Pick a number....

Having decided to while away a lazy afternoon, I've been exercising my HTML automation skills :)

So here you are, the collective ramblings of the top 10 posters on cprog.com, which counts for about 14% of the total messages on this board.

Who are they?
What do they say?
Where do they say it?

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1409 C++ Programming
 3079 C Programming
    2 C# Programming
  14 Game Programming
    6 FAQ Board
  20 Windows Programming
  111 DOS Programming
  139 Linux Programming
  56 Tech Board
  103 General Discussions
    1 Contests Board
  119 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
  5527 total for Salem

  348 C++ Programming
  286 C Programming
  17 C# Programming
  26 Game Programming
    1 FAQ Board
  26 Windows Programming
    6 DOS Programming
  16 Linux Programming
  15 Tech Board
  936 General Discussions
    1 Contests Board
 1835 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 3936 total for Govtcheez

  758 C++ Programming
  318 C Programming
  13 C# Programming
  33 Game Programming
    3 FAQ Board
  751 Windows Programming
  11 DOS Programming
    8 Linux Programming
  35 Tech Board
  326 General Discussions
    3 Contests Board
 1132 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 3585 total for Fordy

 1315 C++ Programming
 1664 C Programming
    4 C# Programming
  19 Game Programming
    6 FAQ Board
    0 Windows Programming
    1 DOS Programming
    9 Linux Programming
    3 Tech Board
  278 General Discussions
    2 Contests Board
  187 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 3517 total for Prelude

  490 C++ Programming
 1737 C Programming
    0 C# Programming
  22 Game Programming
    4 FAQ Board
  37 Windows Programming
  12 DOS Programming
  42 Linux Programming
  63 Tech Board
  531 General Discussions
    8 Contests Board
  78 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 3290 total for Hammer

  50 C++ Programming
  151 C Programming
  51 C# Programming
  17 Game Programming
    2 FAQ Board
  286 Windows Programming
    6 DOS Programming
    6 Linux Programming
    1 Tech Board
  383 General Discussions
    4 Contests Board
 1291 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 2342 total for -KEN-

  218 C++ Programming
  79 C Programming
    2 C# Programming
  85 Game Programming
    3 FAQ Board
    0 Windows Programming
  56 DOS Programming
    1 Linux Programming
    1 Tech Board
  186 General Discussions
    3 Contests Board
 1486 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 2288 total for doubleanti

  147 C++ Programming
 1976 C Programming
  20 C# Programming
    1 Game Programming
  11 FAQ Board
    0 Windows Programming
    0 DOS Programming
    1 Linux Programming
    1 Tech Board
    5 General Discussions
    0 Contests Board
    4 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 2196 total for quzah

  338 C++ Programming
  97 C Programming
    0 C# Programming
    1 Game Programming
    4 FAQ Board
  389 Windows Programming
    0 DOS Programming
    1 Linux Programming
    9 Tech Board
  313 General Discussions
    0 Contests Board
  556 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 2048 total for adrianxw

  338 C++ Programming
  152 C Programming
    1 C# Programming
    4 Game Programming
    3 FAQ Board
    1 Windows Programming
    3 DOS Programming
  17 Linux Programming
  21 Tech Board
  662 General Discussions
  146 Contests Board
  519 A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
 1964 total for ygfperson

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Note: This does not count the messages on the hidden boards, in case you're wondering why the totals do not match those here

howdy,
the scary thing is some of these folks also have a couple of thousand posts on FD. ;)
my god man where do they find the time???

M.R.

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Note: This does not count the messages on the hidden boards, in case you're wondering why the totals do not match those here

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What are hidden boards?

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Originally posted by ammar
What are hidden boards?

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http://www.cprogramming.com/cboard/f... BE REVEALED!!

http://www.cprogramming.com/cboard/f...&forumid=NEVER

http://www.cprogramming.com/cboard/f...WSFORSACRAFICE



Edit (KERMI3):
NO ONE SHALL NO THE SECRETS! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA. PREPARE FOR THE SACRAFICE!!!

nooooooo!! Fordy! How could you?? Those were secret!!! Way to ruin our fun...

I didn't know about them!
What's the use if them!?

howdy,
if you dont know these private forum exist then you don;t WANT to know what goes on there.
things like
right wing wacko conspiracies
left wing wacko conspiracies
sub-inteligent orgies
i think you get the idea.

M.R.

Yea, kermi3 is a really creepy guy, hes probably in there sacraficing newbies....aren't you?!!!

Did you write a program to parse output of HTML from the board to calculate that? Was it all requested manually? Was it written in C?

> Did you write a program to parse output of HTML from the board to calculate that?
Not as such - just a bit of regular expression matching using AWK (Perl without the steroids to you)

> Was it all requested manually?
Not a chance - the whole thing is
curl to grab web pages
awk to extract the info
bash to glue it all together

It's all about the average number of posts per day, wich is about
8 for everyone of those top ten posters, not a that high number
is it? 8 posts per day? it's just that they have been a member for
a loooong time.

crap mines like 14.86, i need a life

10+ posts a day for more than 2 months membership = obsession in my book.

