Pick a number! - Page 1
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author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 12:37:10 pm
content: Please pick a number

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 12:51:28 pm
content: I can't decide if the results will be more useful than the results of other polls here. I'll both find out and get to see if there are single digit integer fanboys. Will one number streak ahead or will they tend to equal popularity?this poll would have been better if you could not see the progress results.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 01:06:39 pm
content: To you the results appearsbeforevoting? If so, it might be a forum setting, because to me only the question is visible before voting (for any poll, not just this one). Only after I vote (or I click the show results) the results are shown.

author: Kjelt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 01:09:37 pm
content: My answer is not avaiable

author: Sal Ammoniac
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 09:03:37 pm
content: This post's title should be "Pick a Digit", not "Pick a Number".

author: 2N3055
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 09:16:19 pm
content: Where is NAN ?

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 09:21:31 pm
content: So far the results are, at least, unexpected.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 11:13:51 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on September 25, 2019, 09:21:31 pmCare to explain this experiment? Or will that ruin the outcome?

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 11:22:48 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on September 25, 2019, 09:21:31 pmYes - a certain number seems to have no friends ...

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 11:35:00 pm
content: Maybe people will vote first, then read, so be it.I always thought people prefer odd numbers, but no. OK, a lot of 7s because 7 days a week, or maybe because 7up, but no 9s is very strange. And a lot of 8s.I was very wrong. My bet was the most voted will be odd numbers: 3, 1, 7, 5 (maybe in exactly this order, but not necessarily).Is it just me thinking most people will pick odd numbers rather than even ones?

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 11:43:11 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on September 25, 2019, 11:35:00 pmDunno, I picked 6.You will need more data to see if something comes up. So far, it looks like 0 and 7 stand out (but too few participants to see much of anything yet really...), which in itself doesn't surprise me a whole lot. If that gets confirmed, that would more or less mean that when people are voting on "autopilot", they may tend to pick "magic" numbers. I think 0 and 7 could typically qualify for that, considering how those are used in many cultures/myths/etc. Just a thought. That may also be completely random.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 11:45:08 pm
content: When you're not logged in the results are visible, perhaps it's a test for imparnumerophobia.If asked to pick a number I'd usually pick one that others are not picking, if asked to pick a favorite number that's a bit different, out of them I quite like 5.I have a few much higher favorite prime numbers and use them in passwords.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 11:45:19 pm
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on September 25, 2019, 11:43:11 pmHa so did I. I have no idea why I picked it, I really don't.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2019, 11:59:15 pm
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on September 25, 2019, 11:43:11 pmFor 7, OK, but 0? Zero was invented only recently, I don't know any myths with 0. I'll blame Coca-Cola Zero for preferring zero!

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2019, 12:22:28 am
content: Quote from: StillTrying on September 25, 2019, 11:45:08 pmI see the results and I'm logged in. But I also recall I did not get the option to move a post to a different board when it was introduced.For this poll I am interested in seeing how many members vote. I maintain the view that all forum polls are unrepresentative due to very small percentage of members voting. Like sub 1%. It's inherently a self selecting group.

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2019, 01:02:19 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on September 26, 2019, 12:22:28 amWhen I logged in the results weren't visible, but there was a View Results button which worked, it's gone now that I've voted.But I also recall I did not get the option to move a post to a different board when it was introduced.You can move a whole thread if you were the thread starter, the Move Topic button is at the very bottom left of the page for some reason, its just taken me ages to find it.I think the Move Topic option is a bit messy.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2019, 07:13:07 am
content: Supposedly the standard answer to that question is 7. But I voted 3 to be contrarian. Still, the results didn't disappoint except for the unexpected popularity of 0. And there is a "show results" button if you want to cheat.Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on September 25, 2019, 09:03:37 pmWhat if OP cares more about numbers than digits?You know these aren't the same thing, right?

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2019, 07:40:28 am
content: Quote from: StillTrying on September 26, 2019, 01:02:19 amWhaaa!Thank you for explaining where the "Move Topic" button was hiding! Looked for the move button before and didn't spot it.Now I see it.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2019, 07:46:16 am
content: Quote from: 2N3055 on September 25, 2019, 09:16:19 pmThat's not a number.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2019, 07:47:31 am
content: I just clicked the first option to see the results. I assume the options aren't shuffled randomly for each person?

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2019, 08:53:38 am
content: The options are always listed in the same order.