior intellect, an old Abacus, and with the incessant
help of a load of Persian cats and the little green gnome who lives
under my hat, I can safely state that Zero-Hour will be on January 3rd
at 3.21PM (and 34 seconds)
**I remember going to the cinema to see WarGames. How sad is that?
Hmm, January 3rd is a Thursday and since that's the first Thursday in
the month normally I'd be in a work meeting right about that time. Now
that's a boring proposition at the best of times (no such thing
incidentally that I can recall), so I might call in sick for that day
and work on building up my post count.... or go shopping for the
liquidation dregs left behind in stores after the holidays ... Might
toss a 3-sided coin and see what's more enticing ;)
> It is quite obvious that your formula is fundamentally flawed, despite
> your use of WOPR** and SETI-like networks, as you have plainly
> neglected to take the winter solstice and the northern lights into
> account where your calculations are concerned...
> By using my superior intellect, an old Abacus, and with the incessant
> help of a load of Persian cats and the little green gnome who lives
> under my hat, I can safely state that Zero-Hour will be on January 3rd
> at 3.21PM (and 34 seconds)
> **I remember going to the cinema to see WarGames. How sad is that?
As she is like most people that are addicted to her computer and the
fact that she will probably, as she of the more romantic sex that
likes holidays and cats to extreme. She will take time off from work,
I bet she takes off a week at the holidays, so her counts will go up
dramatically I say
Dec 21 at dusk
now I am not sure exactly how far north she is but I will guess that
falls about 3:15 PM
You need to keep it simple to figure these thing out.
> Hmm, January 3rd is a Thursday and since that's the first Thursday in
> the month normally I'd be in a work meeting right about that time. Now
> that's a boring proposition at the best of times (no such thing
> incidentally that I can recall), so I might call in sick for that day
> and work on building up my post count.... or go shopping for the
> liquidation dregs left behind in stores after the holidays ... Might
> toss a 3-sided coin and see what's more enticing ;)
> On Dec 16, 3:02 pm, IceGiant wrote:
> > > Oh you are getting tricky...so you think...
> > Now look here you mathematical shyster... ;-)
> > It is quite obvious that your formula is fundamentally flawed, despite
> > your use of WOPR** and SETI-like networks, as you have plainly
> > neglected to take the winter solstice and the northern lights into
> > account where your calculations are concerned...
> > By using my superior intellect, an old Abacus, and with the incessant
> > help of a load of Persian cats and the little green gnome who lives
> > under my hat, I can safely state that Zero-Hour will be on January 3rd
> > at 3.21PM (and 34 seconds)
> > **I remember going to the cinema to see WarGames. How sad is that?- Hide quoted text -
> As she is like most people that are addicted to her computer and the
> fact that she will probably, as she of the more romantic sex that
> likes holidays and cats to extreme. She will take time off from work,
> I bet she takes off a week at the holidays, so her counts will go up
> dramatically I say
> Dec 21 at dusk
> now I am not sure exactly how far north she is but I will guess that
> falls about 3:15 PM
> You need to keep it simple to figure these thing out.
> Congratulations Webado
> On Dec 17, 4:54 am, webado wrote:
> > Hmm, January 3rd is a Thursday and since that's the first Thursday in
> > the month normally I'd be in a work meeting right about that time. Now
> > that's a boring proposition at the best of times (no such thing
> > incidentally that I can recall), so I might call in sick for that day
> > and work on building up my post count.... or go shopping for the
> > liquidation dregs left behind in stores after the holidays ... Might
> > toss a 3-sided coin and see what's more enticing ;)
> > On Dec 16, 3:02 pm, IceGiant wrote:
> > > > Oh you are getting tricky...so you think...
> > > Now look here you mathematical shyster... ;-)
> > > It is quite obvious that your formula is fundamentally flawed, despite
> > > your use of WOPR** and SETI-like networks, as you have plainly
> > > neglected to take the winter solstice and the northern lights into
> > > account where your calculations are concerned...
> > > By using my superior intellect, an old Abacus, and with the incessant
> > > help of a load of Persian cats and the little green gnome who lives
> > > under my hat, I can safely state that Zero-Hour will be on January 3rd
> > > at 3.21PM (and 34 seconds)
> > > **I remember going to the cinema to see WarGames. How sad is that?- Hide quoted text -
> I can understand why my crappy post got only 1-star votes, but who's
> the weirdo starring everything else down?
> Sebastian
> On Dec 17, 7:28 am, EcoSea wrote:
> > As she is like most people that are addicted to her computer and the
> > fact that she will probably, as she of the more romantic sex that
> > likes holidays and cats to extreme. She will take time off from work,
> > I bet she takes off a week at the holidays, so her counts will go up
> > dramatically I say
> > Dec 21 at dusk
> > now I am not sure exactly how far north she is but I will guess that
> > falls about 3:15 PM
> > You need to keep it simple to figure these thing out.
