How can Staggernation be member 17200 when the front page says there are 17136 members?
posted by feelinglistless to bugs at 12:04 PM (78 comments total)
See this thread here, which was referenced in this thread about passing 16,000. posted by me3dia at 12:24 PM on November 25, 2002
It's the Enron numerical system. Kinda like the decimal system, but it doesn't sweat the details so much. posted by Shane at 12:55 PM on November 25, 2002
It's the Enron numerical system. Kinda like the decimal system, but it doesn't sweat the details so much.
"close enough for MetaFilter work" posted by mathowie at 1:05 PM on November 25, 2002
What is your secret plan for all those numbers you skip? posted by timeistight at 1:40 PM on November 25, 2002
It's the Enron numerical system. Kinda like the decimal system, but it doesn't sweat the details so much.
close enough for MetaFilter work
Both of you have given me my newest catch phrase[s] of the week. Thank you. posted by plemeljr at 2:26 PM on November 25, 2002
Just thought it was wierd in an X-Files sense. Now that I have avoided temptation I will diminish and go into the north.
This, then is another quirk we should love Metafilter for ... posted by feelinglistless at 2:32 PM on November 25, 2002
How in heck are you guys even finding these numbers? Is there a list of users somewhere? posted by hama7 at 3:07 PM on November 25, 2002
matt, i was going to take this opportunity to point out the gargantuan list of user homepages which i have so enjoyed exploring in the past, however, there seems to be a problem with http://www.metafilter.com/links.mefi:
Connection Failure posted by quonsar at 3:54 PM on November 25, 2002
hama7: If you go to your user page you'll see http://www.metafilter.com/user.mefi/14405 in the address field at the top of the screen. 14405 is your user number.
Of course we're not supposed to obsess about user numbers; user number one doesn't like it. posted by timeistight at 4:14 PM on November 25, 2002
Umm.... if we're not supposed to obsess with our user numbers, then why is Matt selling them on t-shirts to us? :) posted by XQUZYPHYR at 4:18 PM on November 25, 2002
Metafilter: It Doesn't Sweat the Details So Much. posted by Yelling At Nothing at 4:20 PM on November 25, 2002
Metafilter: It Doesn't Sweat posted by y2karl at 4:43 PM on November 25, 2002
I am not a number! I am a person! posted by cortex at 5:12 PM on November 25, 2002
Of course you are number 7418. posted by timeistight at 5:16 PM on November 25, 2002
14405 is your user number.
That much I do know, but how are users able to find gaps in other user numbers like S_@_L pointed out , between 17209 and 17211? Fascinating.
And you! 14155! No more gruel! posted by hama7 at 5:22 PM on November 25, 2002
how are users able to find gaps in other user numbers
Some people have waaaay too much time on their hands. posted by gleuschk at 5:29 PM on November 25, 2002
Umm.... if we're not supposed to obsess with our user numbers, then why is Matt selling them on t-shirts to us?
The joy of life exists in its complexities. posted by rushmc at 5:32 PM on November 25, 2002
I have no idea, but I was happy that fate dealt me such a nice round number.
"Metafilter: It Doesn't Sweat the Details So Much"
don't sweat the petty things
pet the sweaty things. :) posted by mkelley at 5:46 PM on November 25, 2002
since XQ brought up the shirts, what happened to make the prices come down 2 dollars? posted by Recockulous at 5:47 PM on November 25, 2002
but how are users able to find gaps in other user numbers like S_@_L pointed out
Well, first off you start by clicking on your own username so that you get your profile page and a nice handy URL in the address bar and then, just for a laugh, you start changing the number shown at the end of the URL and pressing Enter. Of course, by "just for a laugh" I mean "just for the chance of finding something weird about MeFi". Because it just isn't weird enough yet. But soon... posted by MUD at 5:51 PM on November 25, 2002
just for a laugh, you start changing the number shown at the end of the URL and pressing Enter.
Oh, that's it? I thought there was some cool secret database or something like the donate page list where all names and numbers are.
I guess not. posted by hama7 at 5:58 PM on November 25, 2002
Talk about round numbers - # 10,000 Colombi has never graced us with one single comment, #1000 Donald has only posted 3 measly comments; good old #100 Jeremy is fine - and #1, of course, rules. As does very cool, more oblique than round Mr.111, who was kind enough to solve my browser problem yesterday. :) posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:09 PM on November 25, 2002
17,200? i think i had a modem that speed once... posted by quonsar at 6:25 PM on November 25, 2002
how are users able to find gaps in other user numbers
I just tried some diffrent numbers untill I found some that didn't jive... I was really bored today... posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 8:01 PM on November 25, 2002
Among other things, my user number is also a Zip Code in Buffalo, New York. (Just by chance.) posted by jaronson at 9:15 PM on November 25, 2002
Speaking of bored...I'm from the class of August 9, 2002, which runs from 14893 to 14938 (a, um, famous user). 45 "users" (there are many blanks) from a time when there were only 20 (or maybe 10, I forget) new registrations permitted per day. I'm going to go to sleep now... posted by footballrabi at 9:24 PM on November 25, 2002
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Be ready - that's all I'm sayin'. posted by Opus Dark at 10:15 PM on November 25, 2002
The 2 the's were uh intentional. posted by riffola at 1:52 PM on November 26, 2002
And it looks as if I am a Shetland Pony's family tree.
Heh, "Highlander van Bunswaard." "Rose Petal of Marshwood." Heh heh... posted by Shane at 1:54 PM on November 26, 2002
I'm the following quotation from Dickens: "Kent, sir—everybody knows Kent—apples, cherries, hops, and women." posted by oissubke at 2:00 PM on November 26, 2002
"My choices are an Executive Order from 1995, or a porn star."
In the Clinton White House, that could have been the same thing: "Hello, Pr0n-2-Go? I'd like a busty, somewhat chunky brunette delivered to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, please." posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:02 PM on November 26, 2002
QUOTATION:Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
ATTRIBUTION:Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859), British author. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, pt. 1 (1822).
That makes sense. Opium. Cows. posted by Winterfell at 3:19 PM on November 26, 2002
I am Derritt Meister. Don't I look fine? Good Prussian posture. posted by dness2 at 4:04 PM on November 26, 2002
I have no idea what I am, because I don't speak French. I don't look very exciting, though (art imitating life?) posted by dg at 4:17 PM on November 26, 2002
dg, I don't speak French either. Thankfully, Google does, albeit badly:
"The title fell of 53% since the top reaches on May 31. 2001 of 7.07. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIO is folded up in a channel bear. For the continuation, the loss of ground is announced and there is resistance towards the ceiling of the channel bear. Restricted liquidity (exchanged 5% of the days, with on average 0.00 mill euros per day) what reduces the range of this analysis. "
Apparently whatever you are, you are "folded up in a channel bear", which can't be too comfortable. posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:19 PM on November 26, 2002
Oh dear, among other truly freaky things, I'm apparently an Irish Masonic lodge that was started in 1908. posted by Lynsey at 9:25 PM on November 26, 2002
i'm a canadian ship to shore bed and breakfast. i'd make a saucy nudge-nudge-wink-wink lonely sailor come-on to all and sundry but this thread is too old and i'd just end up talking to myself and feeling silly. yah.
i serve pancakes. posted by t r a c y at 4:22 AM on November 28, 2002
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