Hatrack River Forum: Middle post thread

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Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

Betcha can't get the exact middle post [Wink]

of course this only works if there's an odd number of posts...

[ May 30, 2004, 05:54 PM: Message edited by: kaioshin00 ]

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

If one more person posts, I'll have it!

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

I have the middle!

[ May 30, 2004, 05:55 PM: Message edited by: kaioshin00 ]

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

shoot! you messed me up *curses the 30 second wait period*

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

Hahahahaha! Oh wait, now I've lost it!
*Curses!*

Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :

There you go kaosishhshasufui, you have the middle now.

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

Or does she?

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

Yes, she does.

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

kaosishhshasufui? more like kaioshin

Who has the middle post right now??

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

I do! Mwahaha!

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

This is the 13th post - which means jebus has the middle!

[ May 30, 2004, 06:00 PM: Message edited by: kaioshin00 ]

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

No! Don't give it to jebus! Awww, too late now!

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

Hey, now I have it!

Posted by raventh1 (Member # 3750) on :

Wait, is this like that lord of the wings movie? Middle Earth?

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

Yes! Still me! Somehow, though, I don't think this thread will last very long. Too much work to try to figure out who has the middle post. (This is post 17 I believe.)

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

This is the most confusing thread I have ever seen. [Confused]

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

[Roll Eyes]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

quote:
kaosishhshasufui? more like kaioshin

Who has the middle post right now??

Edit: You Do!

Skiddly Bop Skiddily Bop Skidd'ly Skidd'ly Skidd'ly Bop

[ June 01, 2004, 07:15 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

And now?

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

Who cares?

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

I pretend to. [Wink]

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

I'm just using this as an excuse to up my post count.

Wait, did I say that out loud? Oh, no I just typed it. Phew!

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

This is post 27 - so Midnight blue is winning [The Wave]

Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :

Not anymore.

Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :

Now someone else is.

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

Actually it's still midnight blue - he posted twice in a row

Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :

D'oh!

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

See, these are not the type of threads that are supposed to require thinking or math.

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

With the last post thread gone, will the middle post thread become the new wave of fluff? Or will it die back down into the shadows because it is hard to figure out who actually has the middle post?

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

[Wave]

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

grrr...that face... [Mad]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

:bump: because I do have the time [Big Grin]

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

Is this one better, kaioshin? [Taunt]

Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :

If there are an even number of posts in the thread, which post counts as the middle post? After every second post is there no middle post at all? Or does it change from one to two middle posts? I need for these things to be more clearly defined, please, before I can participate here.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Whatever. Who's winning now? [Big Grin]

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

MidnightBlue is a "she," btw...

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

Ok well, the middle post belongs to the "median" poster. So if there is an even number, it belongs to the average of the two middle posters [Wink]

.

Edit: yeah, derrell, that face is better [Wave]

[ September 09, 2004, 11:24 AM: Message edited by: kaioshin00 ]

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

You know...we're becoming more and more insane everyday. This thread is living proof of this.

I'm insane too, because I'll keep track of this thread and scream joyously when this post turn into the middle one. [Big Grin]

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

[Wave]

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

Middle-earth is mine!

erm... middle post that is...

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

Telperion, you're wrong. Middle-Earth is mine! You're not even PLANTED in Middle-Earth! [Evil]

Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :

Is this MORE insane than just our background level of insanity, you think? If it is I don't think I noticed.

Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :

Change! Now who has it?

Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :

You're all nuts. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

But what kind of nuts are we? [Dont Know]

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

honey roasted cashews

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

hmmm...

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

Hello Again [Smile]

Posted by babager (Member # 6700) on :

This requires too much math!! [Taunt]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

But I still get the new page.

Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :

I'm officially confused. I'll just post in the hopes that this thread will sometime become the middle one..

Leave it to Kaioshin to come up with something like this. [Dont Know]

Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :

I'll help you in your queast for middle-ness.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

I think there's a problem with the way the middle post thread and the new page thread work. That is, there is no immediate impetus for anyone to post, as most posts do not result in the "win" going to the poster of the most recent post.

The middle post thead has the added difficulty that it's hard to even figure out who DOES have the middle post at any given time, and also when there are even numbers of posts, that either TWO people have the middle posts, or else nobody does, depending on how you count it.

Also, does the zeroth post count as a post for purposes of finding the middle post or not? I'm not clear on this at all. I believe the originator of this thread, (whoever it was who was sick and demented enough to originate a thread such as this [Razz]

) should explicate these mysteries for the benefit of hatrack.

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

But I'm sleepy.
[Sleep]

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

[Smile]

Well, shall I take a shot at it?

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

Sure [Smile]

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

All right here goes. After you post, you are automatically sent back to the post you just posted. In the address line of your browser will be a url, and the last thing shown there is the page number and post number. Now if your post number (call it P) is odd, then the middle post is just post# (P + 1)/2. (We'll call that post M.) So you can find who has the middle post, M, by substituting M for P in the url line, taking care to put the right page number in as well. Posts 50, 100, 150... are the start of new pages, as all lastposters well know. Presto! Middle post!

The zeroth post is ambiguous, though. Does it count as a post or not? Luckily this ambiguity is exactly what is needed to resolve the thorny evennumberofposts issue. I hereby declare that the zeroth post counts as a post only if there would otherwise be an even number of posts. This clears up the problem beautifully, as we now see that if your post number is even, we can say that M = P/2 and do the same as above.

I submit this definition for your review, and hope this meets with the approval of all middlepostthreaders. <bows>

[ December 04, 2004, 04:18 AM: Message edited by: Tatiana ]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

I didn't understand a word of the preceding post.

Posted by Last Post (Member # 7092) on :

Pfft. Amateurs.

Posted by BunnV (Member # 6816) on :

quote:
I didn't understand a word of the preceding post.

I could at least tell it was written in english. [Cool]

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Ach! There goes my career as a math professor! [Cry]

Posted by BunnV (Member # 6816) on :

quote:
Ach! There goes my career as a math professor!

Aww, there there.

Your baked goods are still spectacular!

[Hail]

Tatiana.

I understood your post after the second read. I'm really slow, so it took me a while to figure out that you were talking about manipulating the web addresses so that once you change them you'd click "go" on your browser (or the equivalent) and instantly see the desired "middle post."

Can you do one where when you do a bunch of crazy math and then click "go" on the browser one of your delicious cakes appear before me?

Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :

I understand it, makes perfect sense.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Cakes seem to be correlated with this sort of math: 7-11, 8-3, 8-18, 10-6. But if you ask nicely you never know! [Smile]

Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :

Yea, I didn't understand it either.
Just tell me I have the middle post and make me a happy woman.

Wait..now I'll have the last post. Darn, I'm in the wrong thread. [Wall Bash]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Oh wait, and this one too!

Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :

I read about five posts into it and then gave up- maybe if I try harder later I might figure who's in the middle. Maybe by making some sort of list on my computer.

Eh- too much work.