> > Congratulations Webado
> > On Dec 17, 4:54 am, webado wrote:
> > > Hmm, January 3rd is a Thursday and since that's the first Thursday in
> > > the month normally I'd be in a work meeting right about that time. Now
> > > that's a boring proposition at the best of times (no such thing
> > > incidentally that I can recall), so I might call in sick for that day
> > > and work on building up my post count.... or go shopping for the
> > > liquidation dregs left behind in stores after the holidays ... Might
> > > toss a 3-sided coin and see what's more enticing ;)
> > > On Dec 16, 3:02 pm, IceGiant wrote:
> > > > > Oh you are getting tricky...so you think...
> > > > Now look here you mathematical shyster... ;-)
> > > > It is quite obvious that your formula is fundamentally flawed, despite
> > > > your use of WOPR** and SETI-like networks, as you have plainly
> > > > neglected to take the winter solstice and the northern lights into
> > > > account where your calculations are concerned...
> > > > By using my superior intellect, an old Abacus, and with the incessant
> > > > help of a load of Persian cats and the little green gnome who lives
> > > > under my hat, I can safely state that Zero-Hour will be on January 3rd
> > > > at 3.21PM (and 34 seconds)
> > > > **I remember going to the cinema to see WarGames. How sad is that?- Hide quoted text -
Webado, I saw your name at the top of chit chat and would like to
thank you personally for helping me on Dec 15th! I had almost given
up, but returned after midnight today to see if anyone else offered a
solution. You left very descriptive directions - perfect for my
primitive newbie skills, and it worked! (However, I may have created a
new problem for myself, so if you have the time and want to look it
over that same thread again, I'd be very appreciative.) Otherwise,
thanks again and congratulations on being recognized as someone who
has made a difference.
> I can understand why my crappy post got only 1-star votes, but who's
> the weirdo starring everything else down?
> Sebastian
> On Dec 17, 7:28 am, EcoSea wrote:
> > As she is like most people that are addicted to her computer and the
> > fact that she will probably, as she of the more romantic sex that
> > likes holidays and cats to extreme. She will take time off from work,
> > I bet she takes off a week at the holidays, so her counts will go up
> > dramatically I say
> > Dec 21 at dusk
> > now I am not sure exactly how far north she is but I will guess that
> > falls about 3:15 PM
> > You need to keep it simple to figure these thing out.
> > Congratulations Webado
> > On Dec 17, 4:54 am, webado wrote:
> > > Hmm, January 3rd is a Thursday and since that's the first Thursday in
> > > the month normally I'd be in a work meeting right about that time. Now
> > > that's a boring proposition at the best of times (no such thing
> > > incidentally that I can recall), so I might call in sick for that day
> > > and work on building up my post count.... or go shopping for the
> > > liquidation dregs left behind in stores after the holidays ... Might
> > > toss a 3-sided coin and see what's more enticing ;)
> > > On Dec 16, 3:02 pm, IceGiant wrote:
> > > > > Oh you are getting tricky...so you think...
> > > > Now look here you mathematical shyster... ;-)
> > > > It is quite obvious that your formula is fundamentally flawed, despite
> > > > your use of WOPR** and SETI-like networks, as you have plainly
> > > > neglected to take the winter solstice and the northern lights into
> > > > account where your calculations are concerned...
> > > > By using my superior intellect, an old Abacus, and with the incessant
> > > > help of a load of Persian cats and the little green gnome who lives
> > > > under my hat, I can safely state that Zero-Hour will be on January 3rd
> > > > at 3.21PM (and 34 seconds)
> > > > **I remember going to the cinema to see WarGames. How sad is that?- Hide quoted text -
EcoSea, I don't care about my stars and I'll never win a prize.
Actually, I'm used to attract systematic 1-star votes from folks I've
disagreed with. What annoyed me was that somebody downrated all posts,
and most of them are excellent, in this thread. Neither Webado nor the
other members deserve this kind of negative attention.
Sebastian
> why do you care do you win some sort of prize like a invite to
> pleasantville?
> On Dec 17, 9:11 pm, Sebastian wrote:
> > I can understand why my crappy post got only 1-star votes, but who's
> > the weirdo starring everything else down?
> > Sebastian
> > On Dec 17, 7:28 am, EcoSea wrote:
> > > As she is like most people that are addicted to her computer and the
> > > fact that she will probably, as she of the more romantic sex that
> > > likes holidays and cats to extreme. She will take time off from work,
> > > I bet she takes off a week at the holidays, so her counts will go up
> > > dramatically I say
> > > Dec 21 at dusk
> > > now I am not sure exactly how far north she is but I will guess that
> > > falls about 3:15 PM
> > > You need to keep it simple to figure these thing out.
