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Sane · Jan 24th, 2006, 2:41 PM

It says on the forums page at the bottom, that the most people ever online were over 2200...

That is more then half our members, that doesn't make sense. I usually see about 10-30 people on MAX, morning, night and day.

Does this include guests, that might make a biiiit more sense. Or was this just some wild glitch created during downtime?

DaWei · Jan 24th, 2006, 3:01 PM

Online people includes guests as well as members. Guests often outnumber members by six to one. Still seems farfetched. Maybe they added some numbers as text instead of numbers: 22 + 62 = 2262

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big_k105 · Jan 24th, 2006, 4:35 PM

Actually it was wierd, I don't know if it was right or not but I did see that number of people on the forums one day. but only say 20 of them were members and the rest were all guests. it was kind of wierd. but it could have been a mistake or something. I didn't have a stats stuff setup so I couldn't go and check that but the forum software did say the numbers were there. so who knows

Sane · Jan 24th, 2006, 4:42 PM

Do you know if a visitor counts as a unique IP or a new visit?

Because if it counts by visists coultn't someone have been stupidly been running a program that accesses the main page rapidly?

Rory · Jan 24th, 2006, 4:50 PM

Ah that explains it. For Santa to deliver presents in the allotted time without violating the laws of physics, he must have clones. Similarly for Ooble to deliver all his posts, it's just they all went on at once due to an administrative mixup.

A similar mixup resulted in the two thousand penguins throwing mince pies down chimneys on Ash Wednesday, but anyway.

big_k105 · Jan 24th, 2006, 5:14 PM

Sane its possible but I don't know how it counts guests. I will have to look into that and when I find out I will let you know.

Sane · Jan 24th, 2006, 10:37 PM

Well it doesn't really matter. I was just surprised when I saw that number. Wanted to see if it was for real. :o

Dameon · Jan 24th, 2006, 11:10 PM

Perhaps you should reset the counter so that more reasonable info can be seen in the future.

Jan 24th, 2006, 2:41 PM	#1
Sane Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,101 Rep Power: 6	Is this a glitch? It says on the forums page at the bottom, that the most people ever online were over 2200... That is more then half our members, that doesn't make sense. I usually see about 10-30 people on MAX, morning, night and day. Does this include guests, that might make a biiiit more sense. Or was this just some wild glitch created during downtime?

Jan 24th, 2006, 3:01 PM	#2
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Online people includes guests as well as members. Guests often outnumber members by six to one. Still seems farfetched. Maybe they added some numbers as text instead of numbers: 22 + 62 = 2262 . __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Jan 24th, 2006, 4:35 PM	#3
big_k105 PFO Founder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 1,667 Rep Power: 10	Actually it was wierd, I don't know if it was right or not but I did see that number of people on the forums one day. but only say 20 of them were members and the rest were all guests. it was kind of wierd. but it could have been a mistake or something. I didn't have a stats stuff setup so I couldn't go and check that but the forum software did say the numbers were there. so who knows __________________ BIG K aka Kyle Programming Forums Kyle K Online Please do not PM or email me programming questions. Post them in the forums instead.

Jan 24th, 2006, 5:14 PM	#6
big_k105 PFO Founder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 1,667 Rep Power: 10	Sane its possible but I don't know how it counts guests. I will have to look into that and when I find out I will let you know. __________________ BIG K aka Kyle Programming Forums Kyle K Online Please do not PM or email me programming questions. Post them in the forums instead.

Jan 24th, 2006, 11:10 PM	#8
Dameon Troll Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 732 Rep Power: 4	Perhaps you should reset the counter so that more reasonable info can be seen in the future. __________________ MD5(sig) = bcef75433db02e9ad9bf81d6f7c5c270

Jan 24th, 2006, 4:42 PM	#4
Sane Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,101 Rep Power: 6	Do you know if a visitor counts as a unique IP or a new visit? Because if it counts by visists coultn't someone have been stupidly been running a program that accesses the main page rapidly?

Jan 24th, 2006, 4:50 PM	#5
Rory Expert Programmer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 542 Rep Power: 4	Ah that explains it. For Santa to deliver presents in the allotted time without violating the laws of physics, he must have clones. Similarly for Ooble to deliver all his posts, it's just they all went on at once due to an administrative mixup. A similar mixup resulted in the two thousand penguins throwing mince pies down chimneys on Ash Wednesday, but anyway.

Jan 24th, 2006, 10:37 PM	#7
Sane Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,101 Rep Power: 6	Well it doesn't really matter. I was just surprised when I saw that number. Wanted to see if it was for real. :o

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