P3D re: numerical frippery

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> >The "All Time Top Posters" list seems strongly correlated to a person's
>> >tenure on P3d - how many years they've been on the list.
>>
>> Can't be.  There's no way to tell how long someone has been on the list.
>
>Actually, by seeing when a particular person starts showing up in the
>digests on 3D-CDII, we can find this out. =)

Not true at all.  Please re-read what I wrote.

A person only shows up in the digest when they POST.  People who 
subscribe and remain silent do not show up in any digests.

I repeat, there  is no way for an ordinary subscriber to know when a 
given person subscribed.

Tom