On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 15:00 -0400, Beartooth wrote: > Having a moment free, with the thread quiet or quiescent, I just tried to > hand-count the posts in the "British" thread. I get 256 -- with both #100 > and #200 on Gene Heskett; in case anybody wants to check, that might > help. > > I suppose it's pure chance that the number should settle on a power of > two. Is it some kind of a record? > > -- > Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert > What do they know of country, who only country know? Living out there in the country, you have a lot of time on your hands, huh? <grins> Using words like "quiescent" isn't exactly country, so I would hazard a guess that you have some classical training somewhere outside the forest or dell. On the Linux users list, they have some script that counts the monthly stats such as #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 subjects, posters, etc. It's a hoot. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
