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This is my 200th post! Hooray! Let's celebrate everyone's achievements here.

Yes!

Kai Laddiman wrote:This is my 200th post! Hooray! Let's celebrate everyone's achievements here.

Speaking of posts and celebrations, the forum has now passed the 20,000 mark, with the 20,000th post being (if I have got this right):

Jon Corby wrote:

Julie T wrote:

Jon Corby wrote: I personally think you should find some software which will gradually morph the picture of D&C into one of J&R between these dates.

Brilloiant idea, Jon even if you were joking. Maybe you could find the software?

I Googled 'morph' and found this, which I think should be used for the presenter-less period between 12/12 and 12/1:

Joseph Bolas wrote:the forum has now passed the 20,000 mark, with the 20,000th post being (if I have got this right)...

I presume you've already checked whether the first ever post had an id of p=0 or p=1 in the URL?

Matt Morrison wrote:

Joseph Bolas wrote:the forum has now passed the 20,000 mark, with the 20,000th post being (if I have got this right)...

I presume you've already checked whether the first ever post had an id of p=0 or p=1 in the URL?

Nope actually, but after checking I can only find p=2.

Joseph Bolas wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:

Joseph Bolas wrote:the forum has now passed the 20,000 mark, with the 20,000th post being (if I have got this right)...

I presume you've already checked whether the first ever post had an id of p=0 or p=1 in the URL?

Nope actually, but after checking I can only find p=2.

Sounds like you're going to have to ask Charlie for some sort of confirmation then, if you really care!
I expect the first message (or two messages) were "Hello World" type test messages that probably got deleted.

Once again, I'll rap this.

"Kai, you're a great guy!"

Keep posting and enlightening us with your excellent humor!

Matt Morrison wrote:

Joseph Bolas wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:I presume you've already checked whether the first ever post had an id of p=0 or p=1 in the URL?

Nope actually, but after checking I can only find p=2.

Sounds like you're going to have to ask Charlie for some sort of confirmation then, if you really care!
I expect the first message (or two messages) were "Hello World" type test messages that probably got deleted.

I think they would've been test messages to see if everything in the forum was working.

Joseph Bolas wrote:I think they would've been test messages to see if everything in the forum was working.

I just said that Joseph! The "Hello World" reference is a geeky thing - usually the first program a programmer ever writes simply displays "Hello World!" on screen - it's also often used as the first ever message on a forum, text to fill the gaps when making a webpage etc. etc... Wikipedia entry

Matt Morrison wrote:

Joseph Bolas wrote:I think they would've been test messages to see if everything in the forum was working.

I just said that Joseph! The "Hello World" reference is a geeky thing - usually the first program a programmer ever writes simply displays "Hello World!" on screen - it's also often used as the first ever message on a forum, text to fill the gaps when making a webpage etc. etc... Wikipedia entry

I remember that "Hello world" exercise well. It certainly was the first programme I wrote when first dabbling in C having spent a decade or two using earlier languages. I didn't write that in 1974, the date it first appeared as given in that Wiki link, but it wasn't long after.

Howard Somerset wrote:I remember that "Hello world" exercise well. It certainly was the first programme I wrote when first dabbling in C having spent a decade or two using earlier languages. I didn't write that in 1974, the date it first appeared as given in that Wiki link, but it wasn't long after.

I'm pretty sure that "hello, world" was the first BCPL program I wrote, though I can't now remember if it appears in Martin Richards' BCPL book which predates Ritchie's The C Programming Language by some years. It was certainly the first C program I wrote. It's deceptively non-trivial. In the case of C, and if you do it properly, it teaches you how to include a header file, what the standard I/O header is called and why you need it, how to structure a program, how to define the main() function, what its arguments are and how they need to be declared, how to print to the standard output, what a string constant looks like and how to embed a newline character in one, etc. It's a good exercise.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Howard Somerset wrote:I remember that "Hello world" exercise well. It certainly was the first programme I wrote when first dabbling in C having spent a decade or two using earlier languages. I didn't write that in 1974, the date it first appeared as given in that Wiki link, but it wasn't long after.

I'm pretty sure that "hello, world" was the first BCPL program I wrote, though I can't now remember if it appears in Martin Richards' BCPL book which predates Ritchie's The C Programming Language by some years. It was certainly the first C program I wrote. It's deceptively non-trivial. In the case of C, and if you do it properly, it teaches you how to include a header file, what the standard I/O header is called and why you need it, how to structure a program, how to define the main() function, what its arguments are and how they need to be declared, how to print to the standard output, what a string constant looks like and how to embed a newline character in one, etc. It's a good exercise.

