Don't have an account? Register now to chat, post, use our tools, and much more.
Latest Headlines
Online Users
There are 116 users online: 6 members, 83 guests and 27 bots.
Members: Ashbad, JosJuice, legodude, ordelore.
Bots: VoilaBot (1), Spinn3r (1), MSN/Bing (1), Magpie Crawler (2), VoilaBot (1), Googlebot (19), MSN/Bing (2).
RSS & Social Media
SAX
You must log in to view the SAX chat widget
|
| Author |
Message |
|
KermMartian
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 55763
Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
|
 Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:02:38 pm Post subject: 900K Downloads; Contest 8 Ends Today |
 |
|
In the 3587 days since I first published a program on ticalc.org, I'm proud to say that my author profile has reached the milestone of 900,000 program direct downloads, and likely many tens of millions of indirect downloads from users sharing my programs. Over the years I've gotten less comfortable posting these sort of announcements in news articles, but you can see previous reports for 700,000 over three years ago, 500,000 over five years ago, and 400,000 six and a half years ago. Sadly, the pace of downloads has decreased over time, but this is a ticalc.org-wide trend as students have moved on to playing games and using programs on their smartphones. To my amusement, my YouTube channel where I publish videos of Cemetech and community projects and games has been accruing views at a fantastic rate, to the tune of 400K; along with an amusing mix of congratulatory and mind-blowingly ignorant comments, Calculator Networking with 9 Calcs: Doors CS 7, CALCnet, and Flourish has accumulated over 100K views.
In more widely-relevant and pressing news, Cemetech Contest 8 ends at midnight EST (GMT-5) tonight, so you have precisely eleven hours to finish and email your entries! Remember to include a readme and source code. Late entries will not be considered. We have received seven entries thus far, so if you think you've submitted your entry, please confirm with us that we have received your entry. Otherwise, hurry up! Don't wait until 11:59pm. Good luck to all the contestants. We plan to judge the entries and release results in about a week, although in the past school and life commitments have proven detrimental to such attempts.
_________________
 
 
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Sorunome
Expert
Joined: 22 Feb 2011
Posts: 636
Location: Somewhere out there
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:26:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I got bad news, I don't think that I can really enter, as I won't finish my program. I am somehow atm not more so much interested in calc programming.... 
_________________
 
 
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KermMartian
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 55763
Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:52:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Sorunome wrote: | | I got bad news, I don't think that I can really enter, as I won't finish my program. I am somehow atm not more so much interested in calc programming.... |
Do you have something partially finished that you can submit as a demo, at least? Or no?
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Sorunome
Expert
Joined: 22 Feb 2011
Posts: 636
Location: Somewhere out there
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:00:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
yeah, I have, I'll enter that then. 
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KermMartian
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 55763
Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:11:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Sorunome wrote: | | yeah, I have, I'll enter that then. |
Excellent, I look forward to your email, then. And what's demotivating you from calculator programming? Other sorts of programming, life, or what?
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Sorunome
Expert
Joined: 22 Feb 2011
Posts: 636
Location: Somewhere out there
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:14:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I don't know what's demotivating me....I guess I'm a bit stressed 'cause of school at the moment.
EDIT: And I'm sad that on knex-related active webpages there is nearly no reply to me ball machine...
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KermMartian
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 55763
Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:16:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Sorunome wrote: | I don't know what's demotivating me....I guess I'm a bit stressed 'cause of school at the moment.
EDIT: And I'm sad that on knex-related active webpages there is nearly no reply to me ball machine... |
Aww, sorry to hear about the latter. I certainly can understand school-related stress; I hope that it drives you to excel in your academics.
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
elfprince13
OVER NINE THOUSAND!
Joined: 23 May 2005
Posts: 10234
Location: A galaxy far far away......
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KermMartian
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 55763
Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:41:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| elfprince13 wrote: | | Hmm, I was meaning to do something for this. I guess we'll see how long my computer architecture homework takes, and if I can whip something out between now and then. |
Hurry! You should totally write a quick entry!
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Aes_Sedia5
Minor Calculator Deity
Joined: 01 Sep 2011
Posts: 1002
Location: Where Nightmares end and Dreams begin
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:14:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Congrats on the huge milestone Kerm!
_________________
 
