OT: smileys

[spiral97]

Probably not a good idea to pick a fight with a computer genius,

you're probably right.. good thing for you, I'm not one

but I question your numbers.

and somebody above implied _I_ didn't have a hobby... geesh... (just to get keep my frequency up)

This is definitely a serious concern you bring up.  I swear to you, I WILL get to the bottom of this.  Answers WILL be had.  We shall be executing a FULL Florida style recount and even pregnant smileys shall be taken into account.  Justice WILL prevail!!!  Unfortunately, it'll have to wait til tonight when I get home.  Look for a FULL report in a few hours.

Edited to add:  I didn't check this, but I'm wondering if the higher number would reflect posts in which I am quoted that also have a smiley (either one I put in originally or that the person quoting me put in).

Hmm.. I believe that if you quoted someone else and that quote had a smiley in it, it count towards your smiley count - only fair since you are, after all, propagating the smiley population of this universe.  If you can't practice safe quoting then.. well.. you must be responsible for the consequences.

[StillAWarrior]

Edited to add:  I didn't check this, but I'm wondering if the higher number would reflect posts in which I am quoted that also have a smiley (either one I put in originally or that the person quoting me put in).

Hmm.. I believe that if you quoted someone else and that quote had a smiley in it, it count towards your smiley count - only fair since you are, after all, propagating the smiley population of this universe.  If you can't practice safe quoting then.. well.. you must be responsible for the consequences.

No, no, no.  I'm talking about when I post a perfectly nice, smiley free comment, and some smiley freak quotes me in his post and puts smileys in it (kind of like your last post).  Do I get charged with a smiley for that?  Or, if I post another intelligent, smileyless post, and somebody else quotes both me and some smiley maniac, do I get charged for that?  Unfair!

I agree with you on the safe posting issue.  I'll have to make sure I "scrub" the posts that I quote.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Edited to add:  I didn't check this, but I'm wondering if the higher number would reflect posts in which I am quoted that also have a smiley (either one I put in originally or that the person quoting me put in).

Hmm.. I believe that if you quoted someone else and that quote had a smiley in it, it count towards your smiley count - only fair since you are, after all, propagating the smiley population of this universe.  If you can't practice safe quoting then.. well.. you must be responsible for the consequences.

No, no, no.  I'm talking about when I post a perfectly nice, smiley free comment, and some smiley freak quotes me in his post and puts smileys in it (kind of like your last post).  Do I get charged with a smiley for that?  Or, if I post another intelligent, smileyless post, and somebody else quotes both me and some smiley maniac, do I get charged for that?  Unfair!

I agree with you on the safe posting issue.  I'll have to make sure I "scrub" the posts that I quote.

you mean like this???   

[spiral97]

ahha... the mystery reveals itself....
problem was my search was case-insensitive.. (how unpolitically correct of me!!)
further, the posts are stored in html... and things like ;d happen often enough to throw off the results... however if I do a case-sensitive search for smiley codes (like - which is ';' followed by a 'D') then I eliminate those... I learned myself sumthin new thanks to mr. excuse-me-14.62% (new and lone member of the poster enthusiast of the day club, but just for today) .

Without further ado, here is the updated (and CORRECT) table.  Note that relative standings didn't really change much.. but percentages did.

ZiggysFryBoy	55.06%
BuzzWarrior	40.86%
rocky_warrior	37.25%
spiral97	37.20%
IAmMarquette	36.00%
mu03eng	34.57%
LastWarrior	28.34%
tweakers_suck	25.00%
TVDirector	24.46%
77ncaachamps	24.10%
Tampa Warrior	22.81%
ChicosBailBonds	21.95%
muwarrior87	21.13%
MarquetteFan94	20.00%
MarquetteVol	17.31%
Mayor McCheese	16.15%
State	15.85%
Marquette84	15.73%
Chili	15.15%
WashDCWarrior	15.09%
StillAWarrior	14.62%
Nukem2	14.06%
DoubleMU0609	13.92%
Warrior91	13.39%
4everwarriors	12.59%
NYWarrior	12.33%
TallTitan34	10.34%
mufanatic	9.46%
SoCalstu09	9.20%
Djgoldnboy	9.17%
tower912	9.15%
Eye	8.93%
Harrison	8.21%
SoCalwarrior	8.20%
mu_hilltopper	7.94%
MUEng92	7.81%
muhoosier260	6.49%
RawdogDX	5.77%
MUfan12	5.26%
bma725	5.00%
MU71	4.65%
MU gimp ONE	4.00%
dwaderoy2004	3.95%
ons20	3.64%
DamonKeysContactLens	3.57%
Wade for President	3.45%
maxpower773	3.30%
mviale	3.21%
CTWarrior	3.19%
AZ_Marquetter	3.17%
NaivinRJohnson	3.07%
spartan3186	2.56%
ecompt	2.53%
PuertoRicanNightmare	2.16%
77fan88warrior	1.92%
augoman	1.67%
rjm313	1.41%
marqptm	1.22%
MilTown	1.11%
Sir Lawrence	0.81%

[spiral97]

oh - and to answer your question more fully - someone else quoting you has no effect on your smiley count no matter what they do inside the quotes.
however, you quoting someone else will get credit for any smileys that appear in the quoted section.

make sense?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

spiral, can you do a break out by individual smiley?  I bet  hasn't been used much. 

Also, no TC stall offense from ZiggysFryBoy.  You get a lead, you keep it!

[muhoosier260]

oh the humanity, grown men quabbling over smileys....

[spiral97]

oh the humanity, grown men quabbling over smileys....

serves you right for starting it.... 

[Mayor McCheese]

hey hey.... I crack the top 25... now is this the AP or Coaches Poll 

[IAmMarquette]

The smiley 'leader' is at 55%? What is this, the NBA eastern conference?

aaaaaand  (gotta hold on to 5th)