Top posters

[unibabyguy]

I was bored so I made this list of the top posters over 1000
posts and their join date.

jagur 11-26-2001 1927
harper 09-30-2001 1855
rhysling 09-22-2001 1601
john_childs 10-21-2001 1098
Sofa 03-13-2002 1084
AccordNSX 12-14-2001 1052


Some close races here.

[AccordNSX]

I'm sure harper would be ranked 1st if it was for worthwhile comments.
Like this comment, most of mine are worthless.

[harper]

Originally posted by AccordNSX
I'm sure harper would be ranked 1st if it was for worthwhile comments.


Count me out of the worthwhile content race and put John Childs and Jagur at the top. Rhysling is like us and has too much fun fooling around. I said limited WORTHWHILE content, not limited IMPORTANT content. We know what's important.

[Klaas Bil]

unibabyguy, have you seen <www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/uni_statistics.htm>?

Klaas Bil [no sig line for forum posts]

[john_childs]

When I saw the title I thought this thread was going to be about top posting vs. bottom posting in the newsgroup. That's a fun discussion.

Top posting is where you write your comments above any quoted material. Bottom posting is where you write your comments below the quoted material. The newsgroup gods are very religious on this issue. According to them, top posting is the work of the devil. Only through bottom posting do you gain enlightenment.

Just do a Google search on "top-posting bottom-posting" (without the quotes) and have fun.

For the record, I like top posting except in cases where bottom posting is more appropriate. :)

[uni57]

I recently looked at my post count (this is #143). I was shocked it was so high. Certainly I didn't have over 140 worthwhile things to say (maybe 100 or 130, tops). Since then, I've been working to lower my posting rate.

Look, I've said nothing again. Oh, well... Another day, another 1.23 posts.

uni57 (Dave)

[unibabyguy]

Originally posted by Klaas Bil
unibabyguy, have you seen <www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/uni_statistics.htm>?

Klaas Bil [no sig line for forum posts]

Wow that's a lot of data. Are you sure you have time to ride a unicycle? :)

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by john_childs
When I saw the title I thought this thread was going to be about top posting vs. bottom posting in the newsgroup. That's a fun discussion.When I first saw the topic line I though this was going to be about our favorite posters, like Farrah Faucet (sic), Che, or hmmm, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. I for one have Janis Joplin looking down at me over my desk at the office.

Oh dear, have I dated myself?

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

[phil]

This will be my 993rd post... woo, nearly the big one K.

I think they started off all about unicycling, generally inquiries when I was fresh and new. Now, though, it's the occasional list of trivia and not much else. It's all downhill from here... *sigh*

Phil

[uni57]

Originally posted by unibabyguy
I was bored so I made this list of the top posters over 1000
posts and their join date.Ooh, I just figured out how you did it. Very clever.

Click the members button (it's across from "user cp") then click Advanced Search. Scroll all the way down and say Order By: posts in descending order

I'm in 51st place. If I lower my posting rate, maybe I can drop down to 57th place!

Excuse me, unibabyguy, I need to talk to Phil now and I don't want to increase my post count. Hey, Phil -- a similar thing happened to me. I started out with actual unicycling questions. Since then I've graduated to general nothingness and an occasional post about how to mount or how to learn to unicycle.

uni57 (Dave)

[U-Turn]

If someone made a poster of my pic, it would be worthless. Farrah Fawcett (sic, NOT) would be much more meaningful and worthwhile. She would be great for top or bottom posting.

My real vote, though, as requested by my trials uni, goes for John Childs, dressed as "Mr. Goodwrench", brushing his teeth with blue Loctite, in Profile.

[unibrow]

hows agoin

[john_childs]

Below any of your posts there is a button called "Profile". That will display the stats for that user. Find one of your posts and click on the "Profile" button.

Another option is to click on the "members" button at the top of the Forum pages. Go to "Advanced Search". Change the "Order by" to "posts" and choose either ascending or descending order. This will give you a list of members ordered by the number of posts.

But the question is, who really cares? There is no contest for the number of posts.

[jagur]

Originally posted by john_childs
But the question is, who really cares? There is no contest for the number of posts. oh yeah? just wait untill you get ahead of Harper,the death threats are never ending.its all game up here...

[harper]

Originally posted by jagur
oh yeah? just wait untill you get ahead of Harper,the death threats are never ending.its all game up here...

