The Official Last Post Of Year 2009 thread

[Diver]

You mean you sat there for six hours pretending you had gone to a party, then nodded off before posting?



Priceless!

[Diver]

WRCS, but just to explicate matters...

Each post to the CUK forums receives a unique ID (its Primary Key in the database, for those who know and care about such things). These IDs are allocated sequentially, in the precise order that posts are made, and therefore offer the definitive means of establishing which was the last post of one year and the first post of the next, even though the time shown on any post is only accurate to the minute. The post with a time of 23:59 and the highest ID must be the final post of the Old Year; and the post with a time of 00:00 and the lowest ID must be the first post of the New Year.

There is a URL pattern that allows one to view any post by its ID:

http://forums.contractoruk.com/ddddddd-post.html

where the "ddddddd" bit is the post ID. So, for example, http://forums.contractoruk.com/1000000-post.html allows us to see Browne Issue's worthy achievement of the millionth post, in TPD (naturally).

By checking out a few posts close to midnight, the Last Post and First Post can easily be established.

I therefore present the culpable two:

Last Post of 2009 - Gonzo

First Post of 2010 - Hairy Arsed Bloke

Keep up the good work, chaps

P.S. For those who were wondering, the first valid post on the current forum is number 9, which suggests that admin tried it out eight times before letting the rabble loose to beat on it. A little bit of history for you

[MPwannadecentincome]

whs

[AtW]

thieves

[RichardCranium]

thieves

You should have brought your gun.

[AtW]

You should have brought your gun.

honey, cookies and credit card with PIN code

[Sysman]

OK. Conventional weapons only.

Diver - Kerry Katona is not in da house

Going completely off topic, did you know that the Senior Vice President, Marketing, Ingres Corporation is a spoonerism of Kerry Katona - his name is Ketan Karia.

(and is getting very close to being added to my spam filters)

[BrilloPad]

WRCS, but just to explicate matters...

Each post to the CUK forums receives a unique ID (its Primary Key in the database, for those who know and care about such things). These IDs are allocated sequentially, in the precise order that posts are made, and therefore offer the definitive means of establishing which was the last post of one year and the first post of the next, even though the time shown on any post is only accurate to the minute. The post with a time of 23:59 and the highest ID must be the final post of the Old Year; and the post with a time of 00:00 and the lowest ID must be the first post of the New Year.

There is a URL pattern that allows one to view any post by its ID:

http://forums.contractoruk.com/ddddddd-post.html

where the "ddddddd" bit is the post ID. So, for example, http://forums.contractoruk.com/1000000-post.html allows us to see Browne Issue's worthy achievement of the millionth post, in TPD (naturally).

By checking out a few posts close to midnight, the Last Post and First Post can easily be established.

I therefore present the culpable two:

Last Post of 2009 - Gonzo

First Post of 2010 - Hairy Arsed Bloke

Keep up the good work, chaps

P.S. For those who were wondering, the first valid post on the current forum is number 9, which suggests that admin tried it out eight times before letting the rabble loose to beat on it. A little bit of history for you

top technical post. more like this please Nick.

[mudskipper]

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[ctdctd]

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