Um, we don't care too much computer technology, especially as this is 'Celebrations'.

Kai Laddiman wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Howard Somerset wrote:I remember that "Hello world" exercise well. It certainly was the first programme I wrote when first dabbling in C having spent a decade or two using earlier languages. I didn't write that in 1974, the date it first appeared as given in that Wiki link, but it wasn't long after.

I'm pretty sure that "hello, world" was the first BCPL program I wrote, though I can't now remember if it appears in Martin Richards' BCPL book which predates Ritchie's The C Programming Language by some years. It was certainly the first C program I wrote. It's deceptively non-trivial. In the case of C, and if you do it properly, it teaches you how to include a header file, what the standard I/O header is called and why you need it, how to structure a program, how to define the main() function, what its arguments are and how they need to be declared, how to print to the standard output, what a string constant looks like and how to embed a newline character in one, etc. It's a good exercise.

Um, we don't care too much computer technology, especially as this is 'Celebrations'.

Pipe down you, we love computer technology in this thread.

My first program (on the ZX Spectrum) was

10 PRINT "BEN IS ACE"
20 GOTO 10

Kai Laddiman wrote:Um, we don't care too much computer technology, especially as this is 'Celebrations'.

Shouldn't you be at school?

Matt Morrison wrote:

Joseph Bolas wrote:I think they would've been test messages to see if everything in the forum was working.

I just said that Joseph!

I know you said that Matt, I was agreeing with your post

Kai Laddiman wrote:Um, we don't care too much computer technology, especially as this is 'Celebrations'.

I'm pretty sure learning C is more worthy of celebration than, say, making 200 posts on a Countdown message board.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Kai Laddiman wrote:Um, we don't care too much computer technology, especially as this is 'Celebrations'.

Shouldn't you be at school?

Did your school not have break times?

Kai Laddiman wrote:school

Purely out of interest Kai, have your appearances on Countdown made you more popular or more ridiculed at school?
I hope the former but I wouldn't be surprised by the latter.
I mean the kids of course, I have no doubt the teachers are mighty proud!

Kai Laddiman wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote:Shouldn't you be at school?

Did your school not have break times?

Yes. They were periods of the day when we had to go and stand outside and be tortured by passing bullies. Not to be confused with "Games", which was a somewhat longer period once a week where we had to go outside and be tortured by one of the more particularly sadistic bullies, called Mr. Jones.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Kai Laddiman wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote:Shouldn't you be at school?

Did your school not have break times?

Yes. They were periods of the day when we had to go and stand outside and be tortured by passing bullies. Not to be confused with "Games", which was a somewhat longer period once a week where we had to go outside and be tortured by one of the more particularly sadistic bullies, called Mr. Jones.

Was this Mr Jones Welsh? All PE teachers seem to be Welsh.

Michael Wallace wrote:Was this Mr Jones Welsh? All PE teachers seem to be Welsh.

Yes. Mind you, the school was in Wales, so I expect his being Welsh was statistically likelier than it might otherwise have been. Just to keep this subthread on-topic, I heard recently he'd died.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Michael Wallace wrote:Was this Mr Jones Welsh? All PE teachers seem to be Welsh.

Yes. Mind you, the school was in Wales, so I expect his being Welsh was statistically likelier than it might otherwise have been. Just to keep this subthread on-topic, I heard recently he'd died.

That's a trifle harsh to label that a celebration.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Michael Wallace wrote:Was this Mr Jones Welsh? All PE teachers seem to be Welsh.

Just to keep this subthread on-topic, I heard recently he'd died.

That's a trifle harsh to label that a celebration.

Harsh but fair, as the man himself used to say while whipping me across the back of my bare legs with a willow switch for the crime of being at the back of the pack during a cross-country run, or "teaching" me to swim by making me stand at the tip of the springboard over the deep end of the pool, with two dozen other jeering kids looking on, and prodding me with one of those long-handled nets until I lost my balance and fell in. I also recall him getting other boys to yell in chorus "Reynolds is a fairy" at me when I dropped the ball in rugby. Happy days.

I fibbed for the sake of a cheap gag when I said he'd died recently; he actually pegged it about 20 years ago. But recalling him now does make me think what a shame that there's no such thing as Hell, as otherwise I could picture him rotting in it.

