| One Millionth Visitor is Astonomer at Glasgow University... [message #54662] |
Fri, 29 June 2007 07:34  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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David Fanning writes:
> Yikes! I forgot I was going on a hike early this morning,
> so no time to REALLY report, but the 1 millionth visitor
> is from Glasgow, Scotland:
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> janus.astro.gla.ac.uk
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> Reading the page "ascii_column_data.html."
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> I'll perform my Master's of Ceremonies duties when
> I get back. My wife is already scowling at me. :-(
OK, back from the hike, and I have GOOD NEWS! The
wonderful folks at ITTVIS have offered to provide
valuable prizes for our mystery visitor, IF we can identify
him or her. So, the lucky winner (an astronomer at the University
of Glasgow, to judge from the URL) will get the following
prizes:
1. A free copy of IDL Programming Techniques
2. An IDL coffee carafe
3. An IDL jump drive (of undetermined capacity)
4. An IDL T-shirt signed by the entire IDL team (please
mention your size when you report your identity)
5. Three hours of free IDL consulting via e-mail.
So, who are you? Do any of you astronomy types know
of a colleague at Glasgow University who might qualify?
We can even do this anonymously if accepting prizes from
commercial companies will compromise your integrity with
your colleagues or if you prefer not to have your picture
splashed all over web-dom. :-)
Let me know.
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: One Millionth Visitor [message #54675 is a reply to message #54662] |
Wed, 27 June 2007 12:08  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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hradilv writes:
> How will you know who it is? You're not spying on us, are you
> David? ;-)
Well, uh, that's a bit of a problem, actually. :-(
Coyote's working on a solution that involves identifying
a sequence of letters and numbers pasted in front of
some scantily clad women. I'll have to check with him
to see how that is coming.
Otherwise, I may have to identify the country and let
people identify themselves by telling me what page
they were visiting around about that time, I guess.
When people find out what the big prize is, I'm not sure
there is going to be a huge clamor to be declared the
winner. :-(
But, as I say, we are working on that.
Cheers,
David
P.S. My real fear is that the winner is going to be one of
the 200 or so people a day who download my Oktoberfest page
to ogle the google-searched pretty girl:
http://www.dfanning.com/adventures/munich/oktoberfest.html
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: One Millionth Visitor [message #54678 is a reply to message #54662] |
Wed, 27 June 2007 11:36 |
Vince Hradil
Messages: 574
Registered: December 1999
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On Jun 27, 12:57 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Folks,
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> I am on track to have my one millionth page download, which
> I am considering my one millionth visitor because I have only
> been counting page loads for a year and a half, and if you
> multiply by the 12 years my page has been in business,
> I figure why not? Plus, it's neat and I can easily count it.
>
> Anyway, this is *probably* going to occur sometime in the
> wee hours of the morning, Colorado time, and my guess is
> that someone from China or Singapore is going to be the
> lucky winner of the fabulous prizes still to be donated
> by ITTVIS. (I was hoping for a T-shirt, at least.)
>
> It could, possibly, be someone from Australia, in which
> case, I am donating three days worth of free consulting
> for anyone with the cash to send me to Australia (with
> a stay-over in New Zealand) so I can visit my son, who
> is studying there starting in the middle of July. This
> is a prize worth at least $10K, or something like that.
>
> Coyote will be donating some back copies of his calendar
> library (circa 1956) to the lucky winner.
>
> Looking forward to the big celebration tomorrow!
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
How will you know who it is? You're not spying on us, are you
David? ;-)
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| Re: One Millionth Visitor is Astonomer at Glasgow University... [message #54765 is a reply to message #54662] |
Tue, 03 July 2007 21:39 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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David Fanning writes:
> So, the lucky winner (an astronomer at the University
> of Glasgow, to judge from the URL) will get the following
> prizes:
Alas, no takers on my one millionth visitor contest. :-(
Guess I'll keep the prizes for the two millionth user.
Shouldn't have to wait too long. Today was a new one-day
record, with over 3200 page loads! (Thanks to a Chinese
user who downloaded pretty much everything. Hope he is
planning to translate the pages and send me a royalty
check every month!)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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