Originally posted by ChessPraxishttp://abcnews.go.com/topics/entertainment/comedians/george-carlin.htm
Time is an odd thing. They say all time is now, but just when is now? NOW! Nope that was back then. 🙂 I think George Carlin did a routine on this subject. People think he was a comedian, I think he was a philosophical genius that used humor to get his ideas across. 😉 RIP
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyRHP General Forum in the Rear View Mirror
RHP General Forum in the Rear View Mirror
* January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012,
Active Threads: 1,202 Total (41 pages x 30) / 365 Days = 3.29 New / Day x 30 = 99 / 2012 Months
(on average).
* January 1, 2013 to January 22, 2013,
Active Threads: 122 (page 5 = 2; pages 1-4 = 120) / 22 Days = 5.45 x 31 = 172 Month of January
(projected).
* Y ...[text shortened]... 172 (January, 2013)
an increase of +73 [73.7%].
Gang Buster Start on the New Year!
Comments.
* January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012,
Active Threads: 1,202 Total (41 pages x 30) / 365 Days = 3.29 New/Day x 30 = 99 New.
(2012, Months on average).
* January 1, 2013 to January 31, 2013,
Active Threads: 161 (page 6 = 11; pages 1-5 = 150) / 31 Days = 5.19 or 161 New!
* Year-to-Year Month Average Comparision: 99 (2012) vs 161 (January, 2013)
an increase of +73 [or 62.6%]
* February, 2013, may be interesting. (gb)
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Originally posted by KewpieOk there, fancybritches, since the site is worldwide, the relevance of seasons is taken out of the equation. You know about this stuff - basic stats.
You're comparing apples and oranges, as someone else already said you can't pick a month out of the air. Ever heard of seasonally adjusted statistics? They're the only ones that mean anything at all.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyRHP General Forum in the Rear View Mirror
RHP General Forum in the Rear View Mirror
* January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012,
Active Threads: 1,202 Total (41 pages x 30) / 365 Days = 3.29 New/Day x 30 = 99 New.
(2012, Months on average).
* January 1, 2013 to January 31, 2013,
Active Threads: 161 (page 6 = 11; pages 1-5 = 150) / 31 Days = 5.19 or 161 New!
* Year-to-Year Month Average Com ...[text shortened]... 161 (January, 2013)
an increase of +73 [or 62.6%]
* February, 2013, may be interesting. (gb)
.
* January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012,
Active Threads: 1,202 Total (41 pages x 30) / 365 Days = 3.29 New/Day x 30 = 99 New.
(2012, Months on average).
* January 1, 2013 to January 31, 2013, (correction^)
Active Threads: 161 (page 6 = 11; pages 1-5 = 150) / 31 Days = 5.19 or 161 New!
* Year-to-Year Month Average Comparision: 99 (2012) vs 161 (January, 2013)
an increase of +62^ [or 62.6%]
* February, 2013, may be interesting. (gb)
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Originally posted by KewpieRHP General Forum in the Rear View Mirror [Suggested Month to Month Comparison]
You're comparing apples and oranges, as someone else already said you can't pick a month out of the air. Ever heard of seasonally adjusted statistics? They're the only ones that mean anything at all.
* January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2012,
Active Threads: 108 (page 42 = 13; pages 41-39 = 90; page 38 = 5) / 31 Days = 3.48 or 108 New.
* January 1, 2013 to January 31, 2013,
Active Threads: 161 (page 6 = 11; pages 1-5 = 150) / 31 Days = 5.19 or 161 New!
* Year-to-Year Month Comparision: 108 (2012) vs 161 (January, 2013) [an increase of +53 or 49.1%]
* February, 2013, may be quite interesting. (gb)
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Originally posted by KewpieI think either way will do.
Did you know that word was "dwarfs" until Tolkien invented a new spelling for it? Now his version is finding its way into the dictionaries.
I don't know why it ever was spelt "dwarfs" if you think about the plurals of wharf and shelf and scarf. On the other hand, imagine a collection of smurves.
It's one of those strange words like SWAP.
You can also spell it SWOP.
But SWAP is the more acceptable way.
My point is: We can only count passively. That means: After a month has gone we can't accurately count the number of active threads easily, since some threads tend to stay active beyond a given month. And even I won't go in every thread and look if it has been active in a given month.
We can count killed threads which give us an impression on how many threads a last post was made. This is only possible post mortem and it has been done some time. I will give a summary of 2012 in March when the last results are in.
Since this discussion was already begun some time ago I added at that statistics the birth-month of threads. It turned out so far that most threads die the month they are created and a small percentage makes it over to the next month (mostly threads created late in a month). Very few live for several month, though we hacve a few which made it to years!
Now I went and look up how many threads were born in January 2012: The number was a whooping 650! Thread 144268 to Thread 144918
In January 2013 we have a meager 535 Thread 150569 to Thread 151104.
However as I pointed out some time ago some threadid's don't exits (probably when people create a new thread and decide not to post it after all.)