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Bylo and others, 10K, and beyond

Post by Peculiar_Investor »

Just noticed that our illustrious Bylo Selhi has surpassed 9000 posts to FWF. A few questions come to mind.

What is the level beyond Gold Ring and what number of posts are required?

Should we have a contest to guess the date/time of his 10,000th post? By my calculation it will occur in 112.9 days ( 6/6/08 ).
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Congratulations to Bylo. I am new but have enjoyed your posts very much and look forward to many more. Please keep posting. Best wishes from Dejavu
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That's like trying to track moving correlations among stock markets. To wit: 934 posts to go / 8.28 posts a day = 112 days. My own personal Professor Kitzel suggests 85 days (May10), taking into account bylo's standard deviations. 8) And now I'm going to get black-swanned. :roll:
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Post by Shakespeare »

moving correlations
Not to mention a Sysop that has moved the above-gold goalposts at least once. (Sharp eyes may have detected an earlier Bylo promotion that later got removed.) :wink:
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:wink: yep.
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IIRC, the earlier promotion level was 3162 to 3163. That should give the math wizards a bit to chew on. :wink:
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I think they need to add a platinum ring, maybe at 5000
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What? No math wizards have figured out 3162/3163 yet? :lol:
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Ooops......I tuned in because, from the thread title, I thought Bylo had entered a 10K run, and was about to wish him well.

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Shakespeare wrote:What? No math wizards have figured out 3162/3163 yet? :lol:
1000 * srqt(10) -- geometric mean between 1k and 10k
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geometric mean between 1k and 10k
Correct! (I put brackets in at 10, 100, 1000, 5000, and 10000 originally; Norbert changed the 5000 to 3163. I don't know what they are currently set at and will find out with the rest of you. :wink: )
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Nemo2 wrote:Ooops......I tuned in because, from the thread title, I thought Bylo had entered a 10K run, and was about to wish him well.

"I'll come in again..."
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adrian2 wrote:
Shakespeare wrote:What? No math wizards have figured out 3162/3163 yet? :lol:
1000 * srqt(10) -- geometric mean between 1k and 10k
Good quiz :). Its easier for me to visualize by thinking of it as half of a log cycle 10^3.5=3162.28
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augustabound wrote:
Nemo2 wrote:Ooops......I tuned in because, from the thread title, I thought Bylo had entered a 10K run, and was about to wish him well.

"I'll come in again..."
Lol
I thought he was running a race as well, but then again, I recently started running again so I am a little bit obsessed with it at the moment. :lol:
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Instead of starting a new self-congratulatory thread, let me use this one to mark my 2k message and thank everybody who has taught me a thing or too. It was nice being around, hope you did not find my presence (too) annoying.
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I mean this nicely. :lol:

I seem to have snuck up the middle over the weekend. DW didn't give a damn. :roll:
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Congratulations to Bylo for his steadfast attention to the board and adding value whenever he can.
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parvus wrote:Image
Thank you.
parvus wrote:I mean this nicely. :lol:
Would never have thought otherwise of anything you write.
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Meanwhile, I'm very happy to see that overnight I've been lapped by Bruce.

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Not that this is an exclusive club ... but now the highly informed and informative martingale has posted one message past a milestone ... hearty congratulations for making the effort. Image
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Okay, I'm off by four, mebbe five days on the one after 9999. 8)
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Another question to ask is how much has Bylo and his forum and his website saved you?

I'm not a finance professional, but I'm pretty sure that his Canada-specific advice has saved me tens of thousands of dollars over the past few years just in mutual fund MERs alone. I'm glad to contribute back, and we all should be proud that we have the depth of contribution that comes from the likes of Bylo and others. Its definitely improved my standard of living, and that of many people around me, that's for sure.
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Post by couponstrip »

Those are nice words pitz, and I second your appreciation for Bylo's efforts and particular his kind and patient "virtual" demeanour in helping me to learn how to keep more of my invested money for myself. There are many others deserving of this gratitude (albeit not approaching 10,000 posts) including Norbert, Adrian2, Shakespeare, DavidR, Icarus, AltaRed, ghariton, george$, brucecohen (and others), and you too pitz. Thank you all!
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Shakespeare wrote:
geometric mean between 1k and 10k
Correct! (I put brackets in at 10, 100, 1000, 5000, and 10000 originally; Norbert changed the 5000 to 3163. I don't know what they are currently set at and will find out with the rest of you. :wink: )
Well it appears that the answer is Diamond Ring at 10,000!! Congrats Bylo, not only for the quantity but also for the incredible quality of each of these posts.
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Post by WishingWealth »

I'll join the chorus too and issue some well deserved kudos.

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