16,000 member! September 18, 2002 11:47 AM Subscribe
We've just turned over 16,000 members according to the front page. Our lucky number 16,000 is hans_1984 who wins this lovely MetaTalk thread. Welcome aboard, Hans!
I, for one, welcome our.. nah, never mind.
Sorry to pick on Hans, but who's this guy?
posted by PrinceValium at 11:54 AM on September 18, 2002
Sorry to pick on Hans, but who's this guy?
posted by PrinceValium at 11:54 AM on September 18, 2002
I thought I saw someone with a higher number than 16,000 a couple of days ago.
Or was it a dream?
posted by ginz at 12:06 PM on September 18, 2002
Or was it a dream?
posted by ginz at 12:06 PM on September 18, 2002
Actually, seems to me stevefromsparks is a lot closer to our 16,000th member. (16,000 and 16,001 are mysteriously blank -- is someone playing with the numbers?) Sorry Hans.
So, what does he win, a free bag of groceries or something?
posted by me3dia at 12:06 PM on September 18, 2002
So, what does he win, a free bag of groceries or something?
posted by me3dia at 12:06 PM on September 18, 2002
Matt should do charity raffles for all the big round numbers. I just wouldn't want to be the one who has to explain the source of the funds to the befuddled recipient.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 12:14 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 12:14 PM on September 18, 2002
Relevant MeTa thread about user numbers, which implies that hans_1984 probably is closer to being the 16,000th member than stevefromsparks. Of course someone would like you to care less (last comment in linked thread).
posted by MUD at 12:17 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by MUD at 12:17 PM on September 18, 2002
I wonder if Hans is the first member to be dragged into MetaTalk who has never actually posted to MetaFilter.
posted by RJ Reynolds at 12:18 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by RJ Reynolds at 12:18 PM on September 18, 2002
Gotta be, RJ.
MUD, I missed that thread, thanks. I suppose, though, that considering the number of deleted accounts, unused accounts and duplicates, we're probably even further from our 16,000th member than we think.
posted by me3dia at 12:22 PM on September 18, 2002
MUD, I missed that thread, thanks. I suppose, though, that considering the number of deleted accounts, unused accounts and duplicates, we're probably even further from our 16,000th member than we think.
posted by me3dia at 12:22 PM on September 18, 2002
Actually, seems to me stevefromsparks is a lot closer to our 16,000th member.
Member number 16,000 (who would have joined a week ago if he existed) isn't the same as the 16,000th member – who just joined (re-joined, apparently) this morning. The discrepancy is caused by the gaps in the user numbers that you identified.
posted by timeistight at 12:24 PM on September 18, 2002
Member number 16,000 (who would have joined a week ago if he existed) isn't the same as the 16,000th member – who just joined (re-joined, apparently) this morning. The discrepancy is caused by the gaps in the user numbers that you identified.
posted by timeistight at 12:24 PM on September 18, 2002
Per, mud's comment above: everyone's user page by username instead of ID.
Great, I'll have to sit in the back row then, the peanut gallery... hee hee always was the best place.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:30 PM on September 18, 2002
Great, I'll have to sit in the back row then, the peanut gallery... hee hee always was the best place.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:30 PM on September 18, 2002
And, above all, don't feel pressed upon, Hans. We do this for every new user. That's just the kind of people we are. ;)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 12:50 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by MiguelCardoso at 12:50 PM on September 18, 2002
hans across america
posted by eyeballkid at 1:48 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by eyeballkid at 1:48 PM on September 18, 2002
wave your Hans in the air, wave him like you just don't care
posted by madprops at 1:59 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by madprops at 1:59 PM on September 18, 2002
[german accent]
Hans across the vater (vater)
Hans across the sky...
[/german accent]
posted by jonmc at 2:01 PM on September 18, 2002
Hans across the vater (vater)
Hans across the sky...
[/german accent]
posted by jonmc at 2:01 PM on September 18, 2002
get your hans offa me!!
...you damned dirty ape!
how on earth could you forget jonmc?
posted by Ufez Jones at 2:01 PM on September 18, 2002
...you damned dirty ape!
how on earth could you forget jonmc?
posted by Ufez Jones at 2:01 PM on September 18, 2002
I gotta hans it to you guys -- you sure know how to run something into the ground. ;)
posted by me3dia at 2:18 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by me3dia at 2:18 PM on September 18, 2002
For so long MeFi was Hans-free.
It's encouraging to see this show of Hans.