Anyway, back to the genuine celebrations. Party time! Who's been to Iceland?

Phil Reynolds wrote: Anyway, back to the genuine celebrations. Party time! Who's been to Iceland?

Me recently actually - although Aldi was cheaper.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote:Who's been to Iceland?

Me recently actually - although Aldi was cheaper.

Well let that be a lesson to you. Aldi's ads are a lot classier too. Honestly, it's been the bane of this year's I'm a Celeb, having to sit through endless promos telling us to "Party like a celeb" accompanied by shots of Biggins, Katona and a room full of other people who look oddly unfamiliar.

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here aka. Iceland Advert Idol

Matt Morrison wrote:

Kai Laddiman wrote:school

Purely out of interest Kai, have your appearances on Countdown made you more popular or more ridiculed at school?
I hope the former but I wouldn't be surprised by the latter.
I mean the kids of course, I have no doubt the teachers are mighty proud!

Obviously the first one.

Kai Laddiman wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote: Purely out of interest Kai, have your appearances on Countdown made you more popular or more ridiculed at school?
I hope the former but I wouldn't be surprised by the latter.
I mean the kids of course, I have no doubt the teachers are mighty proud!

Obviously the first one.

Sounds like a good school...

Hi, Kai!

I haven't been online in quite some time because my connection has been down!

How are you?

Jason Larsen wrote:Hi, Kai!

I haven't been online in quite some time because my connection has been down!

How are you?

Hi, Jason! I am great (as in feeling great).

Very good, Kai!

Congratulations, Charlie, on 2000th post! And Joseph only needs 2 more!

Celebrations? Pah, I prefer Quality Street myself.

Kirk Bevins wrote:Celebrations? Pah, I prefer Quality Street myself.

Heroes? Or Hallelujah?

I made the 23,000th post on the forum! Hooray!

Congratulations, Charlie!

After securing victory over Peter Sheehy last night on the final numbers game...

...I celebrated by punching the air.

Congratulations to apterous, which had its 20,000th game today!

Congratulations!

Charlie Reams wrote:Congratulations to apterous, which had its 20,000th game today!

Impressive stuff indeed.

Very well done to Tom Chafer-Cook

Congratulations again!

Any guesses Charlie on how long it will take to get to 30,000 games

WOOO!!! 500!!! WWHHOO'SS TTHHEE DDAADDDDYY??

Maybe you will be when you get older, Kai!

Welcome Colin Robinson, our 750th forumite!

Just imagine all the brouhaha there would be if his name was actually Colin Mochrie!

Jason Larsen wrote:Just imagine all the brouhaha there would be if his name was actually Colin Mochrie!

I'm having difficulty imagining this, please elucidate.

Jon Corby wrote:

Jason Larsen wrote:Just imagine all the brouhaha there would be if his name was actually Colin Mochrie!

I'm having difficulty imagining this, please elucidate.

http://www.colinmochrie.com/index.cfm
I imagine it would be a bit surprising if Mr. Mochrie registered on here.
Incidentally, do you have one of those 'word a day' calendars? I'm sure my friend told me yesterday's word was 'elucidate'.

Yes, Neil!

Colin Mochrie is the British-born Canadian comedian who worked with Clive Anderson and Drew Carey on Whose Line is it Anyway.

Neil Zussman wrote:Incidentally, do you have one of those 'word a day' calendars? I'm sure my friend told me yesterday's word was 'elucidate'.

Sort of. Today's word was "Wednesday".

Neil Zussman wrote:I imagine it would be a bit surprising if Mr. Mochrie registered on here.
Incidentally, do you have one of those 'word a day' calendars? I'm sure my friend told me yesterday's word was 'elucidate'.

ELUCIDATE is the word of the day, today, going by Dictionary.com at least

Ok, everyone! I've got a good joke!

It would be a Moch-a-rie if Colin Mochrie did register to the Countdown forum, and if it was "Drew Carey-ed over" to the next level here, then we'd all be crazy!

W00t! 1000 posts!

Kai Laddiman wrote:W00t! 1000 posts!

IAWTP.

(Er, sorry my 1000th post was such a dud.)

I wrote:This is my 200th post! Hooray! Let's celebrate everyone's achievements here.

1000 later...

Very nice, Kai!

Hi, Kai!

You like Jon Corby, don't you?

A major milestone!

Very nice!