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10-11-2009 2:10pm#1Just some positive feedback and a big thank you to smoke.me.a.kipper for resolving the issue of the count in tCN.
It's great to have mods who listen and understand the importance of threads to the users.
I'm sure the thread wont reach quite the million without boards asploding!! (unless DeV has some super ideas up his sleeve!) but reaching the 100,000th post will be a feat in itself.
:):) Post edited by Shield on6
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I just need to interject here and say that if it's a case that this thread starts to affect site performance, we will close it and it will not re-open and no request to re-open it will be entertained. There's no exact science to this, I've just spoken with Conor about it and it's a combination of the number of posts vs the number of people viewing and it's all a big logistical and statistical mess Currently, it's ok and no, we can't give any indication as to when or if it might become a problem.
When this sorta thing happened before (The Lair on the Nocturnal Forum), the database was already under serious pressure from that thread and the fix was being worked on, so it was left open to try and assist in fixing it. Some work was done and has gotten us past the worst of it.
Bottom line, people need to stop becoming so attached to a thread, it's just a thread. Count to a million is, in my *personal* opinion, about as much UN-Cuckoos Nest as a thread could be. Where's the silliness in counting base ten numbers in order? Where's the point in locking it at a round, even number like 100,000? Now a "Count to F4240" thread, I could have gotten behind...
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I just need to interject here and say that if it's a case that this thread starts to affect site performance, we will close it and it will not re-open and no request to re-open it will be entertained. There's no exact science to this, I've just spoken with Conor about it and it's a combination of the number of posts vs the number of people viewing and it's all a big logistical and statistical mess Currently, it's ok and no, we can't give any indication as to when or if it might become a problem.
When this sorta thing happened before (The Lair on the Nocturnal Forum), the database was already under serious pressure from that thread and the fix was being worked on, so it was left open to try and assist in fixing it. Some work was done and has gotten us past the worst of it.
Bottom line, people need to stop becoming so attached to a thread, it's just a thread. Count to a million is, in my *personal* opinion, about as much UN-Cuckoos Nest as a thread could be. Where's the silliness in counting base ten numbers in order? Where's the point in locking it at a round, even number like 100,000? Now a "Count to F4240" thread, I could have gotten behind...
Dav
Some really interesting points in the above post Dav.
Firstly I have no idea what F4240 actually is or what it means. Or how to even to go about counting to it :rolleyes: (I might start a count in binary no's, that I could do)
Secondly on getting attached to a thread - many ppl on boards are attached to different parts of it. Maybe not as specific as Count to a Million - but could you imagine closing keys threads in the Soccer forum or AH. This is a rough comparision - please don't rip it apart
There is an interesting paradox, boards is a community - ppl get attached to their parts of their community.
Thirdly and this is an interesting point. What is tCN's actually about. They are some very, very differing opinions on it. The Count to a Million Thread is a bit strange alright - people post in that who very rarely post in other threads in tCN. And people post in tCN who never post in the Million thread. And then they are very regular posters for whom the Million thread is an integral part of the tCN experience.
And finally the performance of boards is obviously the most important issue in this. Less than 2000 posts will get us to the 100k mark. To prevent any potential problems occuring, close the thread at the 100k mark, and then start at 100,001 in a new thread.
The current thread has an awful lot of pictures in it from the earlier numbers, so closing it may be a good idea once it hits the 100k mark.0 -
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Obviously if it's melting boards it has to be locked.I just need to interject here and say that if it's a case that this thread starts to affect site performance, we will close it and it will not re-open and no request to re-open it will be entertained. There's no exact science to this, I've just spoken with Conor about it and it's a combination of the number of posts vs the number of people viewing and it's all a big logistical and statistical mess Currently, it's ok and no, we can't give any indication as to when or if it might become a problem.
When this sorta thing happened before (The Lair on the Nocturnal Forum), the database was already under serious pressure from that thread and the fix was being worked on, so it was left open to try and assist in fixing it. Some work was done and has gotten us past the worst of it.
Bottom line, people need to stop becoming so attached to a thread, it's just a thread. Count to a million is, in my *personal* opinion, about as much UN-Cuckoos Nest as a thread could be. Where's the silliness in counting base ten numbers in order? Where's the point in locking it at a round, even number like 100,000? Now a "Count to F4240" thread, I could have gotten behind...
Dav
I think we'd all agree with Queen-Mise, let it run to 100,000 and lock it and hopefully the mods of tCN and the count to a million posters can make peace going forward..
I've no idea what F4240 is
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How about a guessing count game?
Like guess the number of posts remaining in this thread before its closed? :pac:
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Queen-Mise wrote: »Explanation please for the non-programming experts here......
Ah, but then it would be too easy. 0 -
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I imagine he means counting from 0,0,0 to what ever the rgb value for teal is. Blue would be way too easy as it would just be 0,0,0 0,0,1 0,0,2 etc.Queen-Mise wrote: »Explanation please for the non-programming experts here......0 -
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