Last edited by Aes_Sedia5 on 22 Jan 2012 10:15:41 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KermMartian
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 55763
Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:15:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Aes_Sedia5 wrote: | | Side note: I clicked on all of those, and almost froze my computer. haha. |
Sounds like you mean a new computer, then. Unless perhaps you're saying you're the one who downloaded my programs 900,000 times and viewed my videos 400,000 times? 
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Aes_Sedia5
Minor Calculator Deity
Joined: 01 Sep 2011
Posts: 1002
Location: Where Nightmares end and Dreams begin
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:16:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| KermMartian wrote: | | Aes_Sedia5 wrote: | | Side note: I clicked on all of those, and almost froze my computer. haha. |
Sounds like you mean a new computer, then. Unless perhaps you're saying you're the one who downloaded my programs 900,000 times and viewed my videos 400,000 times? |
No, that was supposed to be at the external power supply thread.. No idea how it got in this thread.
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
DJ_O
Retired TI-83+ coder
Joined: 18 Mar 2005
Posts: 1487
Location: Quebec (Canada)
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:10:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I wonder what percentage of the entries will be submitted within the last hour of the contest? From experience with contest I ran, until the last two hours, only about 2-3 entries get submitted.
Hopefully when judging is done we can give them a try too.
Also congrats Kerm on getting to 900000 downloads and closer to join the million downloads author list.
_________________
Retired 83+ coder, Omnimaga/TIMGUL founder. Now doing power metal music (formerly did electronica)
Follow me on Bandcamp|Facebook|Reverbnation|Youtube|Twitter
Last edited by DJ_O on 22 Jan 2012 11:26:54 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
LincolnB
Advanced Member
Joined: 07 Jul 2011
Posts: 199
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:22:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yay contest! I entered Futility.
_________________
-LincolnB
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KermMartian
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 55763
Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
|
| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:27:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks DJ_O. Surprisingly, I had six of the ten I now had by midnight last night, four received today, and I know of at least three people currently working on or completing touches on their entries.
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
DJ_O
Retired TI-83+ coder
Joined: 18 Mar 2005
Posts: 1487
Location: Quebec (Canada)
|
| Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:15:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Kerm,
You realize that you're less than 100K downloads short of making it to the all-time top 10 author with most downloads and that you're currently the 3rd most downloaded author in the past week? 
_________________
Retired 83+ coder, Omnimaga/TIMGUL founder. Now doing power metal music (formerly did electronica)
Follow me on Bandcamp|Facebook|Reverbnation|Youtube|Twitter |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KermMartian
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 55763
Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way
|
| Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:17:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| DJ_O wrote: | Kerm,
You realize that you're less than 100K downloads short of making it to the all-time top 10 author with most downloads and that you're currently the 3rd most downloaded author in the past week? |
I am indeed. Since I'm the 11th top author of all time, and I consistently am better than the 11th top author of the week, I'm slowly creeping up the charts. Thanks for noticing!
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Register to Join the Conversation
Have your own thoughts to add to this or any other topic? Want to ask a question, offer a suggestion, share your own programs and projects, upload a file to the file archives, get help with calculator and computer programming, or simply chat with like-minded coders and tech and calculator enthusiasts via the site-wide AJAX SAX widget? Registration for a free Cemetech account only takes a minute.
» Go to Registration page
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
© Copyright 2000-2013 Cemetech & Kerm Martian :: Page Execution Time: 0.043527 seconds.
|
![[t]](/forum/templates/Cemetech6/images/twitter.png)
![[t]](/forum/templates/Cemetech6/images/fb.png)
![[RSS]](/forum/templates/Cemetech6/images/rss.png)
