Author Topic: march 12th 2008 9:07AM - time to break the record. (Read 7351 times)

wellington1869 · « **on:** Tue, 03 February 2009, 21:57:49 »

So what happened on march 12th last year that caused 64 whopping people to show up at one time on geekhack? (According to the "whats going on" section on the home page). Geekhack was a much smaller site back then.

I think we should try to beat that this coming march 12th. There are a lot more regular users now than a year ago.

So everyone, on this coming march 12th, 2009, show up at geekhack at 9:07 AM NYC TIME (you can look up your local time here, I picked 9AM New York time because its a reasonable hour in London (1pm), Tokyo (10pm), and Germany (2pm) and most of the rest of the world where the most geekhackers seem to be from).

You can participate even if you dont have a login, since the "most users online" stat seems to count unregistered visitors too).

Mark the date in your calendars right now

Lets break this baby.

lowpoly · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 04 February 2009, 02:56:14 »

Quote from: wellington1869;20753

So what happened on march 12th last year that caused 64 whopping people to show up at one time on geekhack? (According to the "whats going on" section on the home page). Geekhack was a much smaller site back then.

Back in the day some providers assigned you a new IP number for every single page loaded. For ex. AOL did this for modem users. A user being online gets a timeout until he's considered offline. If a user with changing IPs looks at several pages during the timeout period this will result in several different users registered.

That, or a link from a another, popular site. But usually it's the former.

cmr · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 04 February 2009, 17:35:56 »

that's a thursday!

i'm not going to be awake at 9am on a thursday!

lam47 · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 04 February 2009, 17:40:37 »

Its my girlfriends birthday.

iMav · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 04 February 2009, 19:26:05 »

I'm game. It will be interesting to see if we can do it.

I think the search engine web crawlers went crazy that day. But I think we have enough regular users and lurkers to easily break it.

wellington1869 · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 04 February 2009, 19:43:49 »

want to take bets on how many show? Person closest to it wins a t-shirt? (lol, I keep putting imav on the spot to give away t-shirts). But for the fun of it, my bet is 70.

Haruko · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 09 February 2009, 05:36:23 »

I will be on at that time!

itlnstln · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 09 February 2009, 07:03:30 »

Since 3/12 is a Thursday, I will be logged in as usual since I will be at work.

wellington1869 · « **Reply #8 on:** Sun, 22 February 2009, 18:03:14 »

its coming up!

bigpook · « **Reply #9 on:** Sun, 22 February 2009, 18:15:40 »

I will try to be there, it will be cool...

wellington1869 · « **Reply #10 on:** Sun, 22 February 2009, 21:26:03 »

yoda says, try not, do!

FKSSR · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 05 March 2009, 13:11:50 »

I'll be here!

wellington1869 · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 05 March 2009, 13:27:57 »

its coming up!

zwmalone · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 05 March 2009, 15:26:09 »

I'll try to be here but I'll have to find a suitable proxy that isn't blocked (Or make on myself) (I'll be at school). It's 3 days before my birthday

wheel83 · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 05 March 2009, 15:42:03 »

i'll be here as usual.

bigpook · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 05 March 2009, 18:08:00 »

Quote from: wellington1869;22448

yoda says, try not, do!

Ok,ok. I will do. Not try : )

ozar · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 05 March 2009, 19:57:51 »

Barring any sudden illness or accident, I plan to be here for the big event.

wellington1869 · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 09 March 2009, 23:57:18 »

its coming up!

Chloe · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue, 10 March 2009, 06:48:23 »

I forgot about this.

itlnstln · « **Reply #19 on:** Tue, 10 March 2009, 06:50:37 »

I'll be logged in all day since I will be at work, so I will be here for sure.

xsphat · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 01:54:31 »

Quote from: itlnstln;24008

I'll be logged in all day since I will be at work, so I will be here for sure.

That's what I'll have to do because I would rather give head than get up before 9 in the morning.

itlnstln · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 06:46:40 »

Quote from: xsphat;24085

That's what I'll have to do because I would rather give head than get up before 9 in the morning.

Me too, but I am at work by 6 a.m. and I leave at 5 p.m. or later. Corporate life sucks.

At least I get plenty of time to use some fine keyboards.

Biggs · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 11:38:03 »

I'm in.

iMav · « **Reply #23 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 12:02:03 »

Quote from: xsphat;24085

That's what I'll have to do because I would rather give head than get up before 9 in the morning.

I typically get up at 5am for my morning workout. (but I also hit the sack well before 10pm at night)

ozar · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 12:22:32 »

I've got classes most of tomorrow but will be here after that.

wellington1869 · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 12:44:54 »

Quote from: ozar;24113

I've got classes most of tomorrow but will be here after that.

ozar but you have to be logged in at 9:07 AM new york time! (everyone has to be on at once else the record wont be broken!)
you can look up what that means for your local time here:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=12&year=2009&hour=9&min=0&sec=0&p1=179

xsphat · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 12:48:41 »

Quote from: iMav;24111

I typically get up at 5am for my morning workout. (but I also hit the sack well before 10pm at night)

Yeah, our schedules don't quite match up. I go to be an hour before you get up and I'm usually still at work around 10.

itlnstln · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 13:02:36 »

I just realized that Wellington has more posts than iMav. That's breaking some kind of record, isn't it? I mean, iMav has had a 14 month head start (you know, since he started the site). XsPhat is still leading, but I give it another, oh, 20 minutes, and Wellington will have overtaken him.

iMav · « **Reply #28 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 13:20:16 »

Quote from: itlnstln;24117

I just realized that Wellington has more posts than iMav. That's breaking some kind of record, isn't it? I mean, iMav has had a 14 month head start (you know, since he started the site). XsPhat is still leading, but I give it another, oh, 20 minutes, and Wellington will have overtaken him.

