Did you notice the sudden jump from 29.999.950 to 30,000,026?

[uppityperson]

Must've been a lot of people trying to time it juuusssttttt right.

[Duer 157099]

1. Yeah -- and the servers froze for a few seconds too n/t

[MissB]

2. Goodness knows I missed.

Badly. :rofl:

[uppityperson]

4. Me too, picturing DUers all over, post is ready, waiting, waiting, the # progression slows down

then blammo

[orleans]

3. yeah, well, now that i know that moment is over...i can't think of

anything else inane to post. i'll just post here what i was posting:
i don't know but i'm just posting here to try to win the 30,000,000 post prize! n/t

[Rude Horner]

5. I know I was trying to time it juuuuuusssstttt right :)

Since I haven't been informed of my two week all expenses paid vacation prize from DU yet, I'll assume that I didn't win. So now, I'm going to sit here with my finger on the mouse button, trying to time it just right for the 40 millionth post. Dammit, I'm winnin' that one! :)

[EST]

6. Guess I must be over tired-true-

but I just can't get much steam worked up over the numerology angle represented by numbers of posts.

Party pooper, wet blanket, me-poor, poor pitiful me.

[bahrbearian]

7. Lets demand a recount.

[L. Coyote]

8. I saw the refresh at 30,000,011 after posting this:

ABRAMOFF Scandal: J. Steven Griles Ordered to Prison, Highest-Ranked Bush Administration Convict
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1198838

I may have nailed it!

[Strawman]

9. I saw it jump from 29,999,993 to 30,000,015 in a couple seconds

[TwilightGardener]

11. I wonder if they're unable to pinpoint the 30,000,000th one?

[Duer 157099]

13. That's what I was thinking too

No doubt there was a massive flood right at that moment

[Strawman]

15. or maybe they're debating what should count

cuz the actual 30 millionth wasn't all that substantive (like my rapid fire one word efforts right around magic time).

Hey... posts are posts. It was a contest. All that matters is that post number stamp.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

21. It's A Database, So I Have No Doubt They Can Pinpoint It. Wonder Who The Lucky DU'er Is?

[kirby]

10. Enlighten me?

Where/How do you tell the message number? I looked at the URL of the Permalink and such but thats not it. I'm obviously missing this feature.

[Rude Horner]

12. Well, if you go to DU's homepage

the total post count is on there. Just click refresh and you'll get the latest numbers, along with the number of members.

Edit: It's up at the top of the page, on the right hand side.

[kirby]

19. Oh okay..

I was looking for something on each message. I guess there is only a summary.

Thanks for answering me.

[Rude Horner]

22. Happy to help.

:)

[saracat]

14. Everyone trying to win!

[Auggie]

16. Just for a free t-shirt? Gee...

[saracat]

18. Some people are like that!

[kirby]

20. Good things bead necklaces weren't involved! n/t

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

17. I cannot believe that I was one of them.

I've never paid attention before, but for some unknown reason I tried to join in.

:hide:

[Hosnon]

23. Nope...wasn't around for the 29th post.

And I didn't know there were such a thing as fractions of a post:)