"Eddington Number"

[cisamcgu]

A much better number is Graham's Number

wiki quote "Graham's number is unimaginably larger than other well-known large numbers such as a googol, googolplex, and even larger than Skewes' number and Moser's number. Indeed, the observable universe is far too small to contain an ordinary digital representation of Graham's number, assuming that each digit occupies at least one Planck volume."

 

[_aD]

It made my head hurt so I stopped looking at the stats.
It's a funny old system because I cycled 500 miles last month but it's very rare that I have the time for a very long ride so I have a low number.

There are lies, damn lies and statistics. One's Eddington is just a statistic that shows ("rewards?") consistency. Saying "I cycled 500 miles last month" is less of a statistic, more of an excellent achievement to be proud of.

 

[swansonj]

I've been wondering (because I am sad and have nothing better to do) about the definition of a "day" for Eddington Number purposes. Suppose I do my 20 mile commute on a Friday, 10 in the morning and 10 in the afternoon. Then 60 miles on a FNRttC. Then 40 miles home on the Saturday. The pedant in me asks, is that 100 (ridden in a calendar day), 110 (ridden in a chosen 24 hour period) or 120 (ridden between consecutive sleeps)? Not that it makes much difference, any of those is way above not just my current E but any future E I am likely to attain, so they are all just as good as each other for the purpose of increasing my E.

 

[RedRider]

E=35ish.

Swansonj, personally I'd give you those any which way.

 

[ianrauk]

Holy thread resurrection Batman.

I reached 104 last weekend and need 5x 105's to reach that number.

Of course it will pale into insignificance at the end of the year when Steve Abraham and Kurt Searvogel finish their challenge. Both I imagine will be in the 200's.

 

[Oldbloke]

Ah got it, those E numbers

So no longer have to check ingredients listed for food additives....

 

[_aD]

E50...six more rides to the next milestone. The moment I hit E50 I was probably navigating the back roads of the Meons in Hampshire near midnight. Windy, but lovely.

 

[Rustybucket]

I wondered what the Eddington number on my VeloViewer activity stats page was - Im only at 44

 

[jefmcg]

http://canini.me/eddington/index.php will also calculate it from your strava.

51 for me.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

E1 for me. Yesterday.

 

[_aD]

I move to request that your use of "only" be struck from the record.

 

[MisterStan]

42 for me. I need to start doing more leisure rides - that's basically down to my commuting.

 

[ianrauk]

@Supersuperleeds must have quite a good number by now with his long commuter rides

 

[Rustybucket]

apparently I need 33 more rides at +60miles to get to E60.

This is now my goal for 2015!

 

[Rustybucket]

@Supersuperleeds must have quite a good number by now with his long commuter rides

WOW thats good going Ianrauk E104!!!!!!