Wellington is a posting mad man. Good for him! (and the site in general)

xsphat · « **Reply #29 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 13:21:06 »

Quote from: itlnstln;24117

XsPhat is still leading, but I give it another, oh, 20 minutes, and Wellington will have overtaken him.

Yeah I don't know how that happened. I've been staying away in the hope that someone would beat me.

itlnstln · « **Reply #30 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 13:23:40 »

You also took like a two month hiatus somewhere in there, too.

wellington1869 · « **Reply #31 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 15:36:04 »

Quote from: itlnstln;24117

I just realized that Wellington has more posts than iMav. That's breaking some kind of record, isn't it? I mean, iMav has had a 14 month head start (you know, since he started the site). XsPhat is still leading, but I give it another, oh, 20 minutes, and Wellington will have overtaken him.

lol, dont worry i'm planning a hiatus too. I dont have any more keyboards to buy! (For a while anyway)

itlnstln · « **Reply #32 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 15:40:01 »

For how long? Half an hour?

I am about to go on a little Cherry 'board spree. I think I might get myself a Filco with brown Cherrys (pending on what member Majestouch can get) and a G80-3000 with blues. I even found a source for G80-3000s with browns, so I might get one of those, too. I like the Alps 'boards a lot, but it's time to expand my horizons a bit. It's a little easier to do now w/o a fiancee in the mix.

iMav · « **Reply #33 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 15:48:56 »

Quote from: wellington1869;24144

lol, dont worry i'm planning a hiatus too. I dont have any more keyboards to buy! (For a while anyway)

Are you sure? Those HHKB Pro 2 prices are FALLING!

itlnstln · « **Reply #34 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 15:58:45 »

Quote from: iMav;24147

Are you sure? Those HHKB Pro 2 prices are FALLING!

This was on the short list, but I am hedging now. The layout doesn't appeal to me, but I heard the switches on the HHKB are better than those on the full-layout Realforce (that, I would want all the switches to be of the same force). Chloe wasn't too excited about it either (not that she is the ultimate authority, but I greatly respect her wisdom and opinions), and without one to try, I will have to pass for a while. Besides, I can get 2-3 of the Cherry 'boards I am looking at for the price of one of the Topres.

wheel83 · « **Reply #35 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 16:07:42 »

i dont like the fact that the backspace button is so close to enter on the hhkb. if it werent for that, i would own one definitely. but im not a good typer, and making that kind of mistake could be costly. especially texting someone haha

ozar · « **Reply #36 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 17:05:52 »

Quote from: wellington1869;24115

ozar but you have to be logged in at 9:07 AM new york time! (everyone has to be on at once else the record wont be broken!)
you can look up what that means for your local time here:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=12&year=2009&hour=9&min=0&sec=0&p1=179

I could log in and then go to class, but I figure the forum software will log me out automatically before the proposed 9:07 AM target.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #37 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 17:30:43 »

I had a pretty good head start on him too, right?

xsphat · « **Reply #38 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 17:31:37 »

the HHKB price drop happened because i bought one.

wheel83 · « **Reply #39 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 21:19:33 »

lets beat the record !

FKSSR · « **Reply #40 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 21:39:39 »

I never looked at your post counts before. Wow!

zwmalone · « **Reply #41 on:** Wed, 11 March 2009, 21:45:02 »

Two hour delay

I'll definitely be here (Maybe not here (probably sleeping

) but logged in)

bhtooefr · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu, 12 March 2009, 00:28:07 »

But it's based on activity in the last 15 minutes.

Hmm.

Maybe I can set a bot to fire at 9:07.

lal · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu, 12 March 2009, 07:54:36 »

Well over ten minutes left. Where is everybody? And did you know that the record has been broken already two weeks ago?

Quote

Most users ever online was 67, 2 Weeks Ago at 15:15.

bigpook · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu, 12 March 2009, 08:03:11 »

I am checking in....3/12-------9:04

wellington1869 · « **Reply #45 on:** Thu, 12 March 2009, 08:04:13 »

checking in... we're at 40 with 3 minutes to go!

itlnstln · « **Reply #46 on:** Thu, 12 March 2009, 08:05:42 »

Present.

zwmalone · « **Reply #47 on:** Thu, 12 March 2009, 08:06:40 »

Also here.

FKSSR · « **Reply #48 on:** Thu, 12 March 2009, 08:06:48 »

I'm here! Wooooo!

itlnstln · « **Reply #49 on:** Thu, 12 March 2009, 08:06:56 »

I bet people are going to forget that it's 9:07 EDT.

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Author Topic: march 12th 2008 9:07AM - time to break the record. (Read 7351 times)