*stops*
posted by Kafkaesque at 2:21 PM on September 18, 2002
It's encouraging to see this show of Hans.
*stops*
posted by Kafkaesque at 2:21 PM on September 18, 2002
*hans SpecialK the keys to the Wayback machine*
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:30 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:30 PM on September 18, 2002
crash, you won that one Hans down!
posted by timeistight at 2:34 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by timeistight at 2:34 PM on September 18, 2002
Related comment about who the hell cares and why was this posted, anyway?
OMG! This is thread 2600, which is another round number.
And if you take 16000 and subtract Timeistight's user number, you get 1845, which is probably what I'm going to get called for opening my mouth again. Subtracting Miguel's user number, you get another person who's never posted a link. Actually, if you subtract the user numbers of everyone who's commented thus far and apply the results as user numbers, you get all people who've never posted a link. Um...wow. And stuff.
Yes, I just got home from work. I'll go in my corner now.
posted by Su at 2:34 PM on September 18, 2002
OMG! This is thread 2600, which is another round number.
And if you take 16000 and subtract Timeistight's user number, you get 1845, which is probably what I'm going to get called for opening my mouth again. Subtracting Miguel's user number, you get another person who's never posted a link. Actually, if you subtract the user numbers of everyone who's commented thus far and apply the results as user numbers, you get all people who've never posted a link. Um...wow. And stuff.
Yes, I just got home from work. I'll go in my corner now.
posted by Su at 2:34 PM on September 18, 2002
In that case, who is this guy? Does Hans keep forgetting his password and start a new account? I remember hanseugene fondly as a great member of the community.
posted by cell divide at 2:42 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by cell divide at 2:42 PM on September 18, 2002
(oh, great! Su and c.d. derail the jokery just when I was a hansbreadth away from posting my own addition.)
posted by Shadowkeeper at 2:58 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by Shadowkeeper at 2:58 PM on September 18, 2002
Since inactive members are never "deactivated," this premise is silly to the second power.
posted by ParisParamus at 3:01 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by ParisParamus at 3:01 PM on September 18, 2002
Shadowkepper, you know for those just viewing, you have their attention, so post it. Unless you think this thread will be deleted.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:46 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by thomcatspike at 4:46 PM on September 18, 2002
Not so fast, Bub. Put your hans up! Right, now kick the dough over to me. Soooo ya thought ya could make a monkey outta me, eh?
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 6:35 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 6:35 PM on September 18, 2002
Hans up all those who have too much time on their hans.
posted by dg at 6:41 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by dg at 6:41 PM on September 18, 2002
hans across the ocean, hans across the sea and so forth.
Note to self: thomcatspike, clavdivs are the sources of the temporal distortion--aha!?
posted by y2karl at 9:21 PM on September 18, 2002
Note to self: thomcatspike, clavdivs are the sources of the temporal distortion--aha!?
posted by y2karl at 9:21 PM on September 18, 2002
waves hans at y2karl... do you think Matt will send our ponies in the next 24 hours?
posted by Tarrama at 9:36 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by Tarrama at 9:36 PM on September 18, 2002
Gravy, that sight shant be mentioned here nor anywhere. Don't test us!!
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:40 PM on September 18, 2002
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:40 PM on September 18, 2002
*sigh* It feels like just yesterday I was the subject of my own MeTa thread before I'd posted as the user count clunked past 14K.
Of course it were all fields 'round here in them days and a pint cost thruppence...
posted by i_cola at 6:18 AM on September 19, 2002
Of course it were all fields 'round here in them days and a pint cost thruppence...
posted by i_cola at 6:18 AM on September 19, 2002
Ok, i_cola, since you're playing the nostalgia card, who are your Number Neighbours™?
My older neighbour is AntonS (a determined no-poster) and my younger neighbour, who joined just after me on that misty September 3 morn back in, erm, last year, is mrben (an upstanding Australian five-threader). I bet mine are better than yours!
*throws down the gauntlet*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:45 AM on September 19, 2002
My older neighbour is AntonS (a determined no-poster) and my younger neighbour, who joined just after me on that misty September 3 morn back in, erm, last year, is mrben (an upstanding Australian five-threader). I bet mine are better than yours!
*throws down the gauntlet*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:45 AM on September 19, 2002
Interesting, sorta. My neighbours (1) (2) are both total fucking washouts. No comments, no threads.
