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April stats:
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Total Page Views: 213283 Avg. Page Views/Day: 7354 New Topics: 59 Active User Count: 34 5 Most Active Topics
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May stats:
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Total Page Views: 192043 Avg. Page Views/Day: 6401 New Topics: 51 Active User Count: 34 5 Most Active Topics
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I suppose the downturn is to be expected because of our Wordcraft Gathering.
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June stats:
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Total Page Views: 232182 Avg. Page Views/Day: 8006 New Topics: 78 Active User Count: 46 5 Most Active Topics
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zmježd 465
Woohoo! I so rule! In your face bottom posters! There must be some kind of mistake. [Corrected typo.] This message has been edited. Last edited by: zmježd, —Ceci n'est pas un seing. |
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Ulp.
 How did that get there? I've corrected it to a more mundane 6. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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Aw, heck! I wish I could have seen the non-mundane number.
 I can't believe the 46 active user count. It doesn't seem like we have that many more users this month, does it? Normally we are around 30. We have had a few past posters stop by recently, so maybe that's it. It is nice to see Linguistics 101 getting so many views. I wonder if there are a lot of people reading and studying it, but maybe not replying. |
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July stats:
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Total Page Views: 248887 Avg. Page Views/Day: 8296 New Topics: 53 Active User Count: 34 5 Most Active Topics
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OK, OK! I'll shut up.
Just read the stats posted by Arnie -- I’m like a barker in a carny. So I’ll try my best To pester you less But Dad made me kiss the Stone, Blarney This message has been edited. Last edited by: Proofreader, Knowlage is power. |
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Is this the first time that we've had two realtive newcomers (i.e. not members of the old guard) at positions 1 and 2.
If so, I say, "Bravo!" "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. Read all about my travels around the world here. Read even more of my travel writing and poems on my weblog. My new blog - which I hope to keep more up to date than my old one. And don't miss this - my unpublished book, now complete and unabridged My new photoblog The World Through A lens |
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"Bravo!"
I'll see your bravo and raise you a huzzah. Yes, we need fresh blood and more blather. —Ceci n'est pas un seing. |
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My blood is stale but my blather is, if not fresh, at least copious.
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This may be the first time I've been in third place! How nice to see 2 relatively new posters taking such an active role here. I love it!
I wonder why last month we had such a large number of active users. This month we're back to normal. |
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Val and i are running out of dirty jokes to post in the "World's Worst Jokes." That's why.
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August stats:
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Total Page Views: 235006 Avg. Page Views/Day: 7833 New Topics: 65 Active User Count: 30 5 Most Active Topics
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Arnie, do you know how they define "active users?" I had thought it was the number of different posters during the month, but that must not be it.
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I don't know for certain, but I've always taken it as the number of different posters in the month, too. Why shouldn't it be that?
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It seems high to be that. Perhaps the number of registered users who visit, whether or not they post?
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We have the ability to obtain a "posting members" report.
It shows the number of members posting per day during a particular period. For August it showed a minimum of 7 members posting (7th) and a maximum of 16 (26th). The average per day was 11.5 members posting. Most members won't post every day, of course. I don't know what that shows, but throw it out for more information. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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I conducted a search to show all posts made in August. It returned 1087 matches. I looked through and found 27 different member names. Out of interest, they were:
Kalleh Bethree Proofreader jerry thomas Valentine Asa Lovejoy Bob Hale shufitz wordcrafter zmježd Robert Arvanitis Richard English Myth Jellies arnie stella Vanderhoof Verbivore Caterwauller KB Hic et Ubique sewnmouthsecret William Strunk tinman goofy Bob Dvorak wordmatic fiagodzi Annette So I'm not sure where the figure 30 quoted in the stats comes from. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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Didn't "30", in old newspaper parlance, mean "end of story"?
