Just one quick thought, back in February there were around 750,000 downloads of the SDK. If you cut it in half to assume that some people downloaded it twice (or whatever) we are left with 375,000 unique downloads. Right now there are less than 9000 users in the android developers group. That is a big difference on the # of people that are actually following the discussions. So I think that the reason that we are not seeing that many entries is because there aren't that many to start with. i.e. There won't be more than 1000 entries but there will certainly be around 150 to 300 entries.
On Apr 10, 6:02 pm, Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ne -- number of teams/individuals savvy enough to download Android SDK > and Eclipse plugin (may need Eclipse in the first place) > > --just my guess > > Philip > > > > > > ... I am starting to get the > > > feeling that our expectations around the submission numbers are very > > > much like the search for extraterrestrial life. We know that based on > > > the size of the universe we are PROBABLY not alone... > > > There is an equation called "Drake equation" which aim > > is to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations > > in our galaxy with which we might come in contact. > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation) > > > It is: > > N = R * fp * ne * fl * fi * fc * L > > > where: > > N - is the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which we might > > hope to be able to communicate > > R - is the average rate of star formation in our galaxy > > fp - is the fraction of those stars that have planets > > ne - is the average number of planets that can potentially support > > life per star that has planets > > fl - is the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life > > at some point > > fi - is the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop > > intelligent life > > fc - is the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that > > releases detectable signs of their existence into space > > L - is the length of time such civilizations release detectable > > signals into space > > > Maybe it is possible to change meaning of these funny > > variables, eg.: > > N - number of Android Challenge submissions > > R - the average rate of people on the Earth > > fp - the fraction of those people that have computer at home > > ne - ... any idea? > > > Regards, > > haxahax- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
