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18 April 2006

This thread has 11,520 comments.
Frist post!
posted by Specklet 18 April | 18:06
Gotta start somewhere.
posted by box 18 April | 18:06
Why not 9322?
posted by mike9322 18 April | 18:08
because I'm changing my username to agropyron11520.
posted by agropyron 18 April | 18:14
Cabana Boy is so inspirational.
posted by mike9322 18 April | 18:14
Oh man, it's going to be a late night.
posted by mudpuppie 18 April | 18:18
I think I can, I think I can.
posted by elizard 18 April | 18:18
lies.
posted by killdevil 18 April | 18:27
00002D00 d00d
posted by porpoise 18 April | 18:54
Ok, someone smart with numbers, hep me out. Is there a way to figure out how many poster-hours it would take to reach that number, assuming a 30 second delay between comments? Is it possible to figure out the optimal configuration for reaching 11,520 without knowing the number of posters or the time?
posted by Eideteker 18 April | 19:53
Users (u) can make 1 comment (c) every 30 seconds (.5 min), i.e. 2 comments/min (the rate, r).

So c = r * u * t

And we know c = 11,520. And r = 2/min.

Solving for tmin:

t = c / (r * u)

t = 5,760 / u

So the if u = 5,760, t = 1 min. However, 5,760 commenters could actually do it in 1 second, assuming the traffic did not crash the site (can we assume that?). So the formula does not stand.

I have, however, succeeded in proving a tautology; Q.E.D., I am an idiot1.

1According to my footnotes, at least.
posted by Eideteker 18 April | 20:04
right. 11.520 comments it is, counting sentence fragments. you did it!
posted by shane 19 April | 08:07
Tell me things that will make me giggle like a school girl || Who knows about Champagne?

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