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Wikipedia Language Log
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30 is still in use in press releases:
[URL=www.press-release-writing.com/frequently-asked-questions.htm ]See here.[/URL] |
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Back in the old days, when I was practicing Morse in the Army radio school, we sent messages back and forth between groups. It was boring beyond words and, since most of us were draftees, we resented being there. So at the end of our message, we would send "FTA overscored" which meant running the letters together as one unit. The NCOs monitoring the radio net couldn't figure out what it meant and no one would tell them it stood for "F**k The Army." Knowlage is power. |
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I looked back and saw more active posters were listed in previous reports and I thought we had at least the same in August, if not more. I then wondered if they actually had a definition for "active," such as at least 5 posts or something. One post in a month's time hardly seems like an "active poster" to me, but perhaps it is to them. Thanks, arnie! |
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I'm not sure of the significance of your adding "overscored", but I can't believe any NCO (not even a shake-and-bake one) didn't know what FTA stood for.
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I suspect that "active" means "not moribund". Even one sign-on probably counts as activity. That's what I still guess the 30 number is. Which means that, in August, only 3 people with logins did so, but did not post. I looked this up in the Eve Users Manual. It mentions that stats are available, but gives no detail. |
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"Overscored" meant the letters were written with a line over the top to show they were not to be sent with a space between each individual letter.
..-.-.- dit/dit/dah/dit/dah/dit/dah dit/dit/dah/dit dah dit/dah (F T A) Considering the oxymoron "military intelligence", without knowing the significance of the noises, not too many people could decipher this without being in on the original phrase. Run together they're just a random bunch of dits and dahs. It could be broken down to EETETET, EAEA or URT, also. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Proofreader, Knowlage is power. |
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Ah, got it. The NCOs knew what FTA meant, but not that FTA was what was being sent.
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Comprendo
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Speaking of Morse code, there is an obscure song, entitled Oh Dear, Miss Morse by an obscure band called Pearls Before Swine. The chorus runs:
dit dit dah dit dit dit dah dah dit dah dit dah dit dah |
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Managed to evade the censors.
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Oh, you two Rhode Islanders really should meet.
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September stats:
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Total Page Views: 268753 Avg. Page Views/Day: 9267 New Topics: 66 Active User Count: 28 5 Most Active Topics
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Well, I'll never understand what they mean by active users.
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October stats:
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Total Page Views: 293425 Avg. Page Views/Day: 9780 New Topics: 59 Active User Count: 40 5 Most Active Topics
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November stats:
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Total Page Views: 164412 Avg. Page Views/Day: 5669 New Topics: 53 Active User Count: 37 5 Most Active Topics
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You shouldn't count limericks. Knowlage is power. |
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OK then: Proofreader 10. Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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Ah! Now I feel better.
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Wow. I am probably at an all-time low. I suppose it's because of our never-ending house guests over Thanksgiving.
 I thought I'd never have an alone period again! Every time I'd pull out my computer (sneaking into some little cranny) three people would find me and beg to get on their email or facebook or whatever. Geez! Hey, I'll make up for it though!  The site also was a lot less active. |
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December stats:
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Total Page Views: 164990 Avg. Page Views/Day: 5499 New Topics: 54 Active User Count: 28 5 Most Active Topics
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Well, it's good to be on top again.
It's nice to see a newbie starting topics. |
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January stats:
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Total Page Views: 155929 Avg. Page Views/Day: 5197 New Topics: 50 Active User Count: 27 5 Most Active Topics
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February stats:
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Total Page Views: 164761 Avg. Page Views/Day: 6102 New Topics: 46 Active User Count: 24 5 Most Active Topics
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Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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March stats:
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Total Page Views: 210297 Avg. Page Views/Day: 7261 New Topics: 39 Active User Count: 22 5 Most Active Topics
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April stats:
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Total Page Views: 254769 Avg. Page Views/Day: 8785 New Topics: 41 Active User Count: 31 5 Most Active Topics
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It has been a little slow around here, hasn't it?
Perhaps we need a big flamewar!  Have you ever notice how that spices things up? [Of course, I am kidding!] |
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At least there's been an uptick* in the active user count. For the last four months it was down in the 20s; it was back up in the 30s last month.
* I just learned that word the other day; did I use it correctly? Come on you raver, you seer of visions, Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine! |
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