sj wrote:
It should however be possible to identify the *hour* in which the millionth article was created, no?
Sure, with a few hours of programming that should be possible. Until the board puts a bounty on it, I'll pass my turn (just kidding of course, not even then).
Someone will come up with a clever estimate by interpolating monthly figures (figures for the current month need to be calibrated, because dumps for each language have been taken at a different time of day)
By the way: it reminds me of candid camera where a woman in the supermarket asked the man before her, who had a full basket, if she could jump the queue because she had to pay only for one roll of peppermint. Of course the request was granted. As soon as she had put down the money, she was stormed by a photographer and the manager who offered her a large cheque and a holiday for two because she was the millionth customer. IMO one of their better pranks :)
Erik Zachte
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