Rankings (post count) have been added

Post by **Darb** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:43 pm

300 topics for me !

However, I'm amazed that I've dropped to 6th in the posts per day standings ... I'm actually in the middle of the pack now

Post by **Ghost** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:45 pm

You pulled back into second place in Total Posts.

Aw now you are back to third (edited 12/13 04).

Post by **Ghost** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:32 pm

Here is a new idea for a Rank Title at 8601:

ISO 8601 is an international standard for date and time representations. Its full English title is Data elements and interchange formats -- Information interchange -- Representation of dates and times. The current version is the second edition, ISO 8601:2000, dated 2000-12-15. This replaces the ISO 8601:1988 first edition.

The basic concept for the standard is to establish a moment in time as precisely or generally as the user chooses through a string of characters. The characters are ordered from the largest representations (years) to the smallest (seconds, or fractions thereof.) After establishing this moment, the standard also allows for intervals and recurring intervals.

Dates can be described in three different ways in ISO 8601: Calendar dates, ordinal dates, and week dates. Each is detailed below.

There is an important note on years however. Year 0001 corresponds to AD 1. The year before that is 0000, which corresponds to 1 BC. The year before that is -0001, which corresponds to 2 BC. This pattern continues.

The standard uses the Gregorian calendar. Dates in other calendars such as the Julian calendar should in theory be converted to the Gregorian calendar before representation in ISO 8601. However, in practice, this may or may not happen, and the standard recognizes that by suggesting that in cases where there may be confusion, it is imperative that the sender and receiver must both agree which calendar is to be used. When the Gregorian calendar is applied to dates prior to its adoption, it is known as the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.

Potential Ranks for 8601: Time Stamper, Proleptic Gregorian, Julias Gregorian, Calender Crafter

Post by **Kvetch** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:50 pm

From the Jargon file:[quote]ISO standard cup of tea: n.
[South Africa] A cup of tea with milk and one teaspoon of sugar, where the milk is poured into the cup before the tea. Variations are ISO 0, with no sugar; ISO 2, with two spoons of sugar; and so on.

This may derive from the â€œNATO standardâ€

Post by **Ghost** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:53 pm

How do you like this one:

The standard ISO 5218 defines the representation of the human sexes by a numeric digital code. It was created by the Data Management and Interchange Technical Committee and proposed in November 1976.
The goal is to represent in a reliable way the human sex in an information system.

The codes used are:
â€¢ 0 = not known,
â€¢ 1 = male,
â€¢ 2 = female,
â€¢ 9 = not specified.

The standard specifies that no importance is to be made on the ordering of male before female or with numerical importance. The order of the sexes reflects the use mainly made in the countries having initiated this standard.

Does anyone have any suggestions for 5218?

How about a ranking or One-Two-or-Niner?

Post by **Kvetch** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:06 pm

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:18 pm

Here is a couple of ideas for 10,000:

myriad adj.
1. Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable: the myriad fish in the ocean.
2. Composed of numerous diverse elements or facets: the myriad life of the metropolis.
n.
1. A vast number: the myriads of bees in the hive.
2. Archaic. Ten thousand.

So you could use The Myriad

Or

Persian Immortals (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
Persian Immortals were a Persian elite Royal Guard regiment during the Greek-Persian Wars. The term Immortals comes from Herodotus who called them either Ten Thousand or Athanatoi (lit. immortals). Persians themselves probably did not use the term - Herodotus may have used a corruption of a term anusiya (companions).

Herodotus tells that Immortals were heavy infantry lead by Hydarnes that was kept constantly in strength of exactly 10.000 men - every killed, seriously wounded or sick member was immediately replaced with a new one. The regiment accepted only Medic or Persian applicants.

The regiment was followed by a wagon train of covered carriages, camels and mules that transported their women and servants and they received special food. Immortals participated in the battles of Marathon and Thermopylae and were in the Persian occupation troops in Greece in 479 BC under Mardonius. Alexander the Great defeated them in the Battle of Issus in 333 BC.

How about the ranking of Immortal

Post by **Darb** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:29 pm

I like Athanatoi

The upper ranks in the rank system we originally came up with were designed to evoke an "I wonder where that number comes from" literary response, and that one seems to fit the bill.

Any other suggesions ?

Post by **Kvetch** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:10 am

Bookworm 1
Apprentice Scribe 50
Scribe 125
Scribe Adept 225
Literature Addict 350
Fireman 451
Assistant Scholar 500
A Lamb With Horns 666
Born Again Reader 667
Scholar 675
Devoted Scholar 875
Viking Skald 1179
Scholar Adept 1241
Vlad's Minion 1476
Shakespearean Groupie 1564
IBDoF Silver Star of Valour 1962
Minister of Truth 1984
Monolith Dancer 2001
IBDoF Strider 2931
Methuselah's Child 2136
MST3K 3000
IBDoF Legionnaire 3500
IBDoF Trailblazer 4000
Carpal Tunnel Victim 5000
IBDoF Psychohistorian 12067

Doesn't that make the jump a little small - a 5000 gap, then a mere 2000 gap. I like the ISO or BS ones

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:26 pm

20.000 is obvious--20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

So how about "Submarine Commander"

Heh heh heh

Though, I think anything over 100,000 ought to have the "mad as a badger" description under the name.

