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Right now we show that we have 197,293 PFers. Do we have any guesses as to the date and time that we hit the 200,000 mark?
Will PF Reach 200,000 Members Before Threads Hit 333,333?
In summary: April 20th, 3:14:16 EDT.April 20th, 6:10 GMT.April 18th, 3 PM.April 18th, 2 PM.So far the consensus seems to be April 18th, so that's my guess as well.In summary, the date and time of when the forum will hit 200,000 members is still up for debate among members, but the current consensus seems to be April 18th, with varying times including 3:14:16 EDT, 6:10 GMT, 3 PM, and 2 PM. Some members have also suggested the possibility of April 20th, April 22nd, May 14th
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The day that we hit 200,000 members will be the day we hit 200,000 members 
Really though that's quite a lot of members for a science homework forum. How fast is it growing that should allow us to better guess. Or would that be cheating?
Really though that's quite a lot of members for a science homework forum
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I can tell you that we often see 200 new members per day, somtimes 300 [or nearly so], but it can vary quite a bit.
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Wow.
Speaking of records: hey Ivan, did you get a special badge or gold star when you hit 10,000 posts? Should I prepare a speech?
Speaking of records: hey Ivan, did you get a special badge or gold star when you hit 10,000 posts? Should I prepare a speech?
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DaveC426913 said:
Do you mean beyond the $10,000 that Greg sent me? Nope.
Yes, but only because it is always good to have a speech ready.
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Correction: Greg sent a bill for $10,000, not a check. My mistake.
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Ivan Seeking said:
Yeah but you had to give it back once you reached the 10,001 post fine.
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Oh yeah, that was it.
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I'm guessing April 18th in the afternoon.
Anyway, as far as I can tell, this is the largest physics discussion forum on the internet. All the other science forums I've come across have little to no activity.
Anyway, as far as I can tell, this is the largest physics discussion forum on the internet. All the other science forums I've come across have little to no activity.
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Leptos said:
In what time zone? Or did you intend to keep that option open?
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Forum software time.Ivan Seeking said:In what time zone? Or did you intend to keep that option open?
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I'm going to say the Thursday April 22.
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Didn't we used to have more members?
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lisab said:
yeah but the sarlacc was getting hungry
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lisab said:
No. We have been climbing since day 1. From time to time, Greg purges the database, which drops up to about 10,000-15,000 members, IIRC, but we have never passed the 200,000 mark.
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Greg Bernhardt said:
...now we know what happens to banned members...
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Ivan Seeking said:
well, he just can't get in on the bet---you know, with absolute power...
no, wrong one----what's the one with Spiderman?
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Also notable we just beat our previous record for posts in a day from 2045 to 2071!
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May 14, 2010, 9 pm EST
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May 6, 2010 at 21:00 GMT
+/- 3 days.
+/- 3 days.
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April 20, 2010, at 3:14.16 PM EDT.
Plus or minus 5 months.
Plus or minus 5 months.
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Char. Limit said:
The uncertainty of your measurement is unacceptable!
Ivan, I motion for Char's prediction to be removed from the record and for all further input from him to be considered inadmissible!
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Chat time on Sunday the 18th. 11am Eastern.
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Dembadon said:The uncertainty of your measurement is unacceptable!
Ivan, I motion for Char's prediction to be removed from the record and for all further input from him to be considered inadmissible!
Hmm... you might be right, let me change my uncertainty. It was caused by an extremely slow convergence with an extremely large error anyway.
April 20, 2010, at 3:14.16 EDT.
Plus or minus [itex]\hbar[/itex]
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Char. Limit said:
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I say April 18 at around 3 PM.
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http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9241/pfgraph.jpg
Challenge +: Based on the graph above, when will everyone in the world be a member of PF?
[whoops, I just noticed the X axis values. Oh well, it still works]
Challenge +: Based on the graph above, when will everyone in the world be a member of PF?
[whoops, I just noticed the X axis values. Oh well, it still works]
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7/7 at 7:42 am [MY TIME ZONE]
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197,583
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Do we have any more predictions? We should probably cut this off at the end of the day, Saturday [PDT].
Do we have any more predictions? We should probably cut this off at the end of the day, Saturday [PDT].
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So far we have:
The winner will receive a credit for 10 fish slaps from Evo.
Leptos said:
zomgwtf said:
hypatia said:
Dembadon said:
Char. Limit said:
turbo-1 said:
Char. Limit said:
Stratosphere said:
drizzle said:7/7 at 7:42 am [MY TIME ZONE]
The winner will receive a credit for 10 fish slaps from Evo.
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Hahaaaa, I knew it!
Even if I get it right how would you know that?
Hmmm, giving it a second thought, I would guess 21st April- 6:10 am... YOUR time zone!
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drizzle said:Even if I get it right how would you know that?
We know.
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april 17th--11pm forum time