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2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Mar 4, 2019
Would fewer still be okay when used with days?
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Mar 4, 2019
Absolutely, if 'day' is seen as a unit.
'Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.'
Job 14:1
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You can call me TC Posted Mar 5, 2019
I am sure Stephen Fry or someone equally erudite once said that the whole thing with less and fewer is totally overblown. Personally I still go for whichever sounds right.
However, so as not to derail the thread any further, which would rightfully earn me a rap on the knuckles, I shall refer you to this wiki page and ask anyone who wishes to comment further to start a new "ask" thread.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fewer_versus_less
Ripley-style:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fewer_versus_less
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Baron Grim Posted Mar 5, 2019
It was Stephen Fry, indeed.
Also, FYI, the Ripley Style URLs work on both platforms.
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Recumbentman Posted Mar 8, 2019
Nice! The quotation from Alfred the Cakeburner nails it; "less" with a countable noun ("words") is in effect a well-grounded contraction of "less of".
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Mar 9, 2019
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
h2g2 Guide Editors Posted Mar 17, 2019
Quick Stats for mid-March
The number of unique users was down slightly (71,000 vs 74,000) and the number of pageviews was down slightly (366,000 vs 401,000). The Flying Fortress Entry continues to be popular, and the conversation about Gregory Porter's Hat trended on 3 March!
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Mar 31, 2019
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Apr 3, 2019
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Apr 4, 2019
The stats for end of March / start of April aren't going to look good, since the site has been down for 6 days now.
No entries are available in Pliny, and since Pliny is the route by which all the thousands of readers access the entries, there will be zero hits.
I suggest you don't bother publishing anything new on the Front Page until this issue is resolved, as nobody is seeing the current Front Page entries.
I also suggest that an Announcement might be in order.
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Baron Grim Posted Apr 4, 2019
What a way to commemorate the site's 20th anniversary month.
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 4, 2019
It certainly is a pity 
but let's take this conversation somewhere else
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Apr 4, 2019
Here's an interesting thing. Normally in the Plain Skin, the Front Page link at the left brings you to a page saying that we're not updating the Front Page anymore in Ripley skins, and there's a link on that to the current Pliny front page.
But now the Front Page link on the Plain Skin brings you to a Front Page from 19 Feb 2004.
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Apr 4, 2019
it seems strange to me that Google can find links to H2G2, but when you click on them, the desired page is unavailable. How come Google can detect them, then?
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Apr 4, 2019
Google builds up its index in advance. It could have found that page more than a week ago, when it was available.
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Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Apr 4, 2019
It has? I haven't noticed and everyone seems to have been posting and visiting as usual..
2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
Milla, h2g2 Operations Posted Apr 5, 2019
We have been troubleshooting all this time, but it's proved difficult.
Not giving up though...
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Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Apr 5, 2019
I'm using Brunel.
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2019-02-04 Announcement: Visitor Statistics
- 21: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Mar 4, 2019)
- 22: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Mar 4, 2019)
- 23: Icy North (Mar 4, 2019)
- 24: You can call me TC (Mar 5, 2019)
- 25: Baron Grim (Mar 5, 2019)
- 26: Recumbentman (Mar 8, 2019)
- 27: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Mar 9, 2019)
- 28: h2g2 Guide Editors (Mar 17, 2019)
- 29: Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 (Mar 31, 2019)
- 30: Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 (Apr 3, 2019)
- 31: Gnomon - time to move on (Apr 4, 2019)
- 32: Baron Grim (Apr 4, 2019)
- 33: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Apr 4, 2019)
- 34: Gnomon - time to move on (Apr 4, 2019)
- 35: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Apr 4, 2019)
- 36: Gnomon - time to move on (Apr 4, 2019)
- 37: Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 (Apr 4, 2019)
- 38: Baron Grim (Apr 4, 2019)
- 39: Milla, h2g2 Operations (Apr 5, 2019)
- 40: Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 (Apr 5, 2019)
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