So, now you're scurrying for the protection of the newsgroup by tattling on me for threatening .... I mean ... making up stories about me threatening you of all things. Just remember, some people with "too many posts" have little "accidents" and then their post count stops suddenly. Do you remember when Christopher Groves started collecting all of those posting statistics? What do you think happened to Mr. Groves, Jagur? Do you think he stopped riding? Do you think he just stopped posting? Well, that's not all he stopped, my little Oregonian friend.

[jagur]

Originally posted by harper
some people with "too many posts" have little "accidents" and then their post count stops suddenly. thier post count only drops because they figure out that i am ?

unicycle is thee Vestle

[GILD]

Originally posted by harper

Well, that's not all he stopped, my little Oregonian friend.

well, whaddaya know?
i never realised u could fold jagur!

[gluteous maximus]

I read in The Weekly World News (that's the supermarket rag that the Men In Black get their updates from) that the "real" Harper hasn't posted for quite some time...

... it had something to do with an unexpected temporal nucleic dispersion of the Seattlites...

... either that, or zzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZAAPPPPppp z zz z

fizzle fizzle fiz. . . .. . . .. ... . . .

[freddy9213]

I got a new uni about a week ago torker LX 20". I used to ride me
brothers all the time, so I got my own. The only thing that I don't
like about it is the seat. It really hurts the side of my leg... I
don't know why. If you have any suggestions it would be appreciated.
thanks

[unibikeling]

I got a new uni about a week ago torker LX 20". I used to ride me
brothers all the time, so I got my own. The only thing that I don't
like about it is the seat. It really hurts the side of my leg... I
don't know why. If you have any suggestions it would be appreciated.
thanks

okay, 1: Why in the hell did you post in this thread?

2: its probably chaffing, if its inner thigh, that will go away in a few days or weeks, your hairs will rip out there, and your skin will toughen up. If its too painful to ride with, let it go for a day or two and get better.

3: If its muscular, its muscular. Your muscles may not be conditioned, or have had to work like they are now

4: Welcome to the forums :D

[kington99]

A little explanation on how to use the forum:

first off, try searhcing for threads that already exist on your topic, using the search function. If you can't find anything useful then start a new thread with a descriptive title. Make sure you post it in the right forum, rec.sport.unicycling for anythign unicycle related, just conversation for anything else.

Just trying to help you out, asking a question in a thread last used 5 years ago, on a compltely different topic, in the wrong forum, will not get you many useful answers.

[1-wheeled-grape]

wow, how did you find this thread, and why did you post here. Kington described it well enough, i didn't read his post, but he's always right so I shall not contradict it.
welcome to the forums! without you I would not of known that harper sends death threats lol:p

[yoopers]

You'll have to give him a break. He's from West Virginia.

Just kidding, of course...and speaking as a former West Virginian. :)

Freddy (if you ever find your way back to this thread), you may be the first West Virginian unicyclist I've encountered. Lots-o-hills in Almost Heaven.

[uni57]

This is a nice thread. I'm glad it resurfaced. It's an old, old thread... and I'm in it! I must be old.

[1-wheeled-grape]

This is a nice thread. I'm glad it resurfaced. It's an old, old thread... and I'm in it! I must be old.
Hahaha, 43 isnt old! Terrys 9 years older that you, he isnt old... my grandad is much older than you... but he is old... and thats comletely irrelivent.
Old threads are ammusing.

[Ducttape]

I was bored so I made this list of the top posters over 1000
posts and their join date.

jagur 11-26-2001 1927
harper 09-30-2001 1855
rhysling 09-22-2001 1601
john_childs 10-21-2001 1098
Sofa 03-13-2002 1084
AccordNSX 12-14-2001 1052


Some close races here.

to get this thread back on topic... it seems John has had no trouble staying within the top posters only dropped from 4th to 7th.