> > > Congratulations Webado
> > > On Dec 17, 4:54 am, webado wrote:
> > > > Hmm, January 3rd is a Thursday and since that's the first Thursday in
> > > > the month normally I'd be in a work meeting right about that time. Now
> > > > that's a boring proposition at the best of times (no such thing
> > > > incidentally that I can recall), so I might call in sick for that day
> > > > and work on building up my post count.... or go shopping for the
> > > > liquidation dregs left behind in stores after the holidays ... Might
> > > > toss a 3-sided coin and see what's more enticing ;)
> > > > On Dec 16, 3:02 pm, IceGiant wrote:
> > > > > > Oh you are getting tricky...so you think...
> > > > > Now look here you mathematical shyster... ;-)
> > > > > It is quite obvious that your formula is fundamentally flawed, despite
> > > > > your use of WOPR** and SETI-like networks, as you have plainly
> > > > > neglected to take the winter solstice and the northern lights into
> > > > > account where your calculations are concerned...
> > > > > By using my superior intellect, an old Abacus, and with the incessant
> > > > > help of a load of Persian cats and the little green gnome who lives
> > > > > under my hat, I can safely state that Zero-Hour will be on January 3rd
> > > > > at 3.21PM (and 34 seconds)
> > > > > **I remember going to the cinema to see WarGames. How sad is that?- Hide quoted text -
> What annoyed me was that somebody downrated all posts,
> and most of them are excellent, in this thread. Neither Webado nor the
> other members deserve this kind of negative attention.
> Hmm, January 3rd is a Thursday and since that's the first Thursday in
> the month normally I'd be in a work meeting right about that time.
NOOOOOO!!! NOT A WORK MEETING!
My calculations have been thrown completely askew!
You will just have to cancel the work meeting and be sure to stay at
your computer to make that post at the right time, so my 'highly
scientific' prediction can be proved accurate. ;-)
Oh I think we have a pretty good idea who's being anti-social. His/
her multiple personalities have plagued the group for a while now.
From Con Air:
"He's a fountain of misplaced rage. Name your cliche; Mother held him
too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky
uncle, whatever. Now he's so angry that moments of levity actually
cause him pain; give him headaches. Happiness, for that gentleman,
hurts."
> > What annoyed me was that somebody downrated all posts,
> > and most of them are excellent, in this thread. Neither Webado nor the
> > other members deserve this kind of negative attention.
I'm really not concerned with how it's done, just so it's done in a
fair and accurate manner which will declare me the winner and afford
me the spoils of that grand victory of fame, fortune, and glory.
> Oh I think we have a pretty good idea who's being anti-social. His/
> her multiple personalities have plagued the group for a while now.
> From Con Air:
> "He's a fountain of misplaced rage. Name your cliche; Mother held him
> too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky
> uncle, whatever. Now he's so angry that moments of levity actually
> cause him pain; give him headaches. Happiness, for that gentleman,
> hurts."
> On Dec 17, 4:31 pm, IceGiant wrote:
> > > What annoyed me was that somebody downrated all posts,
> > > and most of them are excellent, in this thread. Neither Webado nor the
> > > other members deserve this kind of negative attention.
> Okay, I don't want to start a controversy, but how do we decide the
> actual numbers?
Hmmm... although my original [copyright protected & trademarked]
formula was based on the number of posts shown in her profile, I have
every reason to believe that the number of posts shown in the group's
'About' section provides a greater level of accuracy, so I vote that
this be the figure used for making the 10k time prediction.
With this said, I will now have to equip my abacus with a suitable
power source [possibly driven by Persian cats?] so as to enable me to
adjust my calculations before letting Chris know when to actually sit
down and make her ten thousandth post. :-Þ
I think the lower number doesn't take account the posts made in the
old Sitemaps subgroup (back when it was the only group). Looking at
the dates, the difference pretty much matches the posts made up to
June 2006.
So far we have (all times in EST):
Dec 21, 2007 at 03:15 PM - EcoSea (**)
Dec 24, 2007 at ?? - Sebastian (*)
Jan 3, 2008 at 03:20 PM - IceGiant
Jan 8, 2008 at 11:12:36 AM - JLH
Come on - plenty of slots left!! (maybe someone can keep track of the
dates in the meantime)
John
(*) when Santa crosses Anchorage coming from the north pole.
(**) at dusk
Whoa! I haven't finished welding my cats to the abacus yet!
Thart said, I've noticed some discrepancies between my own post-count
in the profile & About pages during the past few months, and from my
own point of view, the 'About' one seems more accurate.
> I think the lower number doesn't take account the posts made in the
> old Sitemaps subgroup (back when it was the only group). Looking at
> the dates, the difference pretty much matches the posts made up to
> June 2006.
> So far we have (all times in EST):
> Dec 21, 2007 at 03:15 PM - EcoSea (**)
> Dec 24, 2007 at ?? - Sebastian (*)
> Jan 3, 2008 at 03:20 PM - IceGiant
> Jan 8, 2008 at 11:12:36 AM - JLH
> Come on - plenty of slots left!! (maybe someone can keep track of the
> dates in the meantime)
> John
> (*) when Santa crosses Anchorage coming from the north pole.
> (**) at dusk
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