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[Caiman]

It's that time again, a day late because I was too hung over yesterday. Yes I am just that cool. Anyway, September saw a real boost in traffic, registrations and posting over the previous month, doubling for the most part, and we've had some really great and heated debates, though it's certainly feeling a little feisty around here lately! Check some of them out further down the page...

In September...

42 new users have registered

250 topics have been created

2,669 new posts have been made

We also set a couple of new 'forum records' which saw 43 registered users checking in on a single day as well as there being 131 visitors browsing the forums at once at one point. If you're one of those lurkers, please sign up and join in!

Some interesting debates and discussions throughout September;

Could a robot be conscious?

by GNR Revolution

Particles recorded moving faster than light at CERN

by Craven

Life after Oil

by Nick1984

Resurrecting the dead / Mind Uploading

by Keitaro2011

How long will the internet last?

by jjf3

David Attenborough joins campaign against creationism in schools

by wjfox

Cheap Oil in the Future?

by Zachemc2

Future Predictions 2011-2200

by jjf3

Can we know everything?

by Logically Irrational

How long will the internet last?

by jjf3

And the following pages on the timeline have been added or updated during September;

• 2018 - The African Central Bank is established

• 2018 - A missile defence shield is deployed in Europe

• Added a new video and a reference for Crossrail.

• 2018 - The City Circle Line opens in Copenhagen

• 2018 - The Transbay Transit Center is completed in San Francisco

• 2017 - The world's first kilometre-high skyscraper

• 2017 - The first test flight of NASA's Space Launch System

• 2017 - Sales of electric and hybrid trucks reach 100,000 annually

• Moved the Gotthard Base Tunnel from 2017 to 2016, based on a new reference.

• 2017 - Traditional newspapers are becoming obsolete

• 2017 - The European Union has been expanded

• 2017 - India completes construction of the Dibang Dam

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[Zachemc2]

Those stats make August look like a ghost town.

[jjf3]

How long does the internet have left is on there twice FYI!

[Zachemc2]

How long does the internet have left is on there twice FYI!

Lawl. I guess it was double the popularity.

[wjfox]

The forum has exploded lately, but traffic for the main site has remained fairly static. We'll hopefully be doing a major upgrade in the coming weeks, however, giving a more professional and interactive feel, so this should help. I'm also tweeking a few things in Google AdSense to boost revenue.

[Zachemc2]

The forum has exploded lately, but traffic for the main site has remained fairly static. We'll hopefully be doing a major upgrade in the coming weeks, however, giving a more professional and interactive feel, so this should help. I'm also tweeking a few things in Google AdSense to boost revenue.

Has traffic for the forum exceeded that of the main site? If so, well then wow..

[Caiman]

No not at all. I think Will is just pointing out that whilst we've seen a significant increase to the forum, in proportion there's not been a relative increase in traffic through the main site.

[wjfox]

The main site had 370,690 page views last month. That's nearly 12,000 per day. The forum doesn't get anywhere near that much.

[jjf3]

What program did you use to make this forum? its really well done

[Caiman]

Invision. I have been impressed too. Before this site, I've run a couple of other forums using vBulletin software, which is great and all but has kind of been left behind in the last year or two.

[Zachemc2]

What program did you use to make this forum? its really well done

I think it's called IP.Board by Invision Power Services.