James_Potter join date: 2003-04-09 Post Count: 23,107

forrestunifreak join date: 2004-06-08 Post Count: 20,920

GILD join date: 2002-02-19 Post Count: 19,639

Ducttape join date: 2006-04-12 Post Count: 16,645

Jerrick join date: 2006-02-04 Post Count: 14,755

ivan join date: 2006-07-26 Post Count: 14,438

john_childs join date: 2001-10-21 Post Count: 12,834

Goats_On_Unicycles join date: 2006-06-29 Post Count: 12,357

Into the blue join date: 2006-04-23 Post Count: 12,253

habbywall join date: 2005-06-26 Post Count: 12,193

[Jerrick]

James_Potter/2003-04-09/23,107
forrestunifreak/2004-06-08/20,920
GILD/2002-02-19/19,639
Ducttape/ 2006-04-12/16,645
Jerrick/2006-02-04/14,756
ivan/2006-07-26/14,438 2008-05-22
john_childs/2001-10-21/12,834
Goats_On_Unicycles/2006-06-29/12,357
Into the blue/2006-04-23/12,253
habbywall/2005-06-26/12,193


Thats the updated top 10.

EDIT: I hate you Madison! haha.

[Ducttape]

James_Potter/2003-04-09/23,107
forrestunifreak/2004-06-08/20,920
GILD/2002-02-19/19,639
Ducttape/ 2006-04-12/16,645
Jerrick/2006-02-04/14,756
ivan/2006-07-26/14,438 2008-05-22
john_childs/2001-10-21/12,834
Goats_On_Unicycles/2006-06-29/12,357
Into the blue/2006-04-23/12,253
habbywall/2005-06-26/12,193


Thats the updated top 10.

EDIT: I hate you Madison! haha.
I beat you to it... haha mines more organized too!

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

You do realize almost all of us are MR...?

[Ducttape]

You do realize almost all of us are MR...?
all of us ARE MR... John posts in there every once in a while... John actually has 1,304 MR posts...

[uni57]

I recently looked at my post count (this is #143).

...

Another day, another 1.23 posts.Since I put my statistics in the above 2003 post, I'll post again with an update:

Total Posts: 2,294 (1.12 posts per day)

This doesn't count the 460 I made as "Dave Lowell".

[U-Turn]

I must be old.And I'm older than you are! :(

[Matt_V]

I burst of laughing when I read what resurrected this thread.

Speaking of top posters, what happened to James_Potter? Unless I'm mistaken, he hasn't been on in months.

[Jerrick]

I burst of laughing when I read what resurrected this thread.

Speaking of top posters, what happened to James_Potter? Unless I'm mistaken, he hasn't been on in months.

He was on today.

Not sure what he is up to, but he isnt waisting time on here, thats for sure.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

I've talked to him on Myspace. He's been chilling out elsewhere on the internet lately. And he also recentley got back from spending a couple moths in the woods, far from technology.

[maestro8]

After a little bumbling with a spreadsheet, I bring you the CORRECTED top poster list... that is, post counts minus those made in Morons Ranting, er, Missing Reality, um, I mean, Most Replies.

Disclaimer: This spreadsheet is in no way comprehensive, representative or even accurate. Interpret at your own risk.


Rank Name Total MR Corrected
1 john_childs 12,843 1,307 11,536
2 James_Potter 23,107 12,527 10,580
3 GILD 19,644 10,300 9,344
4 johnfoss 9,173 #N/A 9,173
5 forrestunifreak 20,932 13,285 7,647
6 Jerrick 14,798 7,958 6,840
7 harper 6,518 3 6,515
8 yoopers 6,331 31 6,300
9 JJuggle 6,370 109 6,261
10 jagur 6,380 292 6,088
11 dudewithasock 10,404 4,529 5,875
12 ivan 14,438 8,738 5,700
13 MuniAddict 5,696 23 5,673
14 monkeyman 9,417 3,920 5,497
15 mornish 5,776 292 5,484
16 andrew_carter 5,245 #N/A 5,245
17 thejdw 5,067 74 4,993
18 Hazmat 8,319 3,384 4,935
19 BillyTheMountain 4,975 114 4,861
20 Mikefule 4,667 1 4,666
21 kington99 4,035 2 4,033
22 Gilby 4,628 646 3,982
23 habbywall 12,193 8,278 3,915
24 Catboy 5,342 1,481 3,861
25 UniBrier 3,798 103 3,695
26 trials_uni 3,781 89 3,692
27 maestro8 3,732 55 3,677
28 Evan Byrne 3,703 62 3,641
29 iridemymuni 6,772 3,155 3,617
30 cathwood 3,435 2 3,433
31 TheObieOne3226 4,170 743 3,427
32 tomblackwood 3,637 219 3,418
33 U-Turn 3,409 #N/A 3,409
34 tomtrevor 5,195 1,801 3,394
35 skrobo 6,803 3,453 3,350
36 phil 3,331 19 3,312
37 Brian MacKenzie 3,325 34 3,291
38 Sofa 3,240 34 3,206
39 tobbogonist 5,003 1,836 3,167
40 Goats_On_Unicycles 12,429 9,313 3,116
41 Brian O. 3,117 9 3,108
42 Ducttape 16,693 13,606 3,087
43 ntappin 2,996 9 2,987
44 UniTyler 3,178 241 2,937
45 dan de man 6,604 3,708 2,896
46 bugman 2,881 #N/A 2,881
47 Spencer Hochberg 3,052 280 2,772
48 Borgschulze 2,653 #N/A 2,653
49 Unitik908 8,247 5,736 2,511
50 joemarshall 2,393 #N/A 2,393

