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What are the chances

Posted: 03 May 2008, 10:28
by Jools
You may have noticed that the three catfishes at the top right of every page change randomly every 5 minutes. From time to time they all change to the same (see attachment). I wonder how likely that is to happen (there are 14) and if we can collect them all in this post.


Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 03 May 2008, 12:22
by mummymonkey
Top left.
Assuming they are random then the odds are 2744:1
Or once every 9.5 days.

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 04 May 2008, 09:31
by Jools
Sorry, yes, of course it is top left. Doh!

Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 07 May 2008, 12:37
by Richard B
I thought i was on the site quite a bit, but have never seen all 3 the same :(

3 granny's is cool though :thumbsup:

I've seen plenty of 'doubles' but am seeking the elusive triple! If granny's have gone, maybe i'll spot the decorus?

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 07 May 2008, 13:30
by Jools
Well, post a picture here when you do and let's collect the set!

Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 16 May 2008, 12:52
by Richard B
Hmmm - this is proving far more difficult than i thought, still no triples!!!!! :(

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 16 May 2008, 17:21
by Jools
Yeah, I know, right place, right time and all that...

Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 27 May 2008, 22:09
by Richard B
Look what I found, my first triple!!!

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 28 May 2008, 10:23
by DutchFry
and what a nice one! P. ornatus!

i'm still waiting to see my first triple, but if i spot one, how do i take a screenshot, just in case?

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 28 May 2008, 12:04
by MatsP
DutchFry wrote:and what a nice one! P. ornatus!

i'm still waiting to see my first triple, but if i spot one, how do i take a screenshot, just in case?
In windows, you press Ctrl-PrintScrn (that's the key next to F12 on a standard keyboard).

Then you need mspaint or some other picture editing software to cut down the image to a smaller one.

--
Mats

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 28 May 2008, 13:03
by Richard B
I must confess i got the girlfriend to sort out the post once i'd done a screen grab using OneNote - i am so technically inept at times :oops:

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 01 Jun 2008, 02:34
by briggadane
I just logged into a triple crown!

The royal panaques! 9:26 pm EDT

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 01 Jun 2008, 09:15
by Jools
briggadane wrote:I just logged into a triple crown!

The royal panaques! 9:26 pm EDT
Nice one! Shame you didn't post a screen shot as I don't think I've ever seen this one myself. So, I guess this one is still up for grabs.

Cheers,

Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 01 Jun 2008, 13:15
by DutchFry
i saw a duo from the royal panaque yesterday, but the screenshot wasn't working :(

i still don't know how to make a screenshot, CTRL + Printscreen doesn't seem to do the job

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 02 Jun 2008, 07:26
by Jools
DutchFry wrote:I still don't know how to make a screenshot, CTRL + Printscreen doesn't seem to do the job
You can just press PrintScreen/PrntScrn on its own. Doing this grabs the whole screen and puts it on the clipboard. Alt+PrntScrn grabs the current active window. I'm pretty certain Ctrl+PrntScrn doesn't do anything.

So, you press the key, go into your image processing application (MS paint, photoshop etc) and just paste. Voila. All you need to do now is crop the image down so it resembles something similar to the posts above and you can save it and attach it to a post here.

Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 02 Jun 2008, 08:11
by Bas Pels
That is the trick: PrtScr puts the screen on the clipboard.

Not expecting this, I was not able to make a screenshot (I tried for when a triplet shows up)

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 02 Jun 2008, 12:49
by DutchFry
thanks, now i'm ready for the triple 8)

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 16 Jun 2008, 20:52
by Iwona
Image :thumbsup:
all the best
iwona

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 16 Jun 2008, 21:05
by Richard B
That's 20%* sorted then :D C'mon the rest!!!

*actually 21.4%

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 16 Jun 2008, 23:41
by mummymonkey
I seem to be getting the same three fish all the time now.

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 20 Jun 2008, 21:16
by loachy_406
What actually are all the 14 species we are looking for? :?

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 09:47
by Jools
mummymonkey wrote:I seem to be getting the same three fish all the time now.
This was a bug and has been fixed.

Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 09:55
by Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 17:25
by loachy_406
Thanks, sometimes the pictures aren't quite clear exactly which species it is. Especially if I have no clue as to what they might be in the first place. :lol:

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 17:40
by DAWN
Thank for the names of the fish above, but I only see 2 also! :roll:

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 18:03
by Jools
DAWN wrote:Thank for the names of the fish above, but I only see 2 also! :roll:
There's a topic on this in teh bugs forum, can you bump that. I'm trying to keep this topic clear of bugs.... :-)

Jools

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 22 Jun 2008, 23:30
by Iwona
Again :thumbsup:
Image
iwona

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 23 Jun 2008, 03:10
by KnaveTO
Image

Finally saw a triple today and had to add it.

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 23 Jun 2008, 06:21
by Richard B
now we're getting somewhere!

Re: What are the chances

Posted: 23 Jun 2008, 17:12
by DutchFry
I only see doubles so far, any interest in those as well?

at this moment for example, i see two S. decorus 8)