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Dopey · Post by **Dopey** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:30

Does anyone know according to what our names are positioned in the 'Online Now' link on this website?

Nerevar · Post by **Nerevar** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:32

no idea, for some reason I'm always in the top 10

Dopey · Post by **Dopey** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:35

Wish I could be in the top 10

kinglordsirfly · Post by **kinglordsirfly** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:36

maybe top to bottom would be how many times you go in to a link on the page??????????? or not

Dopey · Post by **Dopey** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:42

Nerevar, do you go into links often on this page?

Ark · Post by **Ark** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:42

kinglordsirfly wrote:maybe top to bottom would be how many times you go in to a link on the page??????????? or not

You said "bottom"!

Post by **Kronos** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:42

Nerevar wrote:no idea, for some reason I'm always in the top 10

It's arranged by number of spam posts!

No, wait! It can't be. I'm at #4 now

Post by **Anakha56** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:44

err why is this in the Linux/Unix section? Moved to E3.

Dopey · Post by **Dopey** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:45

I dont quite understand, what is spam posts?

Post by **Kronos** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:51

Anakha56 wrote:err why is this in the Linux/Unix section? Moved to E3.

Stop Spamming

Dopey wrote:I dont quite understand, what is spam posts?

Posts that are off the topic of the posts.
Posts that are not contributing to the discussion.

Dopey · Post by **Dopey** » 30 Sep 2005, 13:58

Ok, so... back to the topic. If its not the number of spam posts, then what?

Post by **Kronos** » 30 Sep 2005, 14:08

Dunno.

Maybe it's just extracted from MySQL as is, with no ordering!

Dopey · Post by **Dopey** » 30 Sep 2005, 14:11

But then why does it change now and again?

Post by **Kronos** » 30 Sep 2005, 14:39

Because everytime you refresh the page, it's reloaded from the DB.

If you don't Have an "ORDER BY" clause in MySQL, the ordering often changes.

Anyhow, pardon me if I'm getting Irate about this, but what the hell does it matter? What is the actual point of this whole thread?

The order of the "Online Now" list has absolutely now use other than just being a list of everyone online.

Dopey · Post by **Dopey** » 30 Sep 2005, 14:44

I WAS JUST CURIOUS!!!

Kitt-E-Kat · Post by **Kitt-E-Kat** » 30 Sep 2005, 15:31

Please note: In future it is wise to remember that "curiosity killed the cat"! And we defiantely do not wanna go there 8O .

P.S Nope it's definately not the spam - I've been testing that theory all day

Basipooh · Post by **Basipooh** » 30 Sep 2005, 15:53

maybe its sorted by Ping time!!
hahahahaha