[yoopers]

After a little bumbling with a spreadsheet, I bring you the CORRECTED top poster list... that is, post counts minus those made in Morons Ranting, er, Missing Reality, um, I mean, Most Replies.
Hmmm, seven out of the top ten are old timers. I guess there's strength in experience, eh?

[maestro8]

A little more bumbling, and I've produced a post ratio ranking that indicates how often each user posts in MR versus elsewhere in the fora.

Lower ratios indicate fewer posts outside MR.

Disclaimer: I have no idea where these numbers came from, or what they mean.

Rank Name Total MR Ratio
1 kristine 6,170 5,600 0.092
2 The Buddy 1,516 1,332 0.121
3 JJtheunicycle 9,322 7,856 0.157
4 Into the blue 12,280 10,146 0.174
5 Ducttape 16,693 13,606 0.185
6 MERCYME 7,061 5,682 0.195
7 THE dave 3,494 2,721 0.221
8 sparrowhawk 1,481 1,132 0.236
9 Goats_On_Unicycles 12,429 9,313 0.251
10 munimanpete 3,591 2,685 0.252
11 sobriquet 1,001 714 0.287
12 Unitik908 8,247 5,736 0.304
13 carsonpalooza 2,584 1,776 0.313
14 Johaaan 714 486 0.319
15 habbywall 12,193 8,278 0.321
16 wickedbob 6,985 4,685 0.329
17 abbabibble 5,819 3,810 0.345
18 forrestunifreak 20,932 13,285 0.365
19 ITEMNO530 1,017 625 0.385
20 ice_cold_uni6 2,241 1,361 0.393
21 Det-riot 3,252 1,970 0.394
22 ivan 14,438 8,738 0.395
23 Spudman 3,565 2,049 0.425
24 alexmay 749 428 0.429
25 dan de man 6,604 3,708 0.439
26 HandyAndy 1,162 648 0.442
27 James_Potter 23,107 12,527 0.458
28 skate4flip 2,156 1,166 0.459
29 Jerrick 14,798 7,958 0.462
30 vuniw 1,834 971 0.471
31 uniMcPeat 903 477 0.472
32 GILD 19,644 10,300 0.476
33 skrobo 6,803 3,453 0.492
34 Murde Mental 3,217 1,592 0.505
35 unicyclepa 1,959 959 0.510
36 benjaug 1,573 769 0.511
37 toddw9 2,275 1,111 0.512
38 MrBoogiejuice 2,777 1,354 0.512
39 GhettoSmurf 759 358 0.528
40 Fuego 2,361 1,108 0.531
41 iridemymuni 6,772 3,155 0.534
42 timbob1907 1,885 835 0.557
43 dudewithasock 10,404 4,529 0.565
44 unijesse 2,040 858 0.579
45 koebwil 1,976 827 0.581
46 monkeyman 9,417 3,920 0.584
47 Hazmat 8,319 3,384 0.593
48 spazdude222 1,996 796 0.601
49 Fly04066814 1,299 511 0.607
50 unisteve 1,975 761 0.615

[skrobo]

ouch, maestro is bored, and the # of posts some of us have in MR is saddening. lol

[uni57]

And now, after some number crunching in a spreadsheet, the top 50 posters in the categories of Brevity, Poignancy, Sagacity, and Sexiness...

