Web`s biggest Countdown

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Seargent Geek, Jun 23, 2005.

  1. Seargent Geek

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  2. Seargent Geek

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  3. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    I was visiter No.

    0999992948

    :)
     
  4. rainmak3r

    rainmak3r Private E-2

    Not far away ....

    0999992911
     
  5. pdcooper

    pdcooper Staff Sergeant

    0999992905 It's great to one in a billion again, It seems like only yesterday i was concieved, I now feel empowered. ;)
     
  6. Seargent Geek

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  7. goldfish

    goldfish Lt. Sushi.DC

    Taking a while isn't it ? :p
     
  8. steveriv

    steveriv Private E-2

    Ooooooooh 0999992770 :p
     
  9. Seargent Geek

    Seargent Geek Private First Class

    Yeah, pyeah, ohhhhhhhhh, yeah; but patience all over th e place, means

    i was 0999992740 five minutes after steveriv so. 5 min. for 30 counts would mean 360 per hour, means 8640 per day, means around 3160000 or so per year, means : How many years will it take till we can see what our price will be ??

    :D ??
     
  10. WobblesRArt

    WobblesRArt MajorGeek

    0,999,988,685

    and now they have me too
     
  11. MrPewty

    MrPewty MajorGeek

    I am such a dozy git. I thought it was almost there.
    Then when I visited I realised it's counting down. :D :eek:

    Gonna be a while...

    0999988046
     
  12. eric06

    eric06 Sergeant Major

    i'm number:
    0999987434
     
  13. papajoe

    papajoe Private E-2

    (hint: hold down f5) :D
     
  14. moyupae

    moyupae Private E-2

    I think I'll write a small prog-- or maybe find one-- that makes the page refresh every half second. That way every minute it'll count down 120. let's see... 999986000/120.... hm. That'd still take a good number of years. Anyone want to join after I get this working? Maybe I'll set it up on a campus lab with 40 computers in it for a while.
     
  15. Publius

    Publius Sergeant

  16. Pflugerjohn

    Pflugerjohn Private First Class

    Wow, that was FAST!!
     
  17. goldfish

    goldfish Lt. Sushi.DC

    Lol, that was asking for it :D
     
  18. UKARMYCADET

    UKARMYCADET Corporal

    i am 0999261783....
     
  19. Navitronic

    Navitronic Private E-2

    I'm willing to bet that they NEVER get 1,000,000,000 visits. They really should have tried for a more realistic number.

    Even supposing the site were to start receiving 100,000 hits per day, it would still take over 27 years for them to reach their target number of visits.

    Furthermore, the site doesn't even offer any real content or incentive to come back. People are going to become bored of the novelty aspect of the site rather quickly.
     
  20. Navitronic

    Navitronic Private E-2

    Hmm, I should have checked the actual numbers first. Based on the number of visits I saw the site receive in the span of 60 seconds, it looks like the site receives close to 900,000 hits per day. At that rate it would take between 3 and 4 years. However, I still believe that the site will soon be forgotten and that the hits per day will dwindle to well below what they are now.

    I guess we'll have to wait and see.
     
  21. goldfish

    goldfish Lt. Sushi.DC

    You don't necessarily need to come back.. you just need a lot of people to think "ooh, what's this" and click on the link.

    And just to clear up before anyone gets annoyed/confused: 1 billion = 10^9, 1 million = 10^6, 1 thousand = 10^3. This is as opposed to the "traditional"/non-english billion being 10^12.
     
  22. Lenny_sim

    Lenny_sim Private E-2

    well were well on our way

    0999106489 :cool:
     
  23. Navitronic

    Navitronic Private E-2

    When I went to the site again just now, the total number of visits to the site was 916,979. (The counter displayed 999,083,021.)

    This means they couldn't possibly be getting 900,000 hits a day. I should have realized that the number of hits per 60 seconds would fluctuate throughout the day, and not hold steady as is what I assumed.

    I am pretty bored, however, so I'll try to post some more accurate numbers later in the week.
     
  24. Lenny_sim

    Lenny_sim Private E-2

    i wonder what the ultimate goal is for it? wow a billion hits or whatever... so bill gates will give a billion dollars to the starving kiddys in africa or whatever.. now then u would get 900k hits :D
     
  25. Seargent Geek

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  26. Navitronic

    Navitronic Private E-2

    It looks like it actually gets closer to 2,250 hits a day. This thing is doomed to failure.
     
  27. Seargent Geek

    Seargent Geek Private First Class

    Failure for a lifetime :D
     
  28. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    It's currently at 0998890000.
     
  29. Seargent Geek

    Seargent Geek Private First Class

    I guess you gave it up with that little programm.Probably the fees & costs for downloading every single page, exploded your budget ? http://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Didn`t someone mention to stick a piece of paper to the Key F5, and let it run all night ? http://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/eek.gif
     
  30. Seargent Geek

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  31. Sweet Sarnia

    Sweet Sarnia Private E-2

    Currently....

    0998865000
     
    Last edited: Jul 15, 2005
  32. Seargent Geek

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  33. Navitronic

    Navitronic Private E-2

    At 3,000 hits per day, it would take over 900 years for the site to reach one-billion visitors.

    At 10,000 hits per day, it would take over 270 years.

    At 50,000 hits per day, it would take over 50 years.

    At 100,000 hits per day, it would take over 25 years.

    At 500,000 hits per day, it would take over 5 years.


    As of right now, the site receives less than 3,000 hits per day.


    Not that it matters. The site owners probably don't even care about it reaching zero. I never paid much attention to it before, but it's clear that OneBillionVisits.com is just a viral marketing campaign for the Nicotext book publishing company.
     
  34. Brandon

    Brandon controlmind

    i am number:

    0998835727

    controlmind
     
  35. Seargent Geek

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  36. Seargent Geek

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    Over a million in a bit more than a week
     
  37. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    I'll come back in about 20 years to see if it's close to finishing then. :eek: :)
     
  38. Seargent Geek

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  39. Seargent Geek

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  40. UKARMYCADET

    UKARMYCADET Corporal

    0996267433
     
  41. mPK

    mPK Private First Class

    visit this site and leave it open for about 20mins. it'll help the cause :D

    Link
     
  42. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

  43. Fertyop

    Fertyop Corporal

    I am number: 0996265071
     
  44. -Rebel_Raver-

    -Rebel_Raver- Private E-2

    I'm number 0996221220 ALMOST THERE!! lol
     
  45. Seargent Geek

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  46. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

  47. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    'fraid not. It counts down not up :rolleyes:
     
  48. XxMorpheusxX

    XxMorpheusxX Specialist

    0995986480

    lol this is gonna take forever......
     
  49. Seargent Geek

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  50. solaris89

    solaris89 First Sergeant

    Allow me to bring this into proper perspective: assuming the count started when you originaly posted this about 18 months ago, the site averages 251,528 hits per month. If you equate that out to 1 billion hits, it will take 3,976 months to hit that figure assuming they continue to average 251,000 hits per month. 3,976 months = a tad over 331 years; only Joan Rivers will be around to see it, should the botox supply last.;)
     

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