This makes me happy, unaccountably. The Cheese Stands Alone.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:49 AM on September 19, 2002
This makes me happy, unaccountably. The Cheese Stands Alone.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:49 AM on September 19, 2002
To find out your Number Neighbours Index (insert trademark sign) you multiply by 2 their number of links and add the number of comments. So mine NNI (all thanks to mrben's 5 links and 35 comments) is a very respectable 45. Hey, not all indexes can be as good as tamim's!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:50 AM on September 19, 2002
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:50 AM on September 19, 2002
My neighbours are (1) and (2), which would make my NNIndex a very healthy 01. It doesn't get much lower than that. Well, stav's is lower.
posted by ashbury at 6:57 AM on September 19, 2002
posted by ashbury at 6:57 AM on September 19, 2002
Stav's is the freezing point mark - even his neighbours' homepage URLS are broken, for chrissakes. You should subtract at least 10 for that, I think.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:00 AM on September 19, 2002
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:00 AM on September 19, 2002
The Cheese Stands Alone.
Cheese & Chicken? Is this some kinda Philly thang?
Miguel: I'll be back with the answer b4 cocktail hour.
posted by i_cola at 7:27 AM on September 19, 2002
Cheese & Chicken? Is this some kinda Philly thang?
Miguel: I'll be back with the answer b4 cocktail hour.
posted by i_cola at 7:27 AM on September 19, 2002
I dunno, Miguel - stav's NNI may be negative, but at least it's not undefined!
posted by madprops at 7:28 AM on September 19, 2002
posted by madprops at 7:28 AM on September 19, 2002
I fare slightly better (worse) than stavros with an 8, sandwiched between Prospero (aka Dexter Palmer) and medievalist (aka Lisa Spangenberg). Hmmm, wonder if she is any relation to Hans?
posted by dg at 7:52 AM on September 19, 2002
posted by dg at 7:52 AM on September 19, 2002
This seems the right place for this question. How does one find ones mefi-neighbour?
posted by ginz at 8:28 AM on September 19, 2002
posted by ginz at 8:28 AM on September 19, 2002
mouse-over your username to find your number, ginz. Your neighbors are the numbers to either side.
Come with me
Close your eyes and touch
What you cannot see
Come with me
Reach your Hans across the sea.
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:33 AM on September 19, 2002
Come with me
Close your eyes and touch
What you cannot see
Come with me
Reach your Hans across the sea.
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:33 AM on September 19, 2002
Another Mr Quiet altho' ya gotta love his AIM nick, and Mr Tiny Balls so I get NNI of 49.
Why are we doing this again?!
posted by i_cola at 8:49 AM on September 19, 2002
Why are we doing this again?!
posted by i_cola at 8:49 AM on September 19, 2002
Thanks Kafkaesque:
*refrases question*: how do I search for a usernumber?
posted by ginz at 8:51 AM on September 19, 2002
*refrases question*: how do I search for a usernumber?
posted by ginz at 8:51 AM on September 19, 2002
Actually, if anyone was really interested in your "MeFi Neighbors", we could probably figure it out for ourselves.
On preview....hey that's true, ginz. It used to give you your user number when you moused over....now it's just your username.
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:53 AM on September 19, 2002
On preview....hey that's true, ginz. It used to give you your user number when you moused over....now it's just your username.
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:53 AM on September 19, 2002
I can see my usernumber when I mouse over, but don't know how to find the names going with my neighbour's numbers.
I like names......
posted by ginz at 9:00 AM on September 19, 2002
I like names......
posted by ginz at 9:00 AM on September 19, 2002
ginz: you are http://www.metafilter.com/user.mefi/11784 so your neighbors are http://www.metafilter.com/user.mefi/11783 (truth2Btold2001) and http://www.metafilter.com/user.mefi/11785 (wildcat623). See how it works?
posted by timeistight at 9:06 AM on September 19, 2002
posted by timeistight at 9:06 AM on September 19, 2002
How weird. I really was seeing just the username come up on the mouseover....and now it's the number. Anyone know why that happened? Just a fever dream?
We have a right to know.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:47 AM on September 19, 2002
We have a right to know.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:47 AM on September 19, 2002
How weird. I really was seeing just the username come up on the mouseover....and now it's the number. Anyone know why that happened? Just a fever dream?