Take a break from this place, man! hehe.. you need to find some other more productive things to do.

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Originally posted by RoD
crap mines like 14.86, i need a life

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LOL

You are just helping out the community a lot, think of it that way, it will make you feel better.

Thats a pretty cool script Salem, how long did it take to run for those top 10 posters?

lol its not obsession, i browse cprog while i do other things.

> You are just helping out the community a lot, think of it that way, it will make you feel better.
> "14 posts per day"
The people who do that in the C or C++ forums, that says alot to me, not GD or Tech Board.

Sometimes i post in the others, usually only when i need help. Think of it this way, if i was in the mood for total programming, thats what i'd be doing.

Heh...for all Preludes' genius she still can't handle windows programming, it seems :: pokepokepoke ::

;)

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Originally posted by -KEN-
Heh...for all Preludes' genius she still can't handle windows programming, it seems :: pokepokepoke ::

;)

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Translation: PLZ KILL ME PRELUDE, PELEEEAAAASEEE!!!

Prelude would never do such a thing...afterall, she can't get her hands dirty like that. First she'd hire Bassilisk to push me down her stairs, and then she'd publicize it as a tragic "accident".

::looks around:: I'm on to you, Prelude! ::ducks into corner::

howdy,
i'm putting my money on Prelude and Bassy.

M.R.

I'm jus staying outta preludes way when she sees this thread, shes going to kick some ass and i don't want mine to be one of em......or do i......

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Originally posted by RoD
I'm jus staying outta preludes way when she sees this thread, shes going to kick some ass and i don't want mine to be one of em......or do i......

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I doubt she'll even take a look in this thread, What's this thread
about anyway? Okay so some people are a member for a long time so? Of course it's an impressive post count some people have so? [/pain in the ass mode]

i don't pay attention to post counts

Does she suck at WinAPI then? You mean to say there is a chink in Prelude's armour? That the code goddess isn't quite so divine?

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Originally posted by RoD
i don't pay attention to post counts

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Noone should, of course if you have 400 you can finally change
that damn senior member crap.

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Originally posted by minesweeper
That the code goddess isn't quite so divine?

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Hm, When did you all got such a impression of Prelude?
Must have missed it. Not that she's bad or something, but you're
treating her as a godess! (of course she is among females)

RoD, you registered like 4 months ago and already you're in the top ten posters.

Just wanted to point that out. Notice this post have no punch line ;)

howdy,
Prelude is one of the best programmer i have run into on these boards, the fact that she takes the time to help us out is grounds for worship.

M.R.

>>Prelude is one of the best programmer i have run into on these boards, the fact that she takes the time to help us out is grounds for worship.<<

here here.

Don't whe all help each other out? i hope:(

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Originally posted by Travis Dane
Don't whe all help each other out? i hope:(

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Sure, but there's a great big distinction between getting help from most of the members, or Prelude. :)

>>RoD, you registered like 4 months ago and already you're in the top ten posters.

That is pretty sad; plus, only 153 of your posts are in the programming boards.

>>Sure, but there's a great big distinction between getting help from most of the members, or Prelude.<<

Yeah there are definitely some members who give much more than they take....Prelude, Hammer, Salem, Fordy, Quzah, PolyOOP, adrianxw, nvoight...... to name some.

>Yeah there are definitely some members who give much more than they take....Prelude, Hammer, Salem, Fordy, Quzah, PolyOOP, adrianxw, nvoight...... to name some.<

You forgot fuh. I've not seen any of the aforementioned names selflessly volunteering useful 'newbie' information such as fuh has provided.

>>You forgot fuh. I've not seen any of the aforementioned names selflessly volunteering useful 'newbie' information such as fuh has provided.<<

OMG!!! ROFLMAO!!!! I found that hilarious!! Brilliant!!! You're a card!!!

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Originally posted by JoeSixpack
You forgot fuh. I've not seen any of the aforementioned names selflessly volunteering useful 'newbie' information such as fuh has provided.

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That's harsh,really, he's just not so good at programming yet and
still likes to contribute to the board.

He's on the board by the way, hope he sees your posts and kicks
yer arse!:cool:

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Originally posted by Travis Dane
That's harsh,really, he's just not so good at programming yet and
still likes to contribute to the board.

He's on the board by the way, hope he sees your posts and kicks
yer arse!:cool:

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Do you take me for a charlatan? I meant every word I said. I had no idea that fuh was ' not so good at programming yet '. In that case I'll be wary of his posts.

i didn't see my name on that list.....but either way, it tells me i have no life, thnx for the reminder :P

Hey, RoD, I think you're funny, and you create interesting threads, so you wasting your life here is definitely worth sumpin lol

And I bet a good portion of my posts come from the game programming forum (as well as the gd). I wonder who leads each forum? I'm going to try to check that info out...

i'd be shocked if i don't at least come close to leading GD :P


Well at least i'm funny sometimes, thats a plus!