A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Hate me for asking, but what's a Binary Walk?
It seems like there should be some bad joke I could use here along the lines of "what's a greek urn?" "about fifty drachma a week!" boom-tish, but I've just got up.
And Gar, for all I know a Binary Walk is the industry standard for doing this kind of thing, but the fact that I have to ask is the problem. I think we've learned through bitter experience that any math that needs explaining to people will raise hackles here.
Everyone will know what a mean is, and nearly everyone who uses the word "average" thinks of a mean when they say it, is my impression.
A binary walk is like a cakewalk. If you're standing on the right circle when the music stops, you win a bunch of ones and zeroes.
I never did figure out what an elephant walk is, but there's a restaurant by that name nor far from where I live.
there's a restaurant by that name nor far from where I live.
An excellent restaurant, as well as a fine composition by Henry Mancini.
I never did figure out what an elephant walk is
Well a
Baby
Elephant Walk is one of the most earwormy of all earworms, so thanks a whole bunch for that.
Doo, doo doo-doo dee-doo dah dah DOO-doo...
Because I promised, here are my stats on who took part in the crucial 1,908 post that went from voting being first mooted by Jesse to the completion of stage one:
Poster | Posts | Percent | Word count
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Jon B. | 167 | 8.75 | 9967
Sophia Brooks | 162 | 8.49 | 13038
ita | 119 | 6.24 | 5148
John H | 113 | 5.92 | 8597
Jesse | 105 | 5.50 | 5981
Cindy | 101 | 5.29 | 13066
Wolfram | 78 | 4.09 | 5985
Typo Boy | 77 | 4.04 | 8025
DavidS | 71 | 3.72 | 6977
Anathema | 60 | 3.14 | 4767
Lyra Jane | 55 | 2.88 | 4400
billytea | 50 | 2.62 | 5062
brenda m | 44 | 2.31 | 2919
P.M. Marcontell | 41 | 2.15 | 2076
Jess PMoon | 40 | 2.10 | 1918
Burrell | 39 | 2.04 | 2498
Betsy Hanes Perry | 37 | 1.94 | 1776
jengod | 37 | 1.94 | 1799
Gandalfe | 34 | 1.78 | 1517
Rebecca Lizard | 28 | 1.47 | 1680
Kat | 22 | 1.15 | 2521
Laura | 22 | 1.15 | 790
Elena | 20 | 1.05 | 1007
PaulJ | 19 | 1.00 | 1053
Dana | 18 | 0.94 | 792
Trudy Booth | 18 | 0.94 | 908
Kristen | 17 | 0.89 | 391
askye | 17 | 0.89 | 1209
Anne W. | 16 | 0.84 | 1487
Hil R. | 16 | 0.84 | 1108
amych | 15 | 0.79 | 1311
Katie M | 15 | 0.79 | 1001
Am-Chau Yarkona | 14 | 0.73 | 957
DXMachina | 14 | 0.73 | 1236
Shawn | 12 | 0.63 | 847
Aimée | 11 | 0.58 | 125
connie neil | 10 | 0.52 | 249
Steph L. | 9 | 0.47 | 617
Sue | 9 | 0.47 | 533
Liese S. | 9 | 0.47 | 938
Deena | 9 | 0.47 | 759
Denise | 9 | 0.47 | 954
Nutty | 8 | 0.42 | 835
Michele T. | 7 | 0.37 | 245
victor infante | 7 | 0.37 | 582
bitterchick | 6 | 0.31 | 480
David J. Schwartz | 6 | 0.31 | 303
Nilly | 6 | 0.31 | 377
meara | 6 | 0.31 | 231
MayaP | 6 | 0.31 | 900
juliana | 5 | 0.26 | 177
Angus G | 5 | 0.26 | 142
Allyson | 5 | 0.26 | 333
Java cat | 5 | 0.26 | 407
Sean K | 5 | 0.26 | 342
shrift | 4 | 0.21 | 386
Noumenon | 4 | 0.21 | 475
erinaceous | 4 | 0.21 | 402
Holli | 4 | 0.21 | 81
msbelle | 3 | 0.16 | 107
Theodosia | 3 | 0.16 | 55
Megan E. | 3 | 0.16 | 145
Jim Eaton-Terry | 2 | 0.10 | 25
scrappy | 2 | 0.10 | 68
Beverly | 2 | 0.10 | 294
KevinK | 2 | 0.10 | 29
moonlit | 2 | 0.10 | 608
FayJay | 2 | 0.10 | 235
Consuela | 2 | 0.10 | 67
Nora Deirdre | 2 | 0.10 | 32
Susan W. | 1 | 0.05 | 31
Tom Scola | 1 | 0.05 | 12
Monique | 1 | 0.05 | 50
Heather Alayne | 1 | 0.05 | 36
Fred Pete | 1 | 0.05 | 260
Maggie B | 1 | 0.05 | 29
thessaly | 1 | 0.05 | 128
katefate | 1 | 0.05 | 25
amyparker | 1 | 0.05 | 69
candyb | 1 | 0.05 | 16
beth b | 1 | 0.05 | 106
and, why, look! Who's that at number fourteen? I suppose someone will be claiming there's a gang of
thirteen
now...
Joking, of course.
I don't understand that either Jesse. I do however, think that the reason Cindy and I have such a high word count is that we kept reposting the proposals 15 million times.
Well, and I'm wordy...
Just call me poster #7. I figured I was in the MoGo14.
and, why, look! Who's that at number fourteen? I suppose someone will be claiming there's a gang of thirteen now...
I expected to be part of it when DX first mentioned there were 14. (I was, as mentioned before, #15 by his post count.) You can ask him, he can verify it. Doesn't change that the majority of posts are by a small minority of posters. Doesn't change my feelings about that, even though I happen to know I'm a loud mouth. Also doesn't change that at least part of me stands by it, rude and impolitic as it was.
Your numbers and his don't match up, but I think he did a whole-thread count.
Edit:
And you will note I have thus far refrained from calling anyone Madame Mao. So there.