We have a right to know.
in preview it's always username rather than number. matt explained this in an earlier thread that, uh, i can't be bothered to search for at the moment. but i swear it's there.
posted by fishfucker at 10:06 AM on September 19, 2002
We have a right to know.
in preview it's always username rather than number. matt explained this in an earlier thread that, uh, i can't be bothered to search for at the moment. but i swear it's there.
posted by fishfucker at 10:06 AM on September 19, 2002
Note to self: thomcatspike, clavdivs are the sources of the temporal distortion--aha!? ok y2karl. ;P
Good one shadowkeeper your joke. I can say it loomed in my shadow of deep darkness. My han says ......\!!!/
posted by thomcatspike at 12:16 PM on September 19, 2002
Good one shadowkeeper your joke. I can say it loomed in my shadow of deep darkness. My han says ......\!!!/
posted by thomcatspike at 12:16 PM on September 19, 2002
Well I, for one, would like to welcome our new 16K+ overlords.
posted by timeistight at 12:37 PM on September 19, 2002
posted by timeistight at 12:37 PM on September 19, 2002
My neighbors are a no-show and a joke; I guess my NNI would be a 1*, sorta like Roger Maris?
posted by me3dia at 1:00 PM on September 19, 2002
posted by me3dia at 1:00 PM on September 19, 2002
I'm starting to think that there's only a few thousand or so people who actually post here, and out those few thousand, only a few hundred post on a regular basis. Innnnnnnnnteresting.
posted by ashbury at 2:19 PM on September 19, 2002
posted by ashbury at 2:19 PM on September 19, 2002
Sorry Hans. This should have been in MetaFilter-related.
Instead of pushing off another thread on the very limited front page, I'll just post my request to Matt here and hope that he reads it.
I think it would be a good idea to make the default category blank so if the person forgets to pick one, it will ask them to choose one. That would hopefully avoid having threads show up in the Bugs category by mistake.
posted by jaden at 8:48 PM on September 19, 2002
Instead of pushing off another thread on the very limited front page, I'll just post my request to Matt here and hope that he reads it.
I think it would be a good idea to make the default category blank so if the person forgets to pick one, it will ask them to choose one. That would hopefully avoid having threads show up in the Bugs category by mistake.
posted by jaden at 8:48 PM on September 19, 2002
Wow, I just came back and saw the whole number neighbor discussion above. Mine are FL0YD and readymade That's humbling. Well, today, it's our Metafilter birthday, too.
posted by y2karl at 8:55 PM on September 19, 2002
posted by y2karl at 8:55 PM on September 19, 2002
My neighbors are bingo_the_clowno and jdroth. Makes me feel downright verbose.
posted by emmling at 9:19 PM on September 19, 2002
posted by emmling at 9:19 PM on September 19, 2002
I have the inimitable mr_crash_davis and Floyd as neighbours. Its our Metafilter birthday too. I was hoping for a pony. Actually I'm lying, I just gave a pony away (really) so send something else please Matt, champagne would be good :-)
posted by Tarrama at 9:27 PM on September 19, 2002
posted by Tarrama at 9:27 PM on September 19, 2002
Yes, don't forget the devilette!
We're all part of the post 9/11 pig-in-the-python MetaFilter demographics. Miguel managed to sneak in early enough so as to lead us second wavers to all assume he was an old timer.
Makes me feel downright verbose.
Think how I feel next to FLOYD.
Ai yi yi yi...
posted by y2karl at 12:42 AM on September 20, 2002
We're all part of the post 9/11 pig-in-the-python MetaFilter demographics. Miguel managed to sneak in early enough so as to lead us second wavers to all assume he was an old timer.
Makes me feel downright verbose.
Think how I feel next to FLOYD.
Ai yi yi yi...
posted by y2karl at 12:42 AM on September 20, 2002
We've just turned over 16,000 members
... and boy, are my arms tired!
posted by kindall at 8:45 AM on September 20, 2002
... and boy, are my arms tired!
posted by kindall at 8:45 AM on September 20, 2002
Wow my upper stair neighbor thinks above me, cool.
And my down stairs neighbor is always nice to look at, cross-eyed I hope not, just duct taped together.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:53 PM on September 20, 2002
And my down stairs neighbor is always nice to look at, cross-eyed I hope not, just duct taped together.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:53 PM on September 20, 2002
PS, the duct tape say not work safe, it's is work safe, the site has some, not my link though.
posted by thomcatspike at 2:03 PM on September 20, 2002
posted by thomcatspike at 2:03 PM on September 20, 2002
Thanks y2karl, that made my day, much better than champers :-D
posted by Tarrama at 3:30 AM on September 21, 2002
posted by Tarrama at 3:30 AM on September 21, 2002
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posted by timeistight at 11:49 AM on September 18, 2002