Rank Name
1 harper
2 harper
3 harper
4 harper
5 harper
6 harper
7 harper
8 harper
9 harper
10 harper
11 harper
12 harper
13 harper
14 harper
15 harper
16 harper
17 harper
18 harper
19 harper
20 harper
21 harper
22 harper
23 harper
24 harper
25 harper
26 harper
27 harper
28 harper
29 harper
30 harper
31 harper
32 harper
33 harper
34 harper
35 harper
36 harper
37 harper
38 harper
39 harper
40 harper
41 harper
42 harper
43 harper
44 harper
45 harper
46 harper
47 harper
48 harper
49 harper
50 harper

[unibikeling]

And now, after some number crunching in a spreadsheet, the top 50 posters in the categories of Brevity, Poignancy, Sagacity, and Sexiness...

Rank Name
1 harper
2 harper
3 harper
4 harper
5 harper
6 harper
7 harper
8 harper
9 harper
10 harper
11 harper
12 harper
13 harper
14 harper
15 harper
16 harper
17 harper
18 harper
19 harper
20 harper
21 harper
22 harper
23 harper
24 harper
25 harper
26 harper
27 harper
28 harper
29 harper
30 harper
31 harper
32 harper
33 harper
34 harper
35 harper
36 harper
37 harper
38 harper
39 harper
40 harper
41 harper
42 harper
43 harper
44 harper
45 harper
46 harper
47 harper
48 harper
49 harper
50 harper


wow, that take a while?

[monkeyman]

wow, that take a while?
You are going to have so much fun in your first science class that requires data analysis/organization.

-coughhttp://www.paworkforce.state.pa.us/jobseekers/lib/jobseekers/images/misc/excel-download.gifcough-

[unibikeling]

You are going to have so much fun in your first science class that requires data analysis/organization.

yup... and ive already have had classes like that.

[monkeyman]

yup... and ive already have had classes like that.
.
-coughhttp://www.paworkforce.state.pa.us/jobseekers/lib/jobseekers/images/misc/excel-download.gifcough-

[dudewithasock]

.

Gonna go out on a limb here and say unibikeling was being sarcastic.

[unibikeling]

Gonna go out on a limb here and say unibikeling was being sarcastic.

-Cough- I have no clue what i was even talking about - Cough -

Whatever, Science classes werent really my thing. I live off formulas. I can do any formula viden to me in Adv. Geometry class in my head.

[harper]

And now, after some number crunching in a spreadsheet, the top 50 posters in the categories of Brevity, Poignancy, Sagacity, and Sexiness...



Dave-

You omitted my 3 MR posts. Why?

[kington99]

-Cough- I have no clue what i was even talking about - Cough -

Whatever, Science classes werent really my thing. I live off formulas. I can do any formula viden to me in Adv. Geometry class in my head.


he's saying that if you've used Micrososft Excel, or indeed any spreadsheet, for more than two seconds you'll know that creating 50 lines of harper takes about 4 seconds.

And wait, presumably your geometry involves trig, you can do trig in your head?

[Into the blue]

50 lines of Harper sounds like something you could do prison time for.

[john_childs]

he's saying that if you've used Micrososft Excel, or indeed any spreadsheet, for more than two seconds you'll know that creating 50 lines of harper takes about 4 seconds.
Real engineers and scientists don't use spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are too prone to errors. For anything remotely complicated, a spreadsheet calculation is impossible to verify for correctness.

I know for a fact that Harper does not use spreadsheets.

[kington99]

Real engineers and scientists don't use spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are too prone to errors. For anything remotely complicated, a spreadsheet calculation is impossible to verify for correctness.

I know for a fact that Harper does not use spreadsheets.


I don't really see how this is relavent to my argument that you can make a list of the word harper 50 times very quickly with a spreadsheet.

[john_childs]

I don't really see how this is relavent to my argument that you can make a list of the word harper 50 times very quickly with a spreadsheet.
I should have quoted monkeyman instead:
You are going to have so much fun in your first science class that requires data analysis/organization.

-coughhttp://www.paworkforce.state.pa.us/jobseekers/lib/jobseekers/images/misc/excel-download.gifcough-

I just wanted to correct the implied assumption that a serious scientist like Harper would use a spreadsheet program for anything other than a convenient way to keep track of the office betting pool.

[uni57]

Okay, you got me. I didn't use a spreadsheet. Real scientists use Forth.

As for harper's three MR posts, they were lost to rounding. I round toward denial.

[Into the blue]

My top poster is that one of the woman tennis player scratching her arse.