Here's a book with 10,000 in the title.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 78-2087046

Post by **Kvetch** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:47 pm

A conservative estimate suggests you (Cho) will get to 100000 posts by the 1st of October, 2013 if you maintain more than 30ppd. That's about eight years and three months. It will take me (your closest competitor) almost exactly twice as long.

I don't think we really need to bother with that yet...

Don't mind me. I just like simple maths. Much better than statics of rigid bodies, which I've spent the last hour revising...

Post by **Darb** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:24 pm

IBDoF Submariner = 20,000 ?

Post by **Darb** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:43 pm

I added the following:

Artifical Intellect = 9000

/me contemplates the need to sit down, take a stress pill, and think things over ...

Daisy ... daisy ...

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:56 pm

For Brad.

Oh, and lest I forget the chill pill.....

nzilla · Post by **nzilla** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:22 pm

Wow, assuming it's all the active ingredient, that chill pill weighs 0.55115566 pounds!

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:33 am

then maybe it'll have to be inserted rectally.... better call Billy Jean, we're gonna need help

Post by **Darb** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:35 pm

I'm afraid you'd need a male goat in order to ... ahem ... ram it properly.

Ok, ok, back on topic. Sorry.

Post by **Darb** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:01 pm

In crossing the 10k post threshold, I appear to have discovered a phpBB bug ... my "find all posts by" link no longer works for any resulting page except the first one. It works fine for people with < 10,000 posts, but not for me.

Would someone like to report that bug to the phpBB developer's forum ? I never actually joined there, so if someone reading this is a member, you have my thanks in advance.

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:36 am

Unfortunately, most people seem to have their own titles after 6000. Except Cho - I thought she did until I saw this!

Post by **Darb** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:02 pm

I owe clong a belated attaboy for deposing me from my once lofty users who created the most topics perch. Once upon a time, I sat all alone, having created 2x the number of topics of our illustrious founder.

523 vs 483 Topics.

Not much fat or fluff in that stat.

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:52 pm

A new addition to the automated default postcount rank progression, in honor of His Thousandthship ... Kilgore Trout.

Bookworm 1
Apprentice Scribe 50
Scribe 125
Scribe Adept 225
Literature Addict 350
Fireman 451
Assistant Scholar 500
A Lamb With Horns 666
Born Again Reader 667
Scholar 675
Devoted Scholar 875
DoD+1 1000
Viking Skald 1179
Scholar Adept 1241
Vlad's Minion 1476
Shakespearean Groupie 1564
IBDoF Silver Star of Valour 1962
Minister of Truth 1984
Monolith Dancer 2001
IBDoF Strider 2931
Methuselah's Child 2136
MST3K 3000
IBDoF Legionnaire 3500
IBDoF Trailblazer 4000
Carpal Tunnel Victim 5000
Artificial Intellect 9000
IBDoF Psychohistorian 12067

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:27 pm

Muaha, I missed that out

Post by **Darb** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:31 pm

And one more, to shorten the duration of the DoD+1 to just 1 post:

Bookworm 1
Apprentice Scribe 50
Scribe 125
Scribe Adept 225
Literature Addict 350
Fireman 451
Assistant Scholar 500
A Lamb With Horns 666
Born Again Reader 667
Scholar 675
Devoted Scholar 875
DoD+1 1000
Journeyman Scholar 1001
Viking Skald 1179
Scholar Adept 1241
Vlad's Minion 1476
Shakespearean Groupie 1564
IBDoF Silver Star of Valour 1962
Minister of Truth 1984
Monolith Dancer 2001
IBDoF Strider 2931
Methuselah's Child 2136
MST3K 3000
IBDoF Legionnaire 3500
IBDoF Trailblazer 4000
Carpal Tunnel Victim 5000
Artificial Intellect 9000
IBDoF Psychohistorian 12067

Post by **Darb** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:46 pm

I should probably revise those ranks to get rid of the legacy references to IBDoF ...

Post by **Darb** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:48 pm

Looks like someone had the same thought and already beat me to it. GMTA.

Bookworm 1
Apprentice Scribe 50
Scribe 125
Scribe Adept 225
Literature Addict 350
Fireman 451
Assistant Scholar 500
A Lamb With Horns 666
Born Again Reader 667
Scholar 675
Devoted Scholar 875
DoD+1 1000
Journeyman Scholar 1001
Viking Skald 1179
Scholar Adept 1241
Vlad's Minion 1476
Shakespearean Groupie 1564
Silver Star of Valour 1962
Minister of Truth 1984
Monolith Dancer 2001
Strider 2931
Methuselah's Child 2136
MST3K 3000
Legionnaire 3500
Trailblazer 4000
Carpal Tunnel Victim 5000
Artificial Intellect 9000
Psychohistorian 12067

Remember to report setting changes.