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Re: Allocation of member #'s
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 3 Jul 1999 04:13:54 GMT
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On Sat, 3 Jul 1999 00:19:49 GMT, "Christopher L. Weeks"
<c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote:
> Todd Lehman wrote:
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> > Does that sound like the fairest way?
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> > --Todd
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> Why are lowest numbers tied to history on the on-line LEGO community
> anyway? I mean why RTL, ATL? I think of LUGNET as a phoenix of sorts,
> with a fresh new beginning. Why not just assign them serially to people
> important to LUGNET and forget about the olden days of ATL? You and the
> people who help out should get numbers, then maybe major posters in the
> newsgroups - from the past year (like the top 20% of posters or
> something), and then
> members as people sign up.
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> Or an auction is a cool idea too.
Why not just make this whole thing moot and just assign numbers in a random or
pseudo-random lottery? Have each person apply for a number, and have a server
doohicky spit out a random number from an available pool.
I think we're attaching far too much importance to these numbers.
-- Terry K --
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Message has 1 Reply:  | | Re: Allocation of member #'s
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| (...) Well, if they're still generally increasing slowly and the randomness comes from a small pool of lowest-available numbers rather than a large pool of, say, 32-bit integers, then that would certainly work too. (...) This is something I've been (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Why are lowest numbers tied to history on the on-line LEGO community anyway? I mean why RTL, ATL? I think of LUGNET as a phoenix of sorts, with a fresh new beginning. Why not just assign them serially to people important to LUGNET and forget (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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