A lot of posts!

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I noticed the number of posts for the General Discussion forum is over 580,000 so out of curiosity wondered what the grand total of posts to SL is. Adding up the post count for all the forums the grand total is over 1.1 million! That's a lot of talkin' 'bout Spyders and all sorts of other stuff! :thumbup:

 

[UtahPete]

I noticed the number of posts for the General Discussion forum is over 580,000 so out of curiosity wondered what the grand total of posts to SL is. Adding up the post count for all the forums the grand total is over 1.1 million! That's a lot of talkin' 'bout Spyders and all sorts of other stuff! :thumbup:

There's a counter on the Home page - right column. You must have got sore fingers from adding all those up by yourself!

 

[ABQSpyder]

A lot of good info has been Posted
Can be a lot a Hot air. Just saying!

 

[BoilerAnimal]

And one person is responsible for almost 10% of them.:bowdown:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

There's a counter on the Home page - right column. You must have got sore fingers from adding all those up by yourself!

Never noticed that before! Should spend more time on the home page I guess! Copy, paste into blank spreadsheet, sort, parse, add and presto! the number is there! Quicker and easier than I thought it might be!

 

[SpyderAnn01]

And one person is responsible for almost 10% of them.:bowdown:

:roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Members: 25,041
Threads: 89,933
Posts: 1,158,944

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Members: 25,041
Threads: 89,933
Posts: 1,158,944

85,166/1,158,944 = 0.0734858629925173%

 

[JerryB]

Hi Idaho,

Re: 1297307]85,166/1,158,944 = 0.0734858629925173%

As you should know, that is close enough to 10% for gov't. work. :roflblack:

Jerry Baumchen

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Hi Idaho,

Re: 1297307]85,166/1,158,944 = 0.0734858629925173%

As you should know, that is close enough to 10% for gov't. work. :roflblack:

Jerry Baumchen

I don't think so!! A 16 decimal place number is more like a Gov't spec!! :banghead: :banghead: :roflblack: :roflblack:

 

[ARtraveler]

Bob already beat me to the STATS box information which is found on the right side of the HOME PAGE.

The following is in FUN: but appropriate to the thread.

I usually say that %'s carried out to many, many decimal places INDICATE a point of accuracy that is beyond necessary for any type of statistic. .073... means 7% to me, and, That's good enough for me.

I am 99.874561599753951753428% certain of my statement. This time, rounding would make it 100% :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

:congrats: to Bob.

 

[jmnels]

number of posts

There are probably 3.625 people already reviewing your math and working on a more accurate number.

 

[JerryB]

Hi akspyderman,

Re: .073... means 7% to me, and, That's good enough for me.

Like minds think alike.

Jerry Baumchen

 

[UtahPete]

Hi akspyderman, Re: .073... means 7% to me, and, That's good enough for me. Like minds think alike. Jerry Baumchen

As an engineer, to how many places do you take Pi when designing a piece of machinery?

 

[ARtraveler]

As an engineer, to how many places do you take Pi when designing a piece of machinery?

I think I remember this being discussed back when I was in college math. One of my professors was using a very high tech computer (at the time--1966 or so) and the decimal for Pi was being calculated out to thousands and thousands of pages--and still calculating. :bowdown::bowdown:

 

[JerryB]

Hi Pete,

Re: As an engineer, to how many places do you take Pi when designing a piece of machinery?

As my son the attorney will say: 'It depends.'

Most engineers consider something called 'significant figures.'

Basically, this means you take it out as far as necessary for the problem that you are trying to solve.

For me, 3.14 has always been just fine. :yes:

YMMV,

Jerry Baumchen

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Hi Pete,

Re: As an engineer, to how many places do you take Pi when designing a piece of machinery?

As my son the attorney will say: 'It depends.'

Most engineers consider something called 'significant figures.'

Basically, this means you take it out as far as necessary for the problem that you are trying to solve.

For me, 3.14 has always been just fine. :yes:

YMMV,

Jerry Baumchen

And 3 works just fine for me when I'm guesstimating how long a coil of wire is. Inches diameter X 3 X # of coils divided by 12.000 results in a feet of length estimate good to +/- 3.0 feet! hyea:

 

[Bob Denman]

:dontknow: I don't think much about post counts: I like to keep things simple! :2thumbs:

 

[Fat Baxter]

As an engineer, to how many places do you take Pi when designing a piece of machinery?

Just "three" is good enough. I measure with a micrometer, mark it with a grease pencil, then cut it with a chainsaw.