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Started by Spookie Monster, April 10, 2009, 05:43:19 PM

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Spookie Monster

I try to write quality posts.  If I make an observation, I try to ensure that it's a pertinent observation.  If I note a recent discovery or the results of a scientific study, I try to ensure that it's an interesting discovery or study.  If I compose a post for a game, I try to make that post clear, creative, thrilling.  If I argue a point, I try to do so in a calm and reasonable manner.  If I crack a joke, I try to make it funny.  If I tell a story, I try to make it worth listening to.  If I ask a question, I try to make sure that it's a question worth answering.

I try to write quality posts.

For better or for worse, though, I seem unable to write posts in quantity.  Some people seem to rack up the posts -- thousands a year sometimes.  I, in contrast, have accumulated about 575 posts in the last four years.  Though I'm not particularly concerned about this, I do think that my low volume excludes me from posting in "Round numbers" and similar threads.  My own numbers are always less than impressive; I feel as though posting in such threads would only hypocritically pad my total.  It would be like bragging that one was in a band only to then acknowledge that said band was Milli Vanilli.

However, I understand how reaching a certain number of posts can be satisfying, and so for your enjoyment I'd like to offer this thread -- one devoted to square numbers.  A square number, of course, is the product of a number multiplied by itself.  1 is a square number because 1 × 1 = 1.  4 is a square number because 2 × 2 = 4.  9 is a square number because 3 × 3 = 9.  If you've reached a square number of posts, congratulations!  I encourage you to post in this very thread. :-)

For convenience, here's a list of the first one hundred squares of natural numbers:

1
4
9
16
25
36
49
64
81
100
121
144
169
196
225
256
289
324
361
400
441
484
529
576
625
676
729
784
841
900
961
1024
1089
1156
1225
1296
1369
1444
1521
1600
1681
1764
1849
1936
2025
2116
2209
2304
2401
2500
2601
2704
2809
2916
3025
3136
3249
3364
3481
3600
3721
3844
3969
4096
4225
4356
4489
4624
4761
4900
5041
5184
5329
5476
5625
5776
5929
6084
6241
6400
6561
6724
6889
7056
7225
7396
7569
7744
7921
8100
8281
8464
8649
8836
9025
9216
9409
9604
9801
10000

How many posts have you made?

Spel


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#3
Herein lies my 3,844th post; a square number.



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Spookie Monster

Very cool, guys -- many congratulations!

Many thanks, too! :-)

Spel


I'm just counting posts...
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What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you.
What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you. 


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