Prove your x86 worth.

[Sidoh]

RSS doesn't count. I've been subscribing to the feed for over three months, but I haven't had a substantional rise in the ammount of time I'm logged on.

Total time logged in: 29 days, 23 hours and 14 minutes.

I assure you that it did count, Joe.  If you this statistic:

Total Time Spent Online:     221 days, 12 hours and 59 minutes.

is legitimate, then you're even more naive than I had originally thought.

[Ergot]

RSS doesn't count. I've been subscribing to the feed for over three months, but I haven't had a substantional rise in the ammount of time I'm logged on.

Total time logged in: 29 days, 23 hours and 14 minutes.

I assure you that it did count, Joe.  If you this statistic:

Total Time Spent Online:     221 days, 12 hours and 59 minutes.

is legitimate, then you're even more naive than I had originally thought.

No, because Joe's settings isn't refreshing as often as yours. (Possibly 30 minutes per refresh, which is considered good etiquette.)

[Armin]

6 days, 18 hours and 31 minutes.

[Sidoh]

No, because Joe's settings isn't refreshing as often as yours. (Possibly 30 minutes per refresh, which is considered good etiquette.)

It wouldn't make as significant a difference as you're making it out to be.  SMF keeps you marked as "online" after 15 minutes of your last action.  My refresh time was 5 minutes, which doesn't seem rude to me at all, especially considering the circumstances (I don't think iago would mind someone requesting a 3 KB XML file every 5 minutes...).

[Ergot]

It's good etiquette in general. I'm sure that some small site serving ~2,000 people would not want half of them requesting a 3 kb file every 5 minutes. Which would be 843.75 MB of bandwidth used just for a feed.

[Sidoh]

It's good etiquette in general. I'm sure that some small site serving ~2,000 people would not want half of them requesting a 3 kb file every 5 minutes. Which would be 843.75 MB of bandwidth used just for a feed.

Did you miss the part where I said "especially considering the circumstances?"  I'm not an idiot.  I was subscribed to other newsfeeds, including Slashdot and CNet, both of which were updated every three hours.

[Ergot]

Did you miss the part where I said "especially considering the circumstances?"

Yes. and I don't know what that means.

[Sidoh]

Yes. and I don't know what that means.

These are low traffic forums.  iago was aware of my XML subscription.  If he had a problem with it, he would have informed me.  I'd be shocked if you seriously thought it was rude to request a tiny XML file every five minutes.  I'd wager it uses less bandwidth then refreshing the forum page every hour, which is what I'd do otherwise.

[Joe]

I have my x86 feed set to every 5 minutes, as well. The first thread I have in there was "Re: I thought of Joe" on 10/1/06 at 1:30ish AM. So, that alone would account for my ~month of surfing x86, and then some.

@Sidoh: I'm not naive about your logged in time, but I'll have to say that I'm at least sure that it's not treating you the same as me.

EDIT -
What XML feed URL and client are you using? I'm using this and Mozilla Thunderbird.

[Krazed]

Date Registered:     October 11, 2004, 12:00:00 AM
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shrug.

[Mythix]

   
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[Sidoh]

I have my x86 feed set to every 5 minutes, as well. The first thread I have in there was "Re: I thought of Joe" on 10/1/06 at 1:30ish AM. So, that alone would account for my ~month of surfing x86, and then some.

@Sidoh: I'm not naive about your logged in time, but I'll have to say that I'm at least sure that it's not treating you the same as me.

EDIT -
What XML feed URL and client are you using? I'm using this and Mozilla Thunderbird.

I was (presumably) using the same feed with Opera.  It shouldn't make a difference.  I'd attribute it to the RC3 upgrade, but I'm still not sure.

[Super_X]

Total time logged in: 13 days, 6 hours and 36 minutes.

Woo for no social life!!

[Krazed]

Whoever registered the first day wins, hands down.