It is a cruel torture to me that I can't reveal the actual numbers. You all would probably find them enlightening, but alas... - Dan
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
