# Contest: predict how many posts will ultimately be made in this thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 20, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807 "2010-12-20T06:05:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/101 "2011-07-10T04:07:11Z")
Well, I dunno about the final post count, but the thread should go at least to page three… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/102 "2011-07-10T04:54:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Well, I dunno about the final post count, but the thread should go at least to page three… Page three for whom? You know everybody has the option to set how many posts appear on a page, right? With my settings, for example, page 3 starts with post 401, which is a long way off! ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/103 "2011-07-11T04:47:48Z")
> [@iamnotbatman](#): > > Rules: > > [ul] > [li]The OP is post #1.[/li]**[li]Each person is allowed 1 vote.**[/li][li]Anyone breaking the SMDB rules/guidelines in trying to get this thread to close at some # of posts does so at their own risk![/li][li]Moderators are allowed to vote, but closing the thread in order to win would be… frowned upon.[/li][/ul] Bolding Mine [quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:99, topic:564807”] This would be more interesting if you were only allowed to make guesses at least ten posts after your last contribution to the thread. In that vein, I’m going for post #110. [/QUOTE] If we’re changing the rules now, this thread could go on for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/104 "2011-07-11T11:23:03Z")
Yes it could. 104. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/105 "2011-07-11T13:27:55Z")
Maybe even, oh, I don’t know… 105? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/106 "2011-07-18T19:09:23Z")
Was 1 week our limit on time? If so, we passed it and the answer is 105. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/107 "2011-07-18T19:13:11Z")
There was no such rule!! 107! ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/108 "2011-07-20T14:34:19Z")
has anyone guessed 181? If not that’s my guess. For some reason this thread reminds me of the Ackerman Function see > **[Ackermann function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_function)** > > In computability theory, the Ackermann function, named after Wilhelm Ackermann, is one of the simplest and earliest-discovered examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive. All primitive recursive functions are total and computable, but the Ackermann function illustrates that not all total computable functions are primitive recursive. After Ackermann's publication of his function (which had three non-negative integer arguments), many authors modified it to suit v Its v... for some cool graphs, even if you aren’t into computational theory… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/109 "2011-07-20T15:30:03Z")
Can you explain the Ackerman Function in some human language? 1. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/110 "2011-07-20T15:55:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Can you explain the Ackerman Function in some human language? > > 1. 1. Ackerman Function 2. 181 3. . . . 4. Profit! ! ! I realize now that I should have limited myself to one guess, so I am going back to the first one I entered: 127. What’s the prize again? and how old does a thread have to be in order to be declared a zombie? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/111 "2011-07-20T22:54:25Z")
I think the OP need to revive it and declare a winner with at least a month of no posts. The winning count should also include the OP’s winning declaration post. In that spirit, I give you … 114! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/112 "2011-07-21T02:21:17Z")
Well, probably not 112. I’ll give you that. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/113 "2011-07-21T02:38:56Z")
Indeed. It’s now at 113, which coincidentally was the course number for my freshman English class in college. And my room number was 114, which will correspond to the next post. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/114 "2011-07-21T18:23:45Z")
Yes, I suppose it will. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/115 "2011-07-21T18:32:43Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I think the OP need to revive it and declare a winner with at least a month of no posts. > > The winning count should also include the OP’s winning declaration post. > > In that spirit, I give you … 114! +1 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/116 "2011-07-21T18:34:27Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > +1 Oops. That’s what I get for leaving the window open. 116. Although that doesn’t include the congratulatory post, which would make it 117. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/117 "2011-07-21T19:14:23Z")
159 ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/118 "2011-07-21T19:47:37Z")
[118](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tGXlFQtXTkI/TdVnr-60YkI/AAAAAAAAAas/W0vwLfmLTqk/s1600/fingers-crossed.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/119 "2011-07-26T15:42:20Z")
120 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807/120 "2011-07-26T17:07:00Z")
I could definitely see this thread going up to post